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Sounds like my daughters situations(although the trainers ususally came down 
to do her lessons and she occasionally made a few dollars . My husband says 
lesson instructors couldn't exist without teenage girl slave labor, (can ya 
tell he is cynical?)Hard to tell him that the slavery is a 
priveledge,(that's why they call it "horse crazy"). Laurie an d Rascal






> From: Tamara Taylor <tam319@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [RC]   Boarders
> Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2003 15:28:07 -0600
>
> When I was 11 through til I was 16 years old I boarded at a terrible place. 
> I
> did chores in exchange for lessons. I painted the fences, barns, babysat 
> til 2-
> 3 in the morning, mucked stalls (both horse stalls and the pig barn where
> piglets were often found dead under the straw). The things we do for 
> horses! My
> lessons comprised of me riding my horse while the 'instructor' yelled
> instructions out the window when she had a minute to look out and check on 
> me.
> I worked my butt off and it was not a rewarding experience. But because of 
> that
> I have vowed that should I ever board horses at my place I would treat them
> MUCH better. If I was closer I would JUMP at a chance to have a riding 
> buddy on
> at a small well-equipped facility! It sounds like the perfect situation!
> Perhaps you could advertise at the vet college or at rides where you have a
> better chance of finding a concientious and knowledgable horse person. If 
> you
> can find someone that is a hard worker and easy to get along with it sounds
> like a great win-win situation to me!
>
> Best of luck,
> Tamara
>
>
>
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