i really need to vent. this is unbelieveable.

[mandieeeeee]

i'm sure some of you must remember my old "trainer" who is basically a complete joke. i know more about proper horse care than she does, in all seriousness. i mean, the woman bought an untrained 5 year old for her 6 year old daughter! and she took a half-broke very skittish 3 year old to ride on the sand dunes around the lakes where people ride 4 wheelers!

well, so when i sold belle i had gotten out of western riding about that time. i bought a supposed all purpose english saddle that ended up being a dressage saddle when it arrived as i bought it on ebay. so i sold both saddles and belle when i went to public school. but i didn't sell any of my grooming equipment or anything from my tack box. know what my trainer thinks would be a smart idea? i asked her last time i was out "where is my tack box?" she says, "oh i didn't know if you were coming back so i gave it to jennifer."

wtf?! number one, that's not her property to give away! that's mine. number two, could you at least call and ask if it's okay to give my stuff away? i mean that's absurd, of course i wouldn't give away hundreds of dollars worth of equipment that i could very well use or sell if i wasn't riding anymore!

we've been trying to get up with her all week to arrange me riding for a while tomorrow. but she won't pick up or call us back! its been all week! i'm just so pissed off that i have to basically start from scratch buying the basics again that i shouldn't even have to buy for a horse! i already bought most of my tack, except girths and bits that have to be fitted, but i bought a tack set that's guaranteed to fit all normal riding horses and it's refundable. i guess i'm going about things backwards, buying stuff for a horse that i don't have yet, but i'll use these things for other horses too though, because i hate borrorwing tack and stuff. so yeahh. i'm lucky mom is so supportive of my riding and is paying for my lessons, otherwise i'd never be able to buy all this stuff!

i'm so sick of my barn i could scream. it was worse boarding a horse there too. i'm glad i've got more options now. sandy ridge i think is more of a western barn but i'm going to see it anyway. it's new. steadfast stables has an excellent reputation around town and else where. they do alot of 3-day eventing, shows and such. i just had to let that out. i've just been thinking on it alot today and i have to go out there tomorrow and i'm also buying alot of new stuff like lounge lines, brushes and all that shit. i'm just so pissed that i lost so much money. and she bought my old western saddle and STILL hasn't paid me all she owes.




whoever actually read that whole thing gets some of my birthday cake tomorrow haha.

[Rebecca]

Did I miss-read something? Why are you still at this barn if you hate it so much?

[Candace ♥'s Mitt-nacht]

thats rediculous... i cannot belive she still hasn't paid you completely from your saddle... AND that she just gave yoru stuff away!
sucks :S
i suggest not going there ever again

[gaby]

Well while it wasn't okay for her to do that- you left that barn and left all your stuff there without talking to the owner. After a while, she pretty much has the right to do whatever she wants with your stuff- what is she supposed to keep your stuff around the barn for 5+ years until you want it again? She is not a storage facility.

[mandieeeeee]

I suppose you have a point gaby.

I'm still with these people because I didn't know where else to go. I havn't been out lately though.

Of course, saddle and tack past us, we didn't complain so I suppose she couldn't know. But mainly it was just the barn didn't have good help or anything and we were being ignored.

So today I go to TSC to buy myself a new helment. Coincidently, my trainer was there right when we walked in. We all talked for a minute and she said she was sorry she hadn't been up with us but she was having a hectic time with camp and it was so busy. She said that she'd gotten a new instructor at the barn and alot more help and things were improving. I mentioned I was interested in a new horse and she said "Oh, I might have the one for you! Remember Twinkie, the 5 year old?" and I said "Yeah, she was so sweet!" and my trainer said, "Well, until now she's been with my brother for 3 months doing some finishing on her training. She's come out really nice. I'm looking for a good home for her and I wouldn't sell her to just anyone. She's actually right outside if you wanna so see her!"

They were having an animal day thing at TSC and the ASPCA was out there and there were goats and llamas and dogs and stuff and she had 3 horses out in a grassy spot. She brough Merrylegs the little mini, Sunny the Quarter Pony and Twinkie. The trailer was freshly painted and she had alot of workers out with her. Things looked pretty good and I was starting to see a pretty good change. Twinkie was so sweet. She was so bored out there though. She's absolutly GORGEOUS. Skewbald, about 15.1hhs or 15.2. Blue eyes, mostly white face. I was getting some information about 4h as I was leaving the events and I noticed a rider had got on her and there was alot of cars and activity and the rider was on her with only a halter for a bridle. She seemed oblivious to everything, quiet as a mouse. I was pretty impressed. It's sometimes good to watch how a horse acts when the seller doesn't know your watching.