Drinking my coffee, then I'll be off on the gelding then back here to finish packing then I'm
Becky
Have fun.
My son does not believe it would be a good idea for me to let Harley go to that lady for "30" days. I was awake last night from 2 till 5:30 fretting about it, that's why I'm having a late start this morning. Anyway, do any of you have any idea what the customary time period, if there is one at all, that people let their horses go to someone for a trial run?
His reasons are valid after he pointed them out to me:
I don't know this lady or what kind of rider/trainer she is.
We don't know how hard she will push him in her attempt to get him to jump. Harley is a great horse, and has a very good foundation. But he is young, he needs to be brought up slow to keep his good mind in tact. If they push him hard (and some trainers do, especially under a time constraint) they could turn him into a runaway and then say we don't wnat him and send him back to me a crazy.
We do have him started on barrels, how will what she does with him affect that. We don't want to start over or have to untrain something out of him, and 30 days is plenty of time for him to develop habits he doesn't have now or that we don't want him to have.
If she is any kind of rider/trainer she should be able to tell what kind of horse he is in just a day or two, why does she need him 30.
Becky
Have a good time, if you are already gone!