Professionalism goes a long way in all forms of business
. If the horse was a danger to you then you should have politely asked the owner to show you how they handle the horse.
I’m not against using a chain (when required) but I think the issue at hand was the way you conducted yourself, which to me does not scream professional. I’d hate to think that any persons business that you come across has the possibility to show up on the internet being scrutinized.
I completely agree! But, I did ask her the first time we looked at the mare how she normally does things and asked her to lead the horse and so on. When the mare would walk on top of her, she would laugh and say she just wants to be loved. I told her that I understand that I am not her trainer but I wanted to warn her that she shouldnt let the horse walk on her like that, its a dominance and respect issue and if she continues to let it happen then someone may get hurt. She said her trainer said the same thing but she cant bring herself to believe that this mare would hurt her ever.
The first day I said nothing, which we all know for me is a very hard thing to do. The second time looking at her she was a complete idiot and #1 I wasnt about to not correct her and risk getting hurt and #2 I am not about to hand over a horse that is walking all over people and kicking out to someone who thinks its cute and watch her get kicked and then feel bad for not correcting her. (Yes I know, not my horse, not my call)
I know I know. Some of you may not agree. And I am totally ok with that. But when you have horses, and I think we all know and understand this, you have to accept that not everyone does things your way and sometimes it is good to take a little piece of advice especially when it involves the safetly of the owner and the horse.
Now I am not here to argue or anything, just replying to things that are said. And I thank everyone for your input and kind words of advice.
In my opinion, and this is just my opinion and how I was taught, when you go to look at a horse, you are looking at them to see if their personality will fit, thier confirmation is good, and that they have the athletism, build and mind to do what you want to do. If you go out and look at an unbroke baby and he is spinning around you and carrying on, do you ask him to stand still for 2 seconds or do you give him to the owner and say "Nope. He wont stand still." and walk away. Same thing applies here, IMO. When I go to look at a horse I want to know that I can handle the horse. Every horse out there will try someone at one point and time in thier lives. Maybe its just me and if so, then maybe I am wrong in everyone elses eyes. But this is how I was taught and I respect my trainer with all my heart.
Do I regret going out to see the horse? No. Do I regret making her behave so I didnt get hurt? No. Do I regret saying what I said? Maybe a little. But how many of us have said things we dont mean??
I am not perfect, no one is. I made a mistake by saying that OUTLOUD. Your right, I should have kept it to myself (I find myself wanting to correct other peoples kids as well!) and maybe it wasnt very professional. But I have heard alot of Trainers say Way Worse stuff than that looking at horses.
I consider myself to be half way decent with horses and I will continue to learn everyday. I learned from this experience. And I will remember it.
COTH is best for lurking. There's a lot of great info but not worth the drama to participate.
i dont think any1 who is trying to dissiplin a horse 4 being in your space or pushing you around is a bad person...
