The Daily Dumb

[endlessclimb]

Entitled Mustang Girl lives on. She has been told that if she doesn’t start working with her mustang, and/or if the mustang takes out one more fence or other property damage, she’s a goner. She is so horribly offended by this. Horse is not handleable, and tries to kick the barn workers every chance he gets.

There is now a new girl, who has hitched her star to Mustang girl. Doesn’t board there, but rides a bunch of horses “for people” and calls herself a trainer. Likes to bark orders. BO is not thrilled. Sucks - she’s got a great following and soft seat, but f-all skills anywhere else, and lets the horses go around like giraffes.

[goodhors]

Suggestion for BO, is to bill Mustang Girl time and material cost, above the basic board prices. Serve her with a letter stating this, because it is such a problem. Have her sign both copies, one for her, one for BO. Charge plenty for time spent on repairs that take worker away from their regular jobs, maybe incurring “overtime” to get everything needed done in a day.

Friend boarding some horses to cover her own horse expenses, had to do this with a large, barely civil Fresian. He was breaking down half doors, kicking holes in stall walls, going thru fences with HOT electric! He tried violently to go where he wanted to go NOW! She finally tossed him and owner out, who never did anything with him. Took WAY too much time and effort trying to keep things repaired, even charging extra, than he was worth as a boarder.

[Walk_N_Gal88]

Youngest Sister (YS) fed our barn the other night. Put one horse into my pony’s stall (with permission, having to redo stalls) and presumably either didn’t latch the gate or didn’t fully latch the gate. Oldest Younger Sister (OYS) went to feed the next morning and was met with said horse at the main entrance gate which thankfully was latched with clips. Apparently Horse pushed through the improperly latched gate and had himself a merry time in the barn. Thank God he didn’t get hurt or let anybody else out this time. OYS chewed YS out and she shot back with everyone makes mistakes. Yeah, but not everyone makes four mistakes in a week!!!

[TheJenners]

I’m so happy I don’t board, I’m so happy I don’t board, I’m so happy I don’t board…

[endlessclimb]

I join in - I’m so happy I board at a tiny place now, I’m so happy I board at a tiny place now.

(even if it’s made my young horse spookier, I’d rather work through that than deal with that stupidity!!)

[TheJenners]

Yeah that’s the only downside. I have a farm and don’t do much, and really just me coming and going, so I have a bunch of country bumpkins who don’t get a lot of exposure.

[Vyce]

I caught a ride on a lovely sweet grade gelding. He was a perfect peach on the trail. Came back, put him in the outdoor arena for a little roll. He moseys over to the far end, nonchalantly opens the other gate and let’s himself out to graze. While I stand there slack-jawed watching the crime occur. It took a few minutes for my brain to catch up to my eyes.

[endlessclimb]

Mustang Girl has realized she has created a monster with all the coddling and excuses, I think. But now she’s gone fully the other way - she was smacking the ever loving crap out of him when I was out there last night. It made me so sad, that poor horse has to be so confused. She’s visibly scared of him, and sends mixed signals all over the place.

I wish I could take him on for a couple months, he’s not a bad looking creature.

[horseshorseshorseshorses]

Lol I did something similar yesterday. I was cleaning troughs with a new spiffy drill scrubber and went back to cleaning stalls while the trough filled. Low and behold one of the horses from that field mozys into the barn and pops herself into a stall. I think I did a triple take.

[Supakwe]

Non-horsey related. Hubby and I are both the daily dumb.

After H was done work we all went outside for some family time. Human baby was hungry so I got him some goldfish crackers in one of those toddler snack cups - the kind with the little rubber flaps to keep the snacks in but let’s tiny hands in to grab whatever you’ve put in there. At some point baby drops it and the ants find it. H thinks “don’t want ants inside so I’ll leave it outside and deal with it later” and puts it by the back door. It stays there, forgotten by him.

Fast forward a few hours at dinner time. We’re sitting at the table eating and I see out of the corner of my eye a squirrel VERY close to the back door. Too close. I comment on how close it is and call the dog over to shoo it, but not before I realize it’s found the goldfish crackers! So the squirrel grabs the little cup and takes off with it. I jump out of my chair and out the back door to try save the cup. Why? Not a clue. Was I going to scale the fence? Absolutely not. Hubby got to enjoy me running the length of the yard barefoot yelling at a squirrel for stealing my baby’s snacks.

That was my favourite snack cup.

[trubandloki]

@Supakwe that story is great.

I am sure that squirrel is showing off its new snack cup to all the squirrels in the neighborhood now.

[JBCool]

Talk of the treehouse, I bet

[BatCoach]

@trubandloki

I am sure that squirrel is showing off its new snack cup to all the squirrels in the neighborhood now.

that is one helluva trophy! Squirrel -1 Supakwe - 0

[BrookdaleBay]

My barn has flies, as barns tend to do, and its all this one boarder can talk about. She walks in and immedietly starts up about the damn flies. She has a fly swatter and spends about 20 minutes smacking flies in the cross tie area - this had done absolutely nothing to put a dent in the population. She claims she’s making the flies think the barn in an unwelcoming place to live. Sometimes she walks the aisle carrying a fly strip. The worst part? she doesn’t sweep up the bodies afterwards.

[endlessclimb]

[hoopoe]

@BrookdaleBay

Sometimes she walks the aisle carrying a fly strip.

Is her last name Renfield?

Wow I dont think I could be around her for long

[Ghazzu]

@hoopoe

Is her last name Renfield?

[BrookdaleBay]

@hoopoe

Is her last name Renfield?

Wow I dont think I could be around her for long

her voice does carry quite a bit. luckily the hores are pretty used to the smacking, though there are a couple that spook when she first starts up.

[littlebaypony]

I had one of those; one eyed goof ball that was great on the ground and sort of scary under saddle.

[lenapesadie]

Hellooooooo!!!

It’s me. Again.

Friday afternoon the vet was out at my farm to do vaxx and dental on my new to me pony Honcho. Friday afternoons aren’t my preferred day of the week for such but there was some scheduling issues so I got what I got and didn’t fuss. Anyways, Honcho had some gnarly tooth issues but they were all there and none cracked. Vet got him as fixed up as one visit allows and I popped him in his stall to sober up after his sedation.

After the allotted time passed, I gave him his regular dinner. A wee mash of hay cubes and ration balancer. He ate that right up normally. Hung his regular hay net. Come night check, I’m like hmmmmm he’s not eating much hay. Maybe he’s still a bit groggy and / or his mouth is a bit sore.

Come morning I’m like oh bother he’s still not eating his hay. Breakfast like normal. Things went downhill from there. He wasn’t able to eat hay or grass, he’d chew a bit and spit it right back out. I’m making him hay cube mashes to keep some food on his tummy. Totally fretting about his water consumption and manure output (or lack thereof). 2 am checks with more mashes. Doctoring his water bucket with apple juice and treats etc. More fretting.

Honcho was his regular self. He just couldn’t eat hay or grass. Since he was ok, I didn’t think making emergency call to vet on the weekend was warranted. By Sunday late pm I had his manure output back up.

So I call vet today, Monday, during business hours. She’s like, have you tried giving him any pain meds? I’m like noooo…

So half a gram of Bute later and he’s eating hay.

I’m a dumb dumb.