Settling In
I have now been working here for 2 weeks and am really enjoying my work. I have all my paperwork done, my health insurance and a German bank account. I am going to look at a car on the weekend, so everything is coming together very nicely.
The following is a rough outline of my typical day here at Charlottenhof:
7.00 Start work, help with feeding the muesli/grain to the horses
7.20 Prepare my first horse for the day, either lunging in the round yard or riding in the indoor hall – normally I prepare this horse under the heat lamps as the mornings are down around 2C or 3C at the moment, and I know it is only going to get colder!
9.30 Breakfast, I normally manage to work 2 or 3 horses before breakfast
10.00 – 12.00 Riding, riding, riding. If the weather is nice we might take some of the horses out for a hack through the forest.
14.00 – 18.30 Again, more riding! In the afternoon I often work the younger horses who have spent the morning out in the fields. If I have finished my horses early, I will assist some of the other riders with their horses, clean my tack or help with the feeding and final tidy up.
I have 8 horses to work each day, from 4 years old to 10 years old.
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