Boarding Woes...New Twist Not For the Faint of Heart

[FjordBCRF]

I was like, wait, why do you think they are called CHICKEN nuggets??

I also had a worked with a trainer when I was younger that had spent time training horses for a Sheik in Qatar or so I was told. He and his wife were both there and at one point met a couple baby camels that they doted on. When it was dinnertime, that was what was on the menu. They were a little taken aback, but ultimately understood if I recall.

I also had a moment when I was dissecting a cat in A&P in college; when I was working away at the forearm, it reminded so much how it looked eating a chicken wing, I needed to get some fresh air with that thought LOL.

[SpicyPRE]

I feel like I need to defend myself. I dont want to move from this barn. I did pose a question in my original post about whether I was going to need move. I choose not to be around animal processing in my life. I did not grow up in the city and that is exactly why I avoid animal processing. Each fall the community would come together to process the fall “harvest”. and share the meat. It was abhorrent to me. Yes, I prefer cognitive dissonance when it comes to meat.

Plus I have a fondness for goats. I understand that eating goat is a cultural thing. Its not my thing.

If the barn workers - not grooms - want to eat goat - fine. Fingers crossed the barn owner comes to an arrangement with the barn workers should there be a future celebration planned.

[endlessclimb]

So you’re not a vegetarian/vegan?

@NoSuchPerson we had a similar experience with a younger cousin when for the first time she ate bone-in chicken breast. Her face… it was so tremendously sad once she put the pieces together. I was sad for her, that her parents didn’t explain any of this to her - she was probably 8-9 years old.

[atr]

“Faint of heart.”

[Warmblood1]

@SpicyPRE

If the barn workers - not grooms - want to eat goat - fine.

Why does it matter if the grooms are eating goat?

If you have a hamburger, should you not groom a horse?

[TheJenners]

@trubandloki

@outerbanks77

Many of you would have lost your $#T with the “Mobile Slaughter” trucks around where I went to high school. It was not unusual to see it in a driveway with a dead cow hanging and being quartered.

Wow, that is creative. Kind of like mobile groomers, but clearly not a groomer.

We have a lot of mobile processors here for chickens and small livestock like goats, sheep, and pigs. It is way more affordable/profitable for smaller farms to get together for a few days and have the mobile guy come and get everyone done at once; saves on gas and transport for them and saves on needing a brick-n-mortar location for the processor.

[TheJenners]

@Warmblood1

@SpicyPRE

If the barn workers - not grooms - want to eat goat - fine.

Why does it matter if the grooms are eating goat?

If you have a hamburger, should you not groom a horse?

Agree, this is a …weird one. Like, goat is a different animal from a horse? Not to mention a live animal is different from a steak anyway.

[NoSuchPerson]

@SpicyPRE

I choose not to be around animal processing in my life.

But you weren’t “around animal processing.” You saw a goat, chose to interact with it, and found out it was destined to become dinner. That was the full extent of what you saw or were “around.”

I’m really curious. Did you expect people here to share your outrage over the situation? Did you think that your reaction to the situation was typical and that other people would feel the same way?

I’m also curious about whether or not you are a vegetarian or vegan, because you haven’t really come right out and said yes or no.

[TheJenners]

If this was FB, I’d be tagging the group for So, the comments section didn’t go the way you planned.

[Scaramouch]

@RhythmNCruise

If I read correctly, the BO doesn’t live on the property and the workers do. Which is why their dinner is also on the property. Where else would it be? I don’t think they’re “stashing livestock” so much as trying to respectfully carry on their culture’s holiday traditions as discreetly as possible. If the BO is ignorant of her staff’s culture, then she should take some time to get educated about it.

I cringed reading this. How would that work in practice? Either the BO should assume that, because her employees are from XYZ nation, they will keep a random goat on her property without asking her first OR she should ask them a bunch of questions about “their culture” to determine whether or not they’re likely to keep a random goat on her property without asking her first. Rather than the onus being on them to just … ask her first because it’s her property and there’s almost no chance that keeping personal livestock is a provision of their employment or living arrangements there?

I’m not familiar with the OP’s boarding history but on the face of it the assumption that the BO must have lied (because that narrative supports the theory that the OP is some kind of snowflake) is baffling.

[SpicyPRE]

@NoSuchPerson

I’m really curious. Did you expect people here to share your outrage over the situation? Did you think that your reaction to the situation was typical and that other people would feel the same way?

Good question. I guess I thought I would not be in the minority of respondents.

[SpicyPRE]

corrected - thank you

[islgrl]

Sidetrack to this post… I had a friend who got to her barn one day to find the someone cutting up a shark they had caught in the wash stall…

[sascha]

@TheJenners

If this was FB, I’d be tagging the group for So, the comments section didn’t go the way you planned.

We can fix this. See below.

@SpicyPRE

Is this the reason I have to move from this new barn?

Yes. Move. Immediately, if not sooner!

@Scaramouch

I’m not familiar with the OP’s boarding history but on the face of it the assumption that the BO must have lied (because that narrative supports the theory that the OP is some kind of snowflake) is baffling.

It’s a great read!

@SpicyPRE

I guess I thought I would not be in the minority of respondents.

Why ever would you have thought that? I think most of us on the board are meat eaters, understand where meat comes from, and although we may not want to participate or even watch food animal slaughter, we understand that eating meat involves animal slaughter. That along with your original post that described you “investigating” and “aiding” the goat all on your own while a guest on that property, er, yeah, no. No chance of not being in the minority, I’m afraid.

[TheJenners]

I need to know more

[scislandsprite]

I also need to know more. How did they catch a shark in the wash stall? How did the shark get into the wash stall?

[FjordBCRF]

More please!

[Impractical_Horsewoman]

“Don’t leave poop or shark carcasses in the wash stall” is not a sign I expected to see in a barn, and yet here we are!

[islgrl]

@scislandsprite

I also need to know more. How did they catch a shark in the wash stall? How did the shark get into the wash stall?

Hahaha. Punctuation is everything…

[skydy]

@Impractical_Horsewoman

@SpicyPRE

I was with the barn owner when the goat was found. No snooping, nothing nefarious. The barn owner didnt know the goat was on the property. This is not the barn owner’s home. The barn workers live on the other side of the property. The barn is within city limits, slaughtering livestock is not allowed.

@SpicyPRE

I probably did screw up the slaughter, however, the BO owner helped with getting food and water.

@skydy–that’s where I got my information. I agree, the timeline was confusing. But again, if the BO was not even aware of this, and addressed it immediately, the reaction of “I must board my horse elsewhere” did seem a bit extreme.

Funny little video about Greeks and lamb, for “eating whole animals” in another cultural context:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DRQLTB2A6os

I missed those. I still think that the OP is way out of line. Most horse owners know the importance of not interfering with other peoples animals without asking, and that very much includes not feeding them.