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a strange feeling of deja vu
Jun. 15th, 2014 09:36 pmSo yesterday I went to try out a horse for half-lease.
And it was deja vu all over again.
She's a 12 year old Cheval Canadien, hunter/jumper background, pasture ornament for 4 years, new owner who wants to do All The Things (really: a novice event, some liberty work, thinking about working towards bridle-less riding, competitive trail riding is interesting and oh yeah, some dressage, we should be able to get her to 3rd level.) and I just... I've been here before. I've brought Penny and Kaboose from rackety WTC trail horses to solid training level, just-barely-first level mares, and I don't really want to do that again. If she's as clever as her owner believes, then I can check back in a couple months and see what's happening. Otherwise, the search continues.
And in an unkind twist of fate, the mare was at the barn Bully was when he died. So I had a minor freakout thinking about it, but just kept moving forward slowly and managed pretty well. Got to shake hands again with the owner, who backed me up the last time, and see how pretty it is up there. It isn't haunted - Bully's ghost did not stomp out of the ground and startle the hell out of me. But still, kind of unsettling.
And it was deja vu all over again.
She's a 12 year old Cheval Canadien, hunter/jumper background, pasture ornament for 4 years, new owner who wants to do All The Things (really: a novice event, some liberty work, thinking about working towards bridle-less riding, competitive trail riding is interesting and oh yeah, some dressage, we should be able to get her to 3rd level.) and I just... I've been here before. I've brought Penny and Kaboose from rackety WTC trail horses to solid training level, just-barely-first level mares, and I don't really want to do that again. If she's as clever as her owner believes, then I can check back in a couple months and see what's happening. Otherwise, the search continues.
And in an unkind twist of fate, the mare was at the barn Bully was when he died. So I had a minor freakout thinking about it, but just kept moving forward slowly and managed pretty well. Got to shake hands again with the owner, who backed me up the last time, and see how pretty it is up there. It isn't haunted - Bully's ghost did not stomp out of the ground and startle the hell out of me. But still, kind of unsettling.