rude teacher

[horselover4eva]

I have been riding at my school 4 a yr now and my last lesson the owner called debbie was helping to get evri 1 on there horse and i noticed my girth was loose so when i told her she goes "u have been here long enough to know how to tighten it up " speaking really like rude u could say
and I have never been taught at that skool how to tighten the girth i have only read it in books
Is this me over reacting (probs is)???????

[floppy]

hmm.. well.. after a year one would think you would be able to do up a girth, you must have watched people do it up on other horses aswell as the one you are sitting on. It really isnt such a hard thing to do and if you really cant managed it from ontop of the horse then dismount and and do it up a hole or two from the ground..but i would really recommend that you get use to doing a girth up without having to dismount..it takes practise..but keep trying :)

[belle]

Hi

If you have been going to the stables for a year, then I would expect you to know how to tighten your own girth. However, if you have never been shown then its not your fault!!!

If you are paying for a lesson, then its the schools responsibility that you have a nice and safe lesson, so if you say you need help tightening your girth, then you should have been given it!!! It wouldnt have been a nice lesson if you saddle had slipped around and you had ended up under the horse.

You should never feel ashamed to ask for help, and if the people are unwilling in the futurem perhaps you should think about changing schools.

[Moonlightrider]

I agree. You should have been taught how to tack up and all by now. Maybe have trouble bridling and stuff, but after a year someone should have taught you how to. But it wasn't your fault and I'd react the same way... I had something like that happen when I started riding Huntseat b/c I always put the saddle too far back 'cos of riding Saddleseat, it was my second lesson and I didn't know where to put it and the owner got all mad since she knew I'd been riding for a while.

[Wally]

Good manners cost nothing.

There are times we all feel like burrying our head in our hands, but as a professional she should treat the clientelle with respect and politeness. If you needed a hand she should have given it willingly.

It's not your fault you've never been shown, but always ask, ask lots of questions, the only silly question is the one that isn't asked. This, is sometimes, the only way to learn.