Good luck with that request!

[ferretgirl2]

Local CL ad, someone already posted a reply on CL to it, that's what caught my eye, but it's a good laugh so I thought I'd share!

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[liquidmistletoe]

And here I thought the funny part was wanting an experienced trainer for free. Then, Oh... OH.

[megfuzzle]

yeah. It just kept getting... is 'better' the word I'm looking for?

[nutmeg3]

Can you see my eyes falling out of my head? What did the reply say? Fingers crossed it was a reality check.

[ferretgirl2]

The anonymous response was

[nutmeg3]

Such a perfect response. :-)

[remix22]

Every single response this person might get is going to be some teenager who has ridden horses taken lessons since they were 10 and can TOTES train this horse!

[ferretgirl2]

And dreams of being the one to train and purty spotted stallion all by themselves!

[megfuzzle]

while not wearing shoes or helmet, and probably a bikini, because of COURSE!

[wastedrock]

and then they're going to die and their parents are going to sue.
And then we'll get to hear the story! What is this person, completely out of the world? Doesn't she know PROs tend to yanno, want PAYMENT for their services?!

[greyskyridge]

I additionally love how this is all supposed to happen "under owner's watch."

I don't even let the people who PAY ME to train their horses back-seat drive. I distinctly recall one ride where the owner nattered NON STOP for 20 minutes (seriously, I had one leg still swinging over the saddle mid-mount when she got started) until finally after ignoring her for 20 minutes I turned up the diagonal toward the owner (who was seated on a mounting block at X), halted, got off, handed over the reins, and said "Our philosophies seem to be different," exited, and let her untack it and deal with it for the rest of its life.
If you know how to do it so well then feel free to do it yourself for free.

Aka, "Let's discuss who posted on Craigslist needing help. Not me. You."

[colebaltblue]

My favorite part is how she needs the horse "ready by September no later thank you."

[ferretgirl2]

But the first 30 days are to be groundwork overseen by the owner, so that gives you what, maybe 1 1/2 months until August 25th to finish it under-saddle have it going well enough for them to ride it?... What are they planning to do with it after that, that it needs to be broke for?!!

[megfuzzle]

sell it for profit, OBVs.

hehehe

[greyskyridge]

Dude I totally feel their pain.

My horse needs to be ready to score 70%'s at Grand Prix by September too and no one is answering on craigslist.