This message is from: Don & Jane Brackett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >If you have an overwhelming desire the 'do it yourself,' I would highly >recommend finding a professional trainer that is willing to take you by the >hand and guide you as you go.
I bought a green mare a year ago and as a green person should probably have waited for something with a little more training. She had been trained to ride but I am learning not with much consistancy or knowledge on the trainers part. This became very apparent when we bought a great gelding from Julie Will. Thank you Julie and Tammy. He knew/understood soooo much more than Osa. I had owned a horse as a child and than was horse less for 25 years. BUT...knowing your limitations does help. I haven't found a trainer that will come to us (lucky Jean Ernest, Lisa sounds perfect) but both my husband and I have been taking lessons at a near by stable and asking a million questions. Our instructor is very patient in answering and showing us all that we can absorb for an hour each week, and then we come home and practice. Books are great too, now that we have some clue as to what they are saying but they don't make sense unless you already have enough knowledge to understand them! Happy Fjording all, Jane, where we are shortly to begin lambing season.....expecting 70 adorable lambs who all grow up too fast.
