More Riding Instructor Scams

Here's another scam....

"Hello Instructor,
Its good to see your riding instructor service here online and i have to tell you i will be glad to have an insight on your coaching and how my son can get riding instruction there next month when he is back in the state.
I will like to know the duration for the training while i bring to your notice that he is 15yrs but growing passion for riding sense outrageously. I think your riding instruction service will be of a great help.He is a curious learner with submissive mind when corrected.He's got other skills related to gymnastics naturally and i can see i should help him develop this gift through your teaching service.
Get back to me with the following.....
Duration:
Tuition fee for the tutor:
your full names:
Addresses:
Tel:
Zip:
NOTE:I want you to note that i will pay the tution with a check or money order you will receive prior my son's arrival in the locality of your riding institute.
Looking forward to read from you soon.
Dr Dullah"

I would hate to see anyone fall for these!

Riding Instructor SCAMS!!

This is a scam....

"Hello,
My Name is Karen Morris.
I got your contact displayed on a website while surfing for an instructor for my 16yrs old Daughter.
My daughter will be vacationing in the US for 3 month starting from April 2010,so therefore I want to secure your services in giving my Daughter some sporting instructions during her stay there.
So to that effect,I will like to know your pricing and schedule as regards the lesson?
Waiting your response.
Regards
Karen"

...don't get caught!

Jumping Bloopers

Oh My! Don't these look painful??

Southern California Rainy Day

Bring on the Rain!!! (...or "Look What I Got Today!")

Almost every time it rains, I loose some hay. Either bottom hay gets muddy and molds or top hay gets rained on and molds. So today, I got this cargo container delivered! I'm so excited...water and rodent proof and holds 100 bales of hay!! Yipee!

Yeah, I know it's ugly, but boy, is it functional! (Plus it's a nice little wind breaker for Jack!)

Highly recommend it, and I don't know why I didn't think about it sooner - could have saved a lot of money on moldy hay and rotting chicken scratch.

This one was delivered by Allied Containers in San Diego, who were really great to work with. (I do not recommend Aztec Containers, whom I initially dealt with, but they never return calls, never followed up on promised information, and when ever I talked with them, they didn't have a clue that we'd ever spoken before!! After two weeks of this run around, I switched and got immediate service from Allied Containers.)

Drop off and pick-up is $95 each way and you must pay this fee up front, plus one month's rent which is $65/month. So total today, with taxes, was $260.

Now all I have to obsess about when it rains is the horses standing in mud!

Mud Season is Upon us!

Last night, the wind blew the tarp off my mountain of hay bales. I recently spent over $800 on 60 bales; they were all neatly stacked and covered with a tarp. They had already suffered damage from the muddy ground and were molding on the bottom bales; and last night the wind and rain took it's toll again! When I went down this morning the hay bales were uncovered and soaking wet!! Waaaaaa!!! I hate the rain!!!!

Tomorrow, at the urging of Robert, I will call Aztec Containers and rent a small cargo container to store my hay in. Won't take much for it to pay for itself.

Here's a picture of my muddy white horse (Tommy Boy) this morning. I was too distraught to take a picture of the hay!! (Actually, I just didn't think about it...maybe tomorrow...)

More Scams from Total Idiots Aimed at the Horse Industry

I got this email today...

"Hello There,
I'm Brian White from Los Angeles CA,I am moving down to your state (Down to your state???? Didn't Brian say he was from Los Angeles, CA??? Duh?! Maybe a news report should know his geography) and i will like to board my horse willie for four months before they get my barn done,i am a news reporter and i got busy schedules (If he's a news report, don't you think he'd know English grammer a little better?!?!) with travelling to gather news information, I have the coggin and health certificate,i will need a full stall boarding or a pasture for the four months,Let me know the price and any other requirement ... Boarding Date: 12/05/09 Let me know if you will be able to accomodate my horse with any available space.pls get back to me with price per month..
Looking forward to read from you

Regards
Brian"

OMG!! Can you believe this? It's right up there with the millions of dollars I'm waiting for from a long lost relative's closest friend who died of complications from lingering cancer in Nigeria!! HA!!!