[Ag-eq] Anyone out there?

[aleeha dudley]

Hi,
  Have you ever shown horses before? The reason I ask this is 
because a lot of the shows around my area only have walk-trot 
classes for disabled riders.  Also, many people are scared to let 
me ride or even do showmanshif in a show.
  I plan to get my dog from GDB and they have said that they will 
help me during training so I know what to do when we are around 
horses.
Aleeha

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jody W.  Ianuzzi" <jody at thewhitehats.com
>To: "Agricultural and Equestrean Division List" <ag-eq at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Sat, 6 Mar 2010 19:29:59 -0500
>Subject: Re: [Ag-eq] Anyone out there?

>Hello Aleeha,

>I love everything western from riding to clothes to food and the 
good old
>fashioned cowboy ethics.

>Wow, are you lucky to have found such a great riding instructor.  
I love your
>suggestion of using a clicker to ride in the correct direction.

>I have had my first guide dog for almost five years now.  Believe 
me, the
>wait time seems longer then the whole time you have your dog.  
<GRIN>  You
>might suggest that your future guide dog be exposed to horses so 
they will
>get along.

>My guide dog was exposed to horses and she gets along great with 
them.  she
>is very close to herding stock and she is amazing to watch with 
horses.
>When she gets eye contact with the horse she lays down on her 
belly and when
>the horse looks away she stands up.  Of course the best part of 
horses is
>you can eat and roll in their manure.  she is a dog after all.  
<GRIN

>I would love to have been a vet but I really don't see well 
enough to do
>surgery and other jobs.  I think it would be difficult to be a 
horse vet if
>you don't drive because of middle of the night emergencies etc.  
I was a vet
>tech for a time when I first got married.   Actually, my dream 
job would to
>be a mounted police officer in a big city but there aren't many 
openings for
>a blind mounted police officer.

>We have such perfect riding weather down here.  it has been in 
the 60s
>during the day and in the 40s at night.  it hasn't been very good 
for the
>tomato crop and prices are going to go way up.  I heard that 70 
percent of
>the crop was lost to cold.

>Happy Trails,

>JODY





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