Funny horse dreams

["Advantage Saddles" <owensall@sierratel.com>]

> Dream 
>     vs. Reality of horse ownership!
>
> Dream: Husband would suddenly develop 
>     an interest in horses. We would
> finally share an activity.
> Reality: 
>     Husband ignores horses, except for an occasional resentful comment
> about 
>     how I complain I don't have enough time.
>
> Dream: Older daughter would 
>     enjoy a pony. We would share an activity.
> Reality: Older daughter finds 
>     horses too solitary a sport and too much
> manual labor. Pony gets sold to 
>     a horse-crazy pony-clubber. Daughter blames
> me
> for selling her 
>     pony.
>
> Dream: Barn would be my refuge. Riding would be my SRA (Sanity 
>     Restoration
> Activity).
> Reality: Dead on.
>
> Dream: Guests who say 
>     they know how to ride will be right.
> Reality: Most end up falling off and 
>     blaming the horse.
>
> Dream: Guests who say they don't know how to ride 
>     will be right.
> Reality: They're actually not too bad.
>
> Dream: 
>     Teenagers who say they want to do barn chores in return for riding
> will 
>     be reliable.
> Reality: They are very reliable as long as school, heavy 
>     dates, trips and
> nail appointments don't get in the way.
>
> Dream: 
>     Horsey friends will suddenly materialize and we will share many
> trail 
>     rides.
> Reality: Everyone else is as busy as I am and trail ride blocks of 
>     time
> are almost impossible to find.
>
> Dream: Boarding someone else's 
>     horse would mean we'd share the work.
> Reality: HAHAHAHAHAHA
>
> Dream: 
>     I'd be a really good rider after a few years.
> Reality: Well, I'm better 
>     than I was...
>
> Dream: Horses would be wonderful to own.
> Reality: 
>     They are.
>
> Dream: I'll only need to have the vet out twice a year for 
>     vaccines, and
> teeth floating.
> Reality: The vet is out every _week_ and 
>     half my paycheck automatically
> goes
> to her clinic.
>
> Dream: I'll 
>     find the time to ride at least five times a week.
> Reality: On a good 
>     week, I have the time or energy to ride once.
>
> Dream: I only need one 
>     horse.
> Reality: Well, maybe I need two or three (or four or 
>     five)
>
> Dream: My barn will be fly free because I have fabulous manure 
>     and fly
> management.
> Reality: Flies. Everywhere. No matter what you 
>     do.
>
> Dream: My horses will all get along.
> Reality: Remember that 
>     one about the vet...?
>
> Dream: It'll be really easy to find a good 
>     barn, close by, with nice people
> and reasonably priced.
> Reality: Give 
>     up after months of hell holes and build your own.
>
> Dream: All farriers 
>     know what they're doing, and a really good one will be
> as easy to find as 
>     that barn.
> Reality: Once you find one that doesn't lame your horse, you 
>     find out he's
> always at least two hours 
> late.