Having horses in my life makes every day a good horse day. However, with all the rain, our property is still under water; add to that the hoards of mosquitoes - great horse days have been few and far between this year; and we're nearly half way through 2011 already.
Today was one of those great horse days that more than made up for the many missed days. Brenda Fehr of Dare To Dream Horse Rescue, invited me out to conduct a clinic for some of her volunteers. While I have been teaching since 2007, this was my first ever group "clinic" so I was pretty nervous. Brenda and her crew however, were so welcoming my nerves quickly gave way to "unbridled" enthusiam. A huge thank you to the participants and their horses for the wonderful learning opportunities they created for all of us and for being open and receptive to the ideas I presented; Tashya and Lucky, Wayne and is new horse Cash, Lisa and her beautiful daughter Caleigh and their horse Taffy, and Sheree and her two horses Bella Moon, and Bailey. Also, thanks very much to all the folks who came out to watch and who were so willing to share their questions.
Brenda sent me a very encouraging email before I even arrived back home this evening. It read: Hi Tovie, I can't even find words to say how much everyone enjoyed the clinic. You're a great teacher and we all learned something. Now, I can hardly wait to have the other one July 30th. Some of the people that couldn't come today are planning on the July one.
I've always said it is easy to teach beginners because, with their limited experience, they don't typically question what you are teaching them. However, to have Brenda, with her many years of experience, acknowledge the value in what I do, is truly a gift.
I also can't wait for the July 30th clinic.
