Paranoia :(

lizziebell

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This is a little odd, and I don’t usually post such “personal” stuff, but am being a bit paranoid and need to get it off my chest. One of my horses is off to schooling livery with my instructor whilst we are on holiday – I trust her 100% and looking forward to the improvement in my horse on our return, however, there is a girl at the yard that she will be going to that I just don’t trust. I wasn’t going to mention to this girl that my horse would be there, thinking she might not notice :confused:, but then decided that might not be a good idea as she may turn nasty if she thought I had not deliberately told her. Since I told her, she’s going around telling everyone how she is looking after my horse whilst I’m away :eek:. I know people who’ve had experiences on yards where people have ridden their horses without their knowledge/ authority – and I’m getting paranoid that this is exactly the sort of thing she would do. I’ll let my instructor know she doesn’t have authority to go anywhere near my horse and to keep a beady eye on her – doesn’t stop me being a bit paranoid though as she can’t be there 24x7.
 
If you trust your instructor then I'm sure all will be ok. Is the instructor the ym also? If not, then I would also mention to the ym that only your instructor is to ride your horse. If this girl knows you are worried about her being around your horse then she may well just be winding you up to get a rise out of you. I would just ignore her! Easier said than done as it is stressful leaving your horse somewhere.
Trust your instructor and enjoy your hols!
 
Ditto GG. You're leaving your horse with your instructor, not this lass, so make sure your instructor understands that you only want her riding the horse - it's a perfectly reasonable reqest/demand to make. My instructor knows that only she, D1 or Friend rides Dizzy (I know I let others have a wee go, but that's when I'm around and on my say-so).

Enjoy your holiday :) :)
 
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