[Ag-eq] Anyone out there?

[Jody W. Ianuzzi]

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