Thanks, Kat. You gave me a new perspective on the situation. I know I have made mistakes from just not knowing how what I do affects others. I need to do better about speaking up (nicely) when someone's behavior is affecting my horse.
Rhonda
> Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:11:10 -0700 > From: katswig@xxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] is this rude" > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Rhonda said: > > > So, is that kind of behavior okay at rides and I'm > > just out of line to resent it a bit? > > I wouldn't consider this beharviour as being excessivly rude unless you had specifically asked her not to do it and she did anyway. > > It MAY be that she thought what she was doing was being polite with her borderline unmanageagle horse (e.g. leaving the water trough with her horse before it could cause some problems with your horses, only stopping the horse on the trail for as long as she was alone and when she saw you catching up, she continued on so as to not subject your horses to her horse's unmanageablity). > > If you didn't tell her that the behaviour was causing a problem for your horses, she may have not known and just been trying to avoid causing problems. > > kat > Orange County, Cali. > :) > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
