ughh lessons

[Kim]

I cant tell what i think about my new trainer STILL! and ive had 2 lessons! during the lesson i feel good, like we're fixing alot. then after im like wtf? all she did was show me how my bad habits hinder our performance. we didnt need to spend an hour on that. Apparently when i ask deal to walk from the jog i look at his neck and he always walks really slow when i do that and i feel like hes going to just stop so i clench and squeeze with my lower leg. and she told me to loko at the other side of the arena the next time i asked him to walk and he just walked, a normal walk, not almost stopping. And stuff like opening my hipas and rolling my shoulders back made him pick up the trot faster. i never knew the little things made such a big difference!

She thinks he needs his joints in one leg injected. he is not so great one direction but i dont know if i want to do that.

She also says i need a new saddle! apparently it pinches his withers?! so i would need to sell this one, buy a work one AND really nice show one.

I need new chaps, at the agility contest last year the strap in front ripped off because we were rushing. and i need all this shit before sunday (not tomorrow, but next sunday) becuase thats our first show.

we havent even worked on english, so i doubt im going to show english.

im so flustered! idk what to do!

she DID say that as soon as me and deal get out of our habits we could be unbeatable. that was a nice compliment.

[Rebecca]

I dont really understand what you dont like about her..

[gaby]

I have some tan ultra suede chaps if you want to buy those off me...I think I sold both pairs of my black chaps.

[*~* <3 Lauren <3*~*]

well it sounds like she knows what she is doing. And little things do make a really big difference. because a horse will pick up bad habits from your bad habits And depending on how much deal has been riden and how old he is injections might not be a bad idea.Now about the show saddle and working saddle why cant you just get a good used one for now that fits him good. And even have a saddle fitter look at it.

[...Nina...]

Won't a show saddle be slippier. English people only buy one really good saddle and use it all the time. Sounds like she knows what she's doing, you never realize how much the little things make everything better...

[Savannah]

She sounds like a pretty good trainer to me...maybe Savy and I need to take lessons so wecommunicate better...

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[Kim]

Well becuase if im going to do the paint shows i need a really nice show one. Nina i use my show one for work and show now, but the silver gets sooo tarnished. Idk. I dont like the fact that i feel like i dont get anything accompished in an hour. I think she knows what shes doing too, but i just wish i felt more accomplished afterwards.

[...Nina...]

Oh, I forgot about the silver, can you take that off, I thought I saw someone doing that maybe it was extra silver...lol I'm retarded

[Kim]

i guess you can. but idk. its a pain in the ass.

[Erin]

Could you get a new saddle to use for work/shows for a few months until you can get another one for shows?

You'll feel more accomplished in the near future. Sometimes its the baby steps that make the most significant impact.

[Kim]

I dont knowwww. my moms talking about selling this place and just moving back (we havent sold our old house yet) and if we did she said she would sell deal too

[Rebecca]

aww why does she want to sell the new place?? =[

[Kim]

because her parents arent paying the mortgage on the old house anymore and its too much money/work.

[Erin]

Aww If that happens, why couldn't you board Deal where he used to be?

[Kim]

becuase my mom says "he wants to be here, so im gonna sell him with the farm"

what ever. shes a bitch.