Online selling
The saddleries here in Germany stock a lot of really nice horse and rider equipment, a lot of which is not available in shops back home. Given how well the Aussie dollar is doing at the moment I have been considering selling some things via ebay or an online storefront.
What I would like to know from you all, is what things you would and wouldn’t buy online as well as what brands and items in particular you would be wanting to purchase. Especially, what are some things that you have been looking for but just can’t seem to buy in Australia?
Let me know either by the contact form or in the comments below!
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Busy busy busy
I have been so busy lately with getting all the horses ready for the upcoming competition season. I am really looking forward to being able to get my first taste at competing in a different country, I do need to make sure my German is a bit better so that I can understand what is going on – especially in the Young Horse tests! It is all very exciting and it is something that I have dreamed of being able to do since I was a little girl.
I am just enjoying my life here so much, being paid to ride lovely dressage horses all day every day, I wouldn’t trade it for all the money in the world. We have some new members to the Charlottenhof team starting this week, another two riders and a groom so now the horses will all be able to get a lot more attention which I have just been unable to give them – with 18 horses to work each day, well, there are only so many hours in the day!
When the winter has left us, we are also planning on building some small paddocks near the main barn so that the sport horses each have a chance to get outside each day. I think this is just fantastic and I am sure the horses will think the same.
I mentioned in a previous post that the Australian photographer, Kelly Bauer, came to visit a few weeks ago. She also wrote an article about my experiences here in Germany as well as in Portugal, and that has now be published on the Cyberhorse Virtual Equestrian website:
That’s about all for now, I am ready to crash into bed, ready for another day tomorrow!
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Motivation & Inspiration
Sometimes maintaining motivation can be difficult, especially when you are schooling alone or struggling with a particular training issue. A blog that I regularly read is one written by the US dressage rider Jane Savoie.
http://www.janesavoie.com/blog/
The difference with this blog is that she writes it ‘on behalf’ of her Fresian dressage horse, Moshi, and her Labrador puppy, Indy. Moshi and Indi remind us that sometimes the most important things in life are not the time limits we set for ourselves, the Herculean tasks we try to accomplish, but the more simple things like keeping happy, letting go of resistances and really valuing our support networks.
It is easy to get so caught up in the details that we sometimes forget why we ride horses in the first place. I want to learn as much as I can, try and be successful at the highest levels; but when it all comes down to it what gets me out of bed each day is not the sense of glory that I can potentially achieve on the back of a horse, nor the ego stroking those achievements could earn me. What motivates me to wake up in the dark and go outside on those -15C mornings is the horses themselves, the pure energy and unconditional love they give me. Nothing beats a horsey hug!
Photo: Kelly Bauer
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