Separation Anxiety

Jill liked chatting with a big guy holding two draft horses, ha.  She told him how it was hard teaching with the broodmare pony herd at first, because she was the one teaching Total Beginner privates, and the mares were long out of being in practice at being alone, although they were lovely athletes for stronger riders...

Whichever "quiet" pony the head coach or owners suggested or even that Jill chose, she would whinny the whole time.  Which would cause the herd to run the paddock the entire time.  Which made the student and spectators uptight, not to mention Jill, who could NOT be heard about the din.

Her cowboy buddy at the time suggested a plastic bat toy for whacking them per whinny so they'd soon learn to shut up. Yowza, not her style.

Instead she recruited volunteers to hold or walk companion animals, teaching horsemanship to pony-trainers for free and developing rider skills for her students at $15 per hour.  Hour of pure Joy however!!!  She was very disappointed that by the time she had every body trained and even matched into group lessons, the head coach was ready to squeeze her out...

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Can you feed a horse pumpkin? Jill was not sure how to answer the visitors enquiry.  Horse's digestive systems were pretty persnickity since they could not throw up, and they could DIE from a simple stomach ache.  In the end, Jill researched that it would be fine for them, which didn't surprise her given that she fed it to her cats...  She thought of her friend's overrun backyard and vowed this season to toss a few into the paddock.
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The guy she thought might be her record producer wanted to know if she was romantic with the guy who come with her to the open stage.  The answer was kind of yes but really no.  "Have you heard the concept of a teaser pony?" He shook his head.  Jill thought she should try and explain it "Well if a mare resists live coverage in a breeding shed, it can be dangerous for both horses, and even the people around them.  So, in some facilities they present an enthusiastic but small pony stallion to a mare that is in season, in order to help and get her in the mood for her real stallion."

The Awesome Hots played in the background, "I Wait For You."