Do your job

This is where it starts to get fun and the depths of stupidity is mind numbing and just, well, 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️

At feeding time one night, the trainer approaches me to ask me about the mare. "Miss Izzy, what is the deal with this horse??? I had her in long lines the one day and she went full blown NFR on me. I was afraid to get on her." 

Yeah let that last line sink in for a bit. The trainer is afraid to get on the horse the owner has no problems riding. 🚩

She then proceeds to untie the mare and jump around in front of her, expecting her to spook. Which apparently  the mare learned to do now too. She jumps and lands in a pose with her feet apart, arms wide and in the air.... well Duh! The horse is going to jump. You go from normal size to BIG! What kind of stupidity is that??? 👀😲 

How many times in the wild do we see horses, let alone herd leaders do that shit? Zero. Nadia. Zip. None. All of the Above...  🚩 She is not a herd leader.  When you do stupid shit and don't give the horse a reason to trust you? They're Not going to trust you. 

So I'm messing with the horse and rubbing her neck and shoulders. Explain again that I had No problem with the mare and start to show new trainer (poser) some of the amount of stiffness and tightness in the mare.  I also do some of the stretches with the horse to release the tension and anxiety she's feeling because of the other trainer. 

When I get back in the car to leave I tell a friend of mine about all of this. The trainer is afraid to get on the horse and the horse is jumpy around her, but as I was doing all of the stretches and relaxation work on the mare - I was wearing Flip Flops! 

I also explained to my friend and then to the owner that the "trainer" should be able to figure this all out on her own. I didn't have anybody else to go ask. She's a trainer - figure it out 🤷‍♀️ This is all part of the evaluation part at the beginning.