
The 90 Day Wonder Horse and the Ignorant, Blissful Owner
Owner:
“‘Ol Blaze is the perfect horse.”
Trainer:
“Then why are you putting him in training?”
Owner:
“WeeEELL,‘Ol Blaze sometimes bucks when I ask for canter, and rears when I ride him away from the barn, and sometimes, he’ll bite me if I’m not fast enough to feed him, or when I cinch him, and he doesn’t really like the wash rack, or baths, or clippers, or plastic bags,… oh, and I can’t get him to cross the puddle of water to get out on trail. I haven’t been out on trail in two years because of that. Other than that, he’s PERFECT!”
Trainer:
Good Gawd! And you still want THIS horse?! WHY??? LOL (Oh, all this was muttered under the breath by trainer or in head.)
Owner:
“You have 90 days to make my horse perfectly broke to ride, with walk, trot, canter transitions, leg-yield, open gates, go down the trail and be absolutely safe for my 3yr. old child to crawl under. And by the way, could you teach ‘em how to rear, bow and that there Spanish Walk while you’re at it?”
Trainer:
“Suuuure, no problem. Want a cherry on top?” (Also, muttered under breath or in head because owners tend to take offence at trainer humor. LOL)