Re: Subject: Re: [RC] 1000 mile horses-dime a dozen? miles per dollar or dollars - Carol Stiles
Susan,
That an easy one. If the 8 yr. old doesn't want to
come to the rides with you, just have your hubby stay home and take care of
him/her and tell hubby he needs to spend some "quality time" with the young
one", unless he wants to pay for a baby-sitter the whole weekend. Explain to him
the riding is like therapy for you and if he had to pay for a psychiatrist and
anti-depressants it would be costing a whole lot more! I have also
utilized sleepovers at their friend's house or relatives (usually grandparents)
if my husband was working that weekend. Or you could also bring them
both with you and con them into crewing for you. That only worked for me once
and then they caught on.
Subject: Subject: Re: [RC] 1000 mile
horses-dime a dozen? miles per dollar or dollars
I would agree with Truman that the cost of the
horse is inconsequential. My husband attests that I have spent over $100,000
over the past twelve years on my horses, (there have been three of them), and
I don't even own land to put them on.
I thought when I started that
endurance was a fairly inexpensive sport but that is not the case. The
saddles, the vet bills, doctor bills, the truck and trailer, all add up and
take up a large amount of space in the budget.
Now, after a year or
more off from competition, I'm trying to figure out how to do endurance with
an 8 year old kid as well.
