To those of you who have asked me for updates on the clinic,
I’m sorry it’s taking me this long! It
was a wonderful and somewhat overwhelming experience that left me and Contender
much further along than we were before the lesson. I’m waiting to do a full write-up until I can
get the video converted and onto Youtube, and partially because it’s going to
take me a few viewings to fully digest everything she told me.
The clinic also served as the final push I needed to come up
with a stable name for Contender. When
Nancy met us, she asked what his name is, and I said “Contender” and she asked
if I had a less formal name for him. I
stammered, so my trainer jumped in, “I
call him Teddy.” And that’s what was
written on the whiteboard for my ride time: 10:45am: Jen S. and Teddy. Blegh.
I knew right then that if “Teddy” was going to start being used for
official things with official people, I had to come up with a stable name I
liked.
Luckily, the name I’d been searching for came to me from his
breeder, who said that they sometimes called him Connor. It incorporates his full name, isn’t too far
off from Contender, and suits him just fine. And it's not Condoleeza Horse, which is what my funny guy husband likes to call him.
We have a name! It only took me three months...
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| Buon giorno! Mi chiamo Connor! |
lol im jealous that you have a barn name for him now :( im still hunting for mine. I cant wait to hear more about the clinic!
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