Considering moving barns because of trainer's personal life

[SuzieQNutter]

@Scribbler

@Bristol_Bay

@Scribbler

I don’t have the capacity to selectively quote on my phone as far as I know.

You do. I just highlighted the relevant sentence and then hit the “reply to” arrow.

Alternatively you can reply quote and delete the unnecessary parts of the quote.

I don’t know how to make my phone highlight.

Deleting with backspace is so tedious I’d just probably stop responding if I had to do that

You hold your finger on a word. It highlights with 2 blue icons on each side. You move these to the front and back of what you want edited. I have an Android device.

[Bristol_Bay]

@SuzieQNutter

You hold your finger on a word. It highlights with 2 blue icons on each side. You move these to the front and back of what you want edited. I have an Android device.

It’s exactly the same on an iPhone.

[findeight]

@Bristol_Bay

It’s exactly the same on an iPhone.

Yay……I did it thanks BB for the edit for dummies instruction.

ETA works on iPhone 12 and mini pad…5 I think.

[Scribbler]

You move these to the front and back of what you want edited. I have an Android device.

Thank you. It works. But doesn’t show the quote set off in grey?

[ShenanAnna]

Thank you, thank you! I would try to highlight and only get that one word in blue. But, keeping at it, I can get the two blue thingies that move. I’ve been using the “quote the whole post” technique and deleting what I didn’t want. Tedious, but it works.

[ShenanAnna]

@Scribbler

quote set off in grey?

I just tried it. This is on a really cheap but one year old Android.

[Fiesta01]

@findeight

in my case, only one is still a close friend after 10 years.

I win. My one close friend from a previous boarding barn - 42 years. We call ourselves “sisters.” Thanks, Leslie.

[nycjumper]

1. A new trainer can/will most likely reach out to your current trainer to get information about you. Clients come and go - professionals will be standing at the ingate together forever ;). Be prepared.
2. When asked why you’re looking at a new barn - your goals of doing more rated shows is 100% a great answer. DO NOT slander or badmouth your current trainer.
3. If you find the right fit, great. Give your current trainer 30 days notice (be prepared to leave sooner) and make sure all your bills are paid and current. Let trainer know you’ve been very happy, thank trainer for all their hard work and if they ask why, simply share exactly what. you stated to New Trainer - you want to start doing all rated shows and follow that circuit and have found a barn that concentrates on that.

It’s not personal, it’s business.

[Long_Time_Lurker]

@Impractical_Horsewoman

To find a new barn, I would go to the shows where you want to compete as a spectator. Look around, see how the trainers behave. See what competitors you respect as well as who wins. Also, that isn’t awkward at all, and isn’t an automatic sign of barn-shopping.

This. You can tell a lot about various trainers and barn groups by watching the warm up rings. And if you can stand close enough to the out gate of the show rings to hear what trainers say to their students after their ride that is also informative. Of course you can start by browsing websites and social media, but some really good trainers are not good at self promotion, and some who are great at self promotion are not necessarily good at helping average horses and riders progress. Of course some may be good at both, or lacking at both.

[hut-ho78]

Volunteering at the warm up ring is illuminating as well.

[SuzieQNutter]

@Scribbler

Thank you. It works. But doesn’t show the quote set off in grey?

Mine does show the quote in grey. If sometimes the quote in grey doesn’t work. I go back to highlight again and then it shows.