I have actual horse people “reminding” me to blanket my horses. My furry prehistoric yaks who get oodles of hay, are fatties, and have access to cover and stalls.
They also do a brisk trade for breakaway and tiedown roping to trainers, because they are cheaper than beef babies but a little heftier than dairy babies.
My fjord has a generous blanket clip and still has only been out in a rain sheet! With the temps dropping to teens and single digits, everyone is planning to keep their horses in over the holidays and up their blanket weigh in the barn, and Im thinking I might actually use my lightweight with a hood for turnout 
They think I’m nuts. As long as there is hay out there for him, he should be just ducky!
My Fjords are NAKED and loving the cold weather! They say, bring it on!
This is the first year I have put anything on him! Even with the trace clip at his old barn he was still out in the winter with no issue. Having the fuller clip was the difference, it’s been great for keeping him in regular work without worrying about sweat/overheating but the flip side is having to keep him covered in the elements. He doesn’t seem to care at least!
Ok, I must’ve completely misunderstood your post that I replied to.
There are 2 rules for the country.
I’ll be the voice of dissent here.
If I came upon an animal that was going to be slaughtered with the possibility that it could occur imminently within my vicinity, that would be upsetting to me. I would worry every time I went to the barn if I would catch sight of it accidentally. Maybe that’s my own problem, but that’s how I would feel and those feelings would be valid for me.
For the record, I don’t eat meat. I don’t like the texture.
Well, you could speak with the BO/whoever is doing the slaughter then. I know this is a hypothetical situation, but it always comes back to communication re most boarding “issues” and whatnot. I boarded at a place that slaughtered a few cows each year, and did a pig one year. They always told boarders when that would be, so you could avoid it.
I mean, if they were to slaughter frequently, randomly, and in a very visible location, I can see that being upsetting to some. I don’t think that’s the case at the OP’s barn.
Agreed. A little communication goes a long way. I could deal with the scenario you set forth, of people being notified beforehand.
Perhaps a heartfelt thank you to their face and respecting their cultural differences would be as valuable (or maybe more) than cash - although I think that paired with the cash would be great. And I really do not mean that in a snarky way at all.
Also, I’m still really curious to know why you said it would be okay if the workers ate the goat meat but not the grooms?
Also, do you eat meat personally? I know this has been asked many times but I have not seen a response.
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On a different note, I feel like this would be equivocal to perhaps a vegetarian or Hindu coming to my property, seeing that I eat cow meat and then expecting me to change my lifestyle because it conflicts with their own belief system.
Yes, I get that the BO apparently didn’t know the goat was on the property but to me, that would be the property owner’s concern, not mine.
Several have said - what if it were an unvaccinated/unquarantined pony, etc., but the fact is that is was not a horse or pony, the goat was separate from other animals and we do not know if the goat would have even been slaughtered on the property. Unfair assumptions to make about the workers IMO.
I do hope that the barn workers weren’t ostracized or made to believe their cultural traditions were in anyway bad. I can not imagine being a meat eater personally and then trying to make someone else feel bad or wrong because they are as well.
Frankly, I’m surprised at those who are practically foaming at the mouth to rake OP over the coals six ways to Sunday. It’s been a good while since we’ve had one of these pile on roasters, and I have not missed it.
Happy Holidays 
I guess. OP, I’m sorry that this situation upset you and I hope it is resolved in a way that doesn’t inconvenience anyone.
Every banana farm up here has huge signs about biosecurity due to Panama disease. New farms have disso baths that approved vehicles can drive through. Check points at the Cape for certain fruits, etc. TopWatch was a huge presence growing up in the cape due to screw-worm fly, Japanese encephalitis, etc. I guess it stuck! Half my school stationary was gifted from TopWatch and AQIS.
Screw worm fly was the worst!
Goat roasters? 
Sorry, it was too good to pass up.
My beasts, you see one furry 28 year old booty who has zero Fs to give and the 2 yo crusted over in snow and loving it.
The training barn where I board often has a couple of calves they raise for meat. The BO and her husband let everyone know when the grown steers are going to be dispatched. Pretty much everyone changes their schedule so they’re not around to hear the gunshots or see the processing. Yet I do find it interesting that no one passed up a chance to consume the meat from the aforementioned steers, which were the headlined ingredient in the chili and carne asada at the barn’s Christmas party.
I am pretty amused about how ‘inclusivity” and ‘respect for other cultures’ goes out the window pretty fast. When the ‘issue’ arises from a certain class level whose practices are somewhat less acceptable. And the number of folks willing to give the staff the boot. I mean what if they were Muslim and halal slaughtering an animal? Or indeed, eating cats, dogs, guinea pigs, or whatever?
I once had a boarder pitch a fit when she realized we “ALLOWED” deer on the property…. Lol. She was worried about Lymes…. Conversely, I hate EPM carrying possums. Shoot em dead, I say. But… there are some marsupial soft hearts who think they’re just dandy in the hay store.
Long story short, people don’t agree on varmints here and there for a variety of reasons. But I detect a big whiff of classism with the goat bbq scenario.
Well I’ll never forget pulling into the barn parking lot and driving by such a truck with a steer hanging sans hide and the trainer’s 5 year old standing watching.
We all survived.
🤦
I guess you missed that it was BO who fed and watered?
“If the barn workers - not grooms - want to ewhat at goat - fine. Fingers crossed the barn owner comes to an arrangement with the barn workers should there be a future celebration planned.”
Say what now? @SpicyPRE
My read of it was that the people who have the goat are farmworkers and not grooms.
But if you’re looking for a fight, I guess you could build it on that comment…
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