Hello,
I have a dilemma. I started going to a riding school for over a month now and I love the instructor. She is fabulous. But the apprentice on their staff who’s supposed to teach us the fundamentals of horse prep work isn’t doing it and on top of it has an attitude. For newbies like me, they are supposed to stand right over you to explain and help with the prep work until you do it fully on your own. I nicely explained to my RI that I need her to help me more with prep work. She said she will work on the girl. Well, I had yet to put on a bridle with my eyes closed. And I am ticked off. For $70/hour, I hadn’t even picked a horse’s hoof. The girl would always tell me that “for now she will tack the horse up so we won’t run late for my lesson” even though I would arrive a half hour early.
So I found another school with staff that actually show me every step of horse work, and they have great teachers. Oh yeah and they charge only $50/hour. So you would think it's a no brainer right? Stay with this school. Well the thing is that I had gotten used to my first school horse whose trot is smoother and more fluid and his saddle is flatter. The horse at the new school is bouncier and the saddle is higher although it’s general purpose. So it’s like I have to learn the sitting trot all over again. Plus even though the teacher is good, I had gotten used to my first one.
I’ve been wrecking my brain trying to find a happy medium. Even when I master putting on a bridle, do I keep both schools for the sake of a RI or am I crazy? And to think that the first school gets $20 more out of my pocket. Help! My brain is turning to mush!
I have a dilemma. I started going to a riding school for over a month now and I love the instructor. She is fabulous. But the apprentice on their staff who’s supposed to teach us the fundamentals of horse prep work isn’t doing it and on top of it has an attitude. For newbies like me, they are supposed to stand right over you to explain and help with the prep work until you do it fully on your own. I nicely explained to my RI that I need her to help me more with prep work. She said she will work on the girl. Well, I had yet to put on a bridle with my eyes closed. And I am ticked off. For $70/hour, I hadn’t even picked a horse’s hoof. The girl would always tell me that “for now she will tack the horse up so we won’t run late for my lesson” even though I would arrive a half hour early.
So I found another school with staff that actually show me every step of horse work, and they have great teachers. Oh yeah and they charge only $50/hour. So you would think it's a no brainer right? Stay with this school. Well the thing is that I had gotten used to my first school horse whose trot is smoother and more fluid and his saddle is flatter. The horse at the new school is bouncier and the saddle is higher although it’s general purpose. So it’s like I have to learn the sitting trot all over again. Plus even though the teacher is good, I had gotten used to my first one.
I’ve been wrecking my brain trying to find a happy medium. Even when I master putting on a bridle, do I keep both schools for the sake of a RI or am I crazy? And to think that the first school gets $20 more out of my pocket. Help! My brain is turning to mush!