Working with others has never been my strong suit. Im not a very forward or demanding person so I often get flooded out by others.

As of late I have started as a trainer in a mustang program at the barn that I have my horse Apollo at. Im the youngest trainer that they have. Im surrounded by people who have been working with horses for longer than I have been alive. It’s easy to be overlooked in the program, lots of the people think that since im a 17 year old girl that I have no clue what im talking about. In reality im one of few people who has really worked and trained a mustang before. I have valuable information to give but they just won’t hear it.

In the program there are supposed to be trainers, the higher ups who know more about horses and mustang training. Then there are the volunteers, they get a set amount of hours a week to come and hang out with the horses. Right now the program is over-run with volunteers that have no idea what they are doing, it’s dangerous for the horses and the volunteers themself. Lots of the volunteers are also older than me so they also try to push me and my knowledge down.

Working with other people that treat you like a child that just started walking is hard. I work with the mentality that im doing it for the horses and not the people.

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