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It is a good idea to have a contract with any trainer. To protect yourselves. I will let you all know how things turn out.

k s swigart <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  geckogal85 said:
>
> > I am trading a horse for this training.
> > The deal is that my horse will be
> > completely saddle trained and safe
> > to ride or no deal. No matter how long
> > it takes.
>
> Both you and this trainer are absolutely off your heads to enter into
> this kind of agreement unless you absolutely KNOW that you will not be
> unhappy no matter how it turns out.
>
> There is no proper or legal definition of "completely saddle trained and
> safe to ride," and there is no way that you can come up with an agreed
> upon definition for it up front.  Consequently, any contract that
> contains such language is fraught with
>  opportunity for disaster going
> forward...and there is no way in HELL that it should be an open-ended
> agreement along the lines of "however long it takes."
>
> If the two of you don't know each other well enough that you can make
> this agreement on a handshake and for both of you to be willing to get
> the short end of the stick if it turns out that your understandings of
> the agreement were not the same and shrug your shoulders and walk away,
> then you should run a mile from any such agreement.
>
> So...if you need a written contract for this agreement, you shouldn't be
> making it.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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