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there's an international dressage rider and instructor based at a local riding school & very popular national competition center (which her family owns and runs), and the riding school page keeps inviting me to like her page on facebook

and i'm there like... this instructor absolutely DESTROYED my confidence by basically ridiculing me for wanting to play with some more advanced movements on schoolmaster horses - which is part of what the ADVERTISE THEIR SCHOOLMASTER LESSONS AS BEING FOR - and basically said to my face in a lesson i was PAYING HER FOR that i was a shit rider with no grasp of even the basics required for anything more advanced than a walk to canter transition

like i got a lesson with her as a present from my parents for my 16th birthday and she literally destroyed my confidence...

i'm not going to like her fucking advanced training lesson page or promote her?? like fuck that! fuck her!!

i'm all for CONSTRUCTIVE criticism... but basically telling a rider they're shit and giving no advice on how to improve and literally SAYING TO THE FACE OF A 16 YEAR OLD GIRL THAT THEY'RE WASTING YOUR TIME BY WANTING A LESSON FROM YOU is just so rude and i would never endorse a trainer like that

like she needs to get over herself, she may be trained by carl hester and charlotte dujardin but she isn't anywhere near their level of success and needs to check her fucking attitude because i'm pretty sure even they wouldn't say that to a paying client...

#when u have equestrian drama #if anyone wants to know its in southwest england and if u want her name u can message me but u can probs guess #instructors who purposefully destroy the confidence of young riders or any riders shouldnt be allowed to teach lmao #riding instructors #equestrian #riding school

Have you noticed that your students (or yourself) saddle seems to always be slipping to one side of the horses back? Or that one stirrup always seems longer than the other? You are not alone. This is a common riding challenge for riders of all levels. What can you do to help your riders get that saddle where it belongs? Try the tips in this article from the Georgia Dressage and Combined Training Association newsletter. (Pg. 16-18) You can click on the photos below and they will enlarge, or go to the GDCTA website to see the article in their newsletter at: https://issuu.com/gdcta/docs/newsletter_augv2Make sure to watch the video that is included as you will be able to watch a rider go through the process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noVQnjc6KbI&t=320s

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6 Trainer Types To Stay Away From

There are many types of trainers out there. I’ve been lucky to train for some really good instructors, but maybe you have met any of these sneakier types below? Being able to identify them quickly solves half the trouble! These are found in all disciplines, but somehow most often in dressage. And yes, dressage riders still take lessons after 20 years of riding, don’t let anyone say something…

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Lessons R Us too...how do you know what kind of instructor you have? :-0

Lessons R Us too…how do you know what kind of instructor you have? :-0

As I found out the hard way as a flute player, in that other players seemed to crawl out of the woodwork to try to ‘teach’ me how to fail rather than succeed, I have determined, ironically, that the same may be true in any walk of life — including, unfortunately, our riding instructors.

In classical music, it is considered a significant accomplishment to study with a ‘professional’ orchestral…

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Day 29: Morning...

#moment in time #working with horses #horses #riding instructors

Pretty much hate life right now. I just want to go back to bed but I have classes to get to. Then I have to do bills when I get home and some other shit. Fuck everything right now, seriously. I don't have the energy. I'm too emotional.

On to another subject:

I'm trying to switch instructors at the barn to see if that makes a difference. I've been told by one person that from "what they've heard" by a good friend of theirs, there was all kinds of shit being done wrong under the last 2 instructors- but that's always what people think when new management comes in right? The new management always thinks its way is better and that the old management really fucked a lot of things up. And in the horse world, I feel like that kind of attitude is magnified sometimes. It's one thing to say, "This wasn't correct and here's why." But it's another thing to criticize everything and talk shit about people who aren't there anymore to defend themselves against what is being said about them, and act all elite.

I'm no expert in horses by any means. I'm a dog person. I just want to learn to ride. But I don't know that I want to learn from someone with such a poor attitude. Especially after I went ahead and took the time and courage to tell my instructor about my depression and problems with medication and how it's making me overly emotional- and I just get dismissive, distancing responses. You know what? You work with people when you teach, not just horses, so fucking learn some compassion and empathy. I didn't tell you because I wanted sympathy- I told you because I know its affecting my perceptions, behavior, and riding; and I thought if my instructor knew about it, they could take that into account when deciding what to do with me during the next lesson.

Teaching isn't just about criticizing what you do wrong; you have to tell someone the things they're doing right. My friend's response was, "Well, most of them aren't very good at that; one of the best instructors I had called me a dumbass every week." Fuck that bullshit. You don't get to verbally abuse your students just because riding is a tough sport. And you don't just fucking ignore the fact that they are human beings with emotions because you don't want to deal with it. If you can't deal with it, then you shouldn't be teaching, no matter how good a rider you are.

Everyone claims they don't know "of any other reputable barns" in the area, but you know what? That doesn't mean they aren't good; it means their names haven't gotten big like this one. So maybe I need to start looking just in case things still aren't working out.

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