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I've sent horses to trainers before, because I don't consider myself
qualified to avoid alot of the problems that come up along the way, so I
think the horse ends up less confused of what he's being asked to do.
However, every trainer I've worked with is always very open to my coming
to the barn to watch them, my horse or ANY horse being worked, day or
night. No "appointments" (unless I want something other than to just
watch, like a riding lesson), no locked gates during business hours,
assistants hustling me off to inspect the North Forty while, quick,
they're wiping the blood off my horse. I was always welcome to be as
much a part of the training process as I chose to be, and therefore I
never had worries that there was something fishy going on.
By the way, have you contacted Pat Parelli and told him what went on
with one of his "certified" instructors? Personally, I don't care for
PP much---I find him more showman than horseman, and prefer John Lyons
but that's just me. But if you have a chance to talk to PP and you get
the proverbial shrug, then you'll know that abusive attitude didn't
originate entirely with the idiot you unfortunately got ambushed by.
Good luck getting your mare's legs cleaned up.
Susan Evans
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