Mine is that I just love gadgets - all of the stuff that people tell you that you don’t need. This spring I have a new SleekEZ thing that I ordered in the mail. To me, it’s so much better than a shedding blade.
I never thought my allergy to horses was stopping me from doing anything, but you guys have shown the ‘sins’ that it has saved me from.
No eating without washing my hands (other than the horses’ carrots)
No sleeping in barn/riding clothes
No smelly blanket allowed in the truck (instant sinus pressure)
But, I will confess that I didn’t know that one had to confess to drinking out of the hose. I thought that was ‘normal’.
I have also used the horse trailer as a toilet when away from home - the doors were (usually/mostly) closed.
I may or may not have used old geezer gelding’s Surpass on sore arthritic hands a time or three…
I pee in the trailer quite regularly. It’s a loooong walk to the house somedays.
I share apples with my old eventer. He takes a bite, then I do too.
I never wash my hands either after coming in from doing barn chores.
At an old place I used to board there was a creek running through part of the trail I used to take for fitness work. I quite often stopped, got off and had a drink in it. I’m still alive!
The Equissage hand held unit lives in the house and not the barn.
Last time I was away competing it got really cold in the trailer. So I stole my boys woollen rug. It was too hot for him in the stable but did me nicely!
I spend more money on shampoo and conditioner for the Friesian stallion that I have for training than I do myself.
I taste new horse feed.
Have you ever gone straight from the barn to the bridal salon to try on dresses? One of the girls in my barn was engaged and when we walked in there I have to say the salon lady gave us a hard look but, to her credit, did not really flinch. We did go wash our hands first, but I sat in my dusty boots, probably covered with horse hair, while my friend shopped for (and bought) her dress that day.
This thread has made me realize I’m not alone!
I too pee in stalls or the back of the horse trailer if need be.
I also keep travel-sized shampoo and conditioner in my tack box. I wash my hair on the wash rack during summer shows (it gets HOT and HUMID in south Louisiana…which is really bad when you are a head sweater like me!)
Once, I was on my way to ride my horse while he was at bootcamp w/ my trainer. My trainer is two hours away. I made a stop at a gas station on the way and while checking out the lady at the register asked if I was in a band. My outfit you ask? LSU tank top, breeches, paddock boots, and LSU boot socks (I think it was a football game day…away game of course! I attend the home games.) I was confused when she asked me that…but looking back, I guess I looked like I was in a marching band??
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I may or may not have used old geezer gelding’s Surpass on sore arthritic hands a time or three…[/QUOTE]
I have osteoarthritis in my jaw and I was prescribed a topical cream. Same exact medicine that’s in Surpass!
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In my opinion, there is nothing more beautiful than a mound of moist, well formed, greenish/brownish manure balls.
…no one at work understands me…[/QUOTE]
Good horse poops are indeed a thing of beauty. I have been known to compliment my mare on the quality and quantity of her manure. :lol:
Cold hose water is so much more delicious than water in a glass. Especially if you know it comes from deep down in a well. Yum.Then when I’ve finished drinking, I hang my head over and pour it over the back of my neck then the back of my head. Feels fantastic, on the hottest day. Pull the wet hair in a knot on the top of my head and I’m cool for a while yet. Yum.
Once, while trailer shopping, I really had to do my business (and I don’t mean #1), and there was no bathroom around. I mean, I even tried driving to a couple of other places looking for a bathroom = no luck.
So I pulled into the next trailer dealership, crouched down in an empty, brand new stock trailer on their lot, and did the deed. :no:
In my defense (maybe), I actually brought a brown paper bag into the trailer, pooped into it successfully, and deposited it in the trash can at the next gas station.
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I have “gotten to that happy place” while riding in a saddle that was a bit too small for me…[/QUOTE]
And J-Lu for the win!
I’ve shared just about every food mention able with one horse or another.
I have used my horses mane and tail brush on my own hair before leaving the barn to go to a store.
I have used my horses detangling products on my hair.
I have used dirty horse blankets as a bed/cover sleeping in front of sick horses stalls.
My truck is filled with blankets/tack/the ever present spare halter/lead (just in case)…even a brush or two.
I have tasted every feed I’ve ever given a horse…including hay.
I have a blanket hording problem…
I love the smell of rain , freshly bedded barns , the way the barn smells after you’ve just brought in a large load of fresh hay and saddle leather. Yes i’m the weirdo that sniffs the saddles in public.
I used to bring my horses onto our screened porch as a kid so I could go inside and get , drinks , use the bathroom , get distracted and watch TV. It was fine until one pony targeted my mothers garden gold fish pond to paw and splash in. RIP fishes.
I’ve used bailing twine as a belt ,and hair tie.
I dunk my head in the water trough when it’s really hot out.
I was doing a work program with 15 delinquent teenage males, it was hot, we were digging fence post holes all day. If it’s good enough for my horse to drink, I can dunk my none producted hair in it - who cares. Apparently the kids cared, they all freaked out.
I use the meat paper wrappings from the butcher as poultice paper. I clean it well, but I rarely wash the kitchen floor.
I was hesitant to purchase a $22 Rubbermaid tote for day horse shows at Walmart. I told this to a friend, who was facing my stall where a $750 bridle was hanging in it’s custom bridle bag. And she UNDERSTOOD my hesitation.
I will run around the barn in my socks and I have eaten the green apple likits. I’m itching to try the uncle Jimmy’s candy apple likit, but I am a bit nervous what people will think 
I’m sure I’m not alone in this…
…I taught my cat to jump “courses” I set up in our hallway. I was like, 10. Puff was a Kitty Saint. And was well-rewarded with fishy snacks.
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I’m sure I’m not alone in this…
…I taught my cat to jump “courses” I set up in our hallway. I was like, 10. Puff was a Kitty Saint. And was well-rewarded with fishy snacks.[/QUOTE]
We did this with our saint bernards as a kid.
You should join this group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/uscdf
If I’ve had a really bad day at work, I share a giant beer with my horse before my ride. He is picky, though, and will only drink Mexican beer 
If the horse likes the icing and the cupcake, they’ll eat up the paper holder as well. Much easier to offer it that way and no harm done.
My horse wanted to try a bite of my baloney sandwich. I said ok. Then he wanted the rest. I said ok.
I thought the hose was for drinking for everyone. The horse, dog and I do take turns.
If you pour bottled water into your cupped hand, thirsty horses will slurp it up, as well as thirsty dogs. You can wipe the slime off on your pants.
As I’ve traveled and day-trailered, I’ve definitely gotten over myself about a lot of things I now consider to be picky details, re cleanliness, smell, etc. It’s easier to just get on with it.
As far as I’m concerned, one of the very best things about horse sport v. other sports is dragging your own porta-potty with you, aka the horse trailer. Stall, too. Avoid a 5-minute one-way walk to the porta-potty. Not foul like some gas station potties. (That dribble coming out of the horse trailer isn’t always the horses … )
P.S. Thank you, skykingismybaby1, for the tip about the make-up. Using that!
Love that horses galloping from the car stuff! From the time I was a teenager, of course still do, I was laying out jumping fields and xc courses across the scenery out the car window, with all the fences and hedges and stuff. I used to narrate these improvements until the people in the car let me know they really weren’t interested. When I was young, my aunt said “stop turning everything into a horse pasture!”
Horse medicine tends to work better on people than people medicine. Almost all the horse people I know head for the barn medicine cabinet if they have a cut, sprain or … gosh, I don’t know what all they are using out of that medicine cabinet.
I have sets of saddle pads + clothes (shirt & breeches) that all go together for different occasions. Coordinated blends, you know, with dark cafe au lait or navy breeches. Did have to find one XC vest that blended with everything, but if I were really rich I’d probably have a XC vest in a different color for each set. Lesson sets; clinic sets; sets for unrated shows/HT’s; sets for schooling with the BNT; as well as the usual XC set.
This thread is glorious! I’ve LOLed so many times at the confessions of my kindred spirits.
I’ve done most of the more common: shared treats, drank out of hose or water bucket, peed in stall or trailer, don’t wash my hands, etc.
My horses eat top of the line feed, hay, and supplements, and are on a strict schedule for farrier and vet.
Me? I eat crappy food and never go to the doctor.
I’ve often said my life story will be called I’ve Got to Feed the Horses. It’s literally the one statement I make more than any other because my daily existence revolves around feeding the horses.
