Halfway There
I am leaning towards Trudi (Trudy?) or Greta. Chris is leaning on Scout or Harley. I am not a fan of Scout.
Kevin arrived today and he did Ruby and Charm-N during my first lesson. We managed to squeak in the filly's front feet between lessons and she did quite well with it. She pulled away once on each foot, but overall did really well for her first trim ever. He will be out again tomorrow and Thursday. Hoping for the time to holdbher Wednesday for him, but shooting for Thursday just in case.
Her fronts look much better. He might have been able to take more, but you don't necessarily want to do too dramatic of a change the first time and risk getting her sore.
Today was very busy. I had the first lesson, beld the filly for Kevin, lesson two, followed by loading up Kitt and the forecart and going to training. Kitt was awesome, even with the jerkish minivan that zoomed around us at over 20mph. She didn't even blink at it. She wasn't sure about the first big dump truck that passed us, but was good for the rest of them. Good girl, Kitt, you got to stay on the snaffle setting. When we pulled back on to Chandler Heights Kitt's walk went from normal to slug. I started laughing and it took Michelle a moment to realize why. Either Kitt REALLY hates the idea of going back to the trailer/home and slows down to let the fun last longer or she just assumes we're going to be working forever so she starts conserving energy. I don't know which it is.
After training I dropped the forecart at Sue's so I could pick up Bud then headed over to meet Kathryn at the property to work with her and Oakley, her little Kentucky Mountain horse (silver buckskin, very adorable). Apparently he has a case of "race brain" and she has had a hard time getting him to stop or even rate on their conditioning rides. I rode Bud as I worked with them and demoed some things. Bud was a little wiggly to start, but settled in towards the end. Kitt enjoyed rolling in the sandy dirt and oicking up scraps in one of the stalls.
Then I returned Bud, reclaimed the cart, headed home to unload Kitt and cart and had about 40 minutes to hang with the boys, pretend to eat something, and then the two final lessons for the night.
Tomorrow is quieter with just the three evening lessons, but holy cow am I busy!
I had to tell my 5pm Thursday if they weren't going to show up their time would be forfeited. Didn't hear back and their time slot is taken. Had my 4pm Friday say they needed a break and as I was getting ready to climb in the shower got a call about a possjble new client and they'd be happy for Friday at 4pm (I did warn the previous one that time slots were not guaranteed...).
I had 24 lessons last week, looking like 26 this week. HOLY COW HOW?! I have managed to keep Monday and Wednesday mornings open because Chris is off, but there's no way I can clear Tuesday mornings even though Chris closes then and has the mornings open.
I used to think a busy week was 15 lessons... I used to think a busy day was four ... we'll see how well it lasts come May and June and it heats up...
Kevin arrived today and he did Ruby and Charm-N during my first lesson. We managed to squeak in the filly's front feet between lessons and she did quite well with it. She pulled away once on each foot, but overall did really well for her first trim ever. He will be out again tomorrow and Thursday. Hoping for the time to holdbher Wednesday for him, but shooting for Thursday just in case.
Her fronts look much better. He might have been able to take more, but you don't necessarily want to do too dramatic of a change the first time and risk getting her sore.
Today was very busy. I had the first lesson, beld the filly for Kevin, lesson two, followed by loading up Kitt and the forecart and going to training. Kitt was awesome, even with the jerkish minivan that zoomed around us at over 20mph. She didn't even blink at it. She wasn't sure about the first big dump truck that passed us, but was good for the rest of them. Good girl, Kitt, you got to stay on the snaffle setting. When we pulled back on to Chandler Heights Kitt's walk went from normal to slug. I started laughing and it took Michelle a moment to realize why. Either Kitt REALLY hates the idea of going back to the trailer/home and slows down to let the fun last longer or she just assumes we're going to be working forever so she starts conserving energy. I don't know which it is.
After training I dropped the forecart at Sue's so I could pick up Bud then headed over to meet Kathryn at the property to work with her and Oakley, her little Kentucky Mountain horse (silver buckskin, very adorable). Apparently he has a case of "race brain" and she has had a hard time getting him to stop or even rate on their conditioning rides. I rode Bud as I worked with them and demoed some things. Bud was a little wiggly to start, but settled in towards the end. Kitt enjoyed rolling in the sandy dirt and oicking up scraps in one of the stalls.
Then I returned Bud, reclaimed the cart, headed home to unload Kitt and cart and had about 40 minutes to hang with the boys, pretend to eat something, and then the two final lessons for the night.
Tomorrow is quieter with just the three evening lessons, but holy cow am I busy!
I had to tell my 5pm Thursday if they weren't going to show up their time would be forfeited. Didn't hear back and their time slot is taken. Had my 4pm Friday say they needed a break and as I was getting ready to climb in the shower got a call about a possjble new client and they'd be happy for Friday at 4pm (I did warn the previous one that time slots were not guaranteed...).
I had 24 lessons last week, looking like 26 this week. HOLY COW HOW?! I have managed to keep Monday and Wednesday mornings open because Chris is off, but there's no way I can clear Tuesday mornings even though Chris closes then and has the mornings open.
I used to think a busy week was 15 lessons... I used to think a busy day was four ... we'll see how well it lasts come May and June and it heats up...