Lessons
I’m needin some advice.
Due to some unforseen circumstances the Smokin P Ranch is gettin a little behind in the financial way of things. Therefore this ol’ fella gotta do some creative earning. I been tossing around the idea of giving some riding lessons here at the place. Nothing too fancy, just beginner kind of stuff. I always figured I was better with horses and other animals than I was with people, but I kinda think I’d be ok getting some folks and their kids started out right.
Anyways, I was wondering if anybody knew if I gotta carry insurance for that kinda thing. Or is that covered by those signs that I gotta post at my place about the Equine Liabilty Act?
Actually I got this lessons idea from a commercial on TV. It’s for some cell phone company. They show 3 or 4 girls standin there looking at a pretty nice pony. The girl that got it is all depressed cause she got a pony instead the latest whiz bang cell phone. That really pissed me off. To this day if that commercial comes on I turn it off or walk away. When I was that age I woulda gave important parts of my anatomy to someone that gave me a pony, horse, mule, donkey, dog, etc. And she is all broke up cause she didn’t get a cell phone? This world’s going to hell.
Don’t mean to rant bout stuff but that ain’t nothin compared to what wife had to listen to when I saw that commercial first time.
That commercial upset me too! They made the pony look so mean and nasty!
I have a friend who runs a boarding facility and gives lessons. I’ll give her a call today and see what she says. She has a contract that people have to sign that says if they ride on her property and get hurt, she is not liable. You’ll probably need something like that. Thinks might be different by state though.
To advertise, I would recommend using Craigs list. You’ll get a lot of hits. It’s free to post an offered service (at least it use to be) and tons of people use it. www.craigslist.com.
27 Dec 2007 at 7:36 pm
Sorry, it’s www.craigslist.org
27 Dec 2007 at 7:37 pm