[RC] Gorgeous ride today! and...Rules of the Barn - Ranelle Rubin
Did a wonderful ride with a friend today..about 26 or so miles..some of the most beautiful country within an hour of a major airport in the country..how's that for politically correct? Anyway, wanted to make a few of you smile with an email sent to me the other day:
Rules of the barn:
1. I am human. You are
horse. What I say goes. Please take that into consideration when you are
standing on my foot.
2. Spilled grain is not
"fair game", especially when it is spilled in another horse's
stall. ?It still belongs to that particular horse. You have no reason to go
in and eat it.
3. Poop does not need
to be hidden. I clean your stall every day. I will Find it. Do not hide it.
4. I do not need your
help when I clean the barn, nor do I need your supervision, or even your
presence. I have been cleaning the barn and stalls ever since you lived here.
I know what I am doing.Standing at the door staring at me, will not make me
clean faster.
5. There is no need to
go into the barn and help yourself to the feed.? Meals Are given at specific
times of the day. There is a feed schedule. You know the schedule. I know you
know the schedule. You know that I know that you know the schedule. There is
no need to help yourself.
6. Water buckets are
not toys. Neither is the gate, pitchfork, wheel barrow, whatever is in the
wheel barrow, fence, or the occasional dog.
7. The wheel barrows
there for a reason. Please do not try to move it while I am cleaning your
stall.
8. Just because I go into
the Barn doesn't mean you automatically get food. There is other stuff in the
barn. Stuff you don't want.Like de wormer and fly spray , shots, medicine.
9. Sheath cleaning will
NOT be enjoyed...by anyone.
10. Water travels
through the hose. If you are thirsty, do not stand on the hose. The water
buckets will fill much faster.
11. Not everything has
to be high drama. None of the following things will kill you: fly spray,
plastic bags, balloons, hoses, chipmunks and other small rodents, or bright blue
tarps.
12. Although I
understand the nee d for you to go to the bathroom, it is not necessary to
hold it in all day until the moment I finish cleaning your stall and put away
the wheel barrow.
13. Accidents happen.
However, I'm not altogether sure you're not trying to kill yourself. Next
time you decide to impale yourself on some sort of object, please try to do
it when it's not hailing, midnight, the weekend, or Christmas.
14. While I appreciate
your need to be clean, pooping in your water bucket does not make my job
easier, and it deprives you of water. Please find a new spot.
15. Whinnying as loudly
as you can in my face does not make me feed you any faster.
16. I have to wait
patiently too while you are having your shoes tacked on. There is no need to
bite me.
Surgeons General
Warning: Horses are expensive, addictive, and may impair the ability to use
common sense.
Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway. ~ John Wayne
