Subject: [RC] Fw: “THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A
HORSE OWNER”…
“THINGS NOT TO SAY TO A HORSE
OWNER”…
We’ve all heard them – “Helpful” comments
from well-meaning “non”-horsy folks who haven’t got a clue:
My personal
favorite is “Horses don’t have personalities, they just sand there and
blink”!
“Riding isn’t a sport,
the horse does all the work”. That's all they know about it!
“Oh, you’re going to breed
her… how long will it take her to have a litter”?
“Why do you have so many
horse? You can only ride one at a time”. They're like children; each one has a different
personality and different talents.
“Doesn’t it hurt when
you fall off”? YESSSS!
Any phrase, containing the
word “hay-burner”.
“Why don’t you train it to go
outside like a dog, instead of in its stall”?
“If you kept the house
as neat as you do the barn, we wouldn’t have to look for things”.
Actually, I do keep the house neater than the
barn, because I hate losing things.
“Did you step in something?
Your boots stink”.
“Should you still be
riding at your age”? You're darn
right I should, just try and keep me off a horse.......at my
age.
“My teen is so lazy.
I’ll send him/her to your place-maybe you can get him/her to
work”! Raise them with a good work
ethic and they won't be lazy.
“You paid HOW much? For
a Horse”? YESSSS!
“Your horse is old and you
don’t ride him anyway, why don’t you just sell him”?
“The way you treat that
horse, you’d think it was part of your family”! He is. And that's the reason I gave a
horse-buyer from the UAE who called several years ago and tried to buy my
husband's very successful multi-day horse.
“You let a Fairy work on the
back end of your horse”?
“You have to buy hay?
Can’t they just eat grass”? Only if
there is grass to eat. Horses can't digest soil very
well.
“Your barn is cleaner than
your house”!
“Your horse is only worth
what someone will pay you for him”.
“My car/boat/motorcycle
just sits in the garage until I need it”! But none of them nicker when you greet them in the
morning.......
“If you spent as much
time with your husband as you do your horse, you’d have a happier
marriage”. My husband has priority,
even over horses. A good dinner, cookies, pies and ranch help first,
riding second.
“Your horse’s only talent is
stimulating the economy”!
“Why put your vet’s kids
through college? You could be taking a vacation”!
“Shouldn’t that saddle in
your living room be in your barn”?
“Gosh – Your horse
trailer cost more than my house”! Have you ever tried to buy a house in this part of
California? Not even close!
“Imagine how much money
you’d have if you didn’t have all these horses to feed”? True, but would I be happier with the money than I am
with the horses?
“Ewe! Horse poop. How do you
walk around here”?
“Haven’t you outgrown
that horse “thing” yet”? It's
lasted nearly 70 years, and I don't see any signs of it being outgrown
yet.
