Thank you, very kind and very true :lol:
Well⊠one of the things that strikes me about this whole situation is that it is NOT that shocking, considering the nature of the community.
Be you an employee, trainer, client, or farm owner in the area, you will most likely have (MORE than a few) stories about crazy, drama loving, abusive, ignorant, negligent, bullying, etc OTHER persons in the industry. The tension level at many businesses, properties and groups is high. People barn hop, client hop, trainer hop and job hop with reliable frequency. Very many people are unhappy, stressed, irritated, annoyed, threatened and disappointed (if not flat out enraged and perpetually in melt down) with their circumstances, what ever their status in the industry.
The âif you donât like it just leaveâ mentality has netted local (and snow bird) horse folks a community that is very dysfunctional.
Going forward, it would be nice it some of the energy that is being directed toward deciding âwho REALLY deserves crucification today and why⊠be put toward improving the human relations within the industry.
Folks have a lot of energy for building the gallows and justifying why they are enforcing punishment. Our interests are better served in taking concrete steps to make sure circumstances never get to that point.
This would entail a lot more work (and more complexity) than hating on past events and justifying (if not flat out cheering) punishments.
That being true, as the farm owner, operator⊠it might be nice to have the freedom to choose where you live, and not be harassed on your own property/home to the point you chose the less [private, comfortable, preferred, etc, ] option.
I wonder if the driveway past the house is the only entrance⊠so anyone arriving could be observed, but also potentially be harassed by the âtenantsâ, and their dog.
Please, no. Donât come here! We have enough crazies down here.
Hopefully, Haleybot can get her outstanding cyberstalking warrant served!!!
What on earth is a âsacrifice paddockâ? What do they think horse people do with paddocks? :lol::lol::lol:
thatâs a pretty common phrase in the horse community.
Usually itâs a paddock you turn out in when you donât want your fields torn up in wet weather.
âSacrifice paddockâ is a pretty commonly used term for a turnout space that can be used (with either footing resilient to inclement conditions, or footing you can tolerate getting churned up) while grass turnouts are being rested. Nothing unusual about mentioning it in an equestrian property listing.
This made me giggle.
This is the type of question I expect from someone not on a horse BB, not from someone who has been a member here since 2014.
Search the term on this forum, you will find it comes up a lot here and has nothing to do with anything weird.
Iâve been in the horse world for over 12 years and have never remotely heard the term. Then again, most of the barns Iâve been at have all their paddocks filled to capacity, so the idea of a sacrifice paddock would be a novelty.
To be fair, Iâd never heard that actual term before, though I could figure out what it meant. Not many places here that had enough space to have one though so itâs never come up in my horse community.
A sacrifice paddock would be, to me, an indication that the place was well-run and maintained, and had happy horses. Many farms allow absolutely no pasture or paddock turnout in winter. Good times.
Neither me nor my husband have ever heard of that term and we have combined many years in horses. Albeit in areas where land was not an issue for turnout. Or industries where turnout is not commonplace. But easily could figure out the meaning.
Assuming a mainly east east coast term.
60 years experience with horses, never hear of the term sacrifice paddock. East coast(north and south) resident, but always been at places(mostly my own)with large pastures not paddocks. I did board briefly at a place where the mud was so deep at the gate your boot would be sucked off when you went to get your horse.
Speaking of terms⊠what is a âhouseguestâ in a forum?
I think my reaction of âwhat the heckâ also came from the fact that when I typically see real estate adds for equestrian properties, unless it is specifically an equine real estate agent, I read them with the notion that some qualities of the property may be misreported. I figured that âsacrifice paddocksâ was a silly typo.
However, in this case I stand corrected. Thank you to all who were kind enough to explain.
Thank you for reminding us that something that is normal in one place is not the same in other places. Good to realize that terminology like this is not used everywhere.
A new member who shows up to defend a (usually crazy) participant in a trainwreck of a thread. May or not actually be the crazy participant posting with a new user name, pretending to be a âfriendâ âclientâ or âhouseguestâ of crazy participant.
This might be helpful and/or entertaining: https://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/archives/favorites/2529-your-coth-bb-language-guide
I noticed that the property listing mentioned the porch as a nice feature. I guess they are not counting any sort of karma involved in that location.
I notice there are no photos of the homeâs interior. I wonder if LK and RG trashed it?
My guess would be LK/RG still have personal items in the house since they intend(ed) to return to it. Considering sheâs indicated sheâs coming back to NC âsoonâ, perhaps sheâs decided the property is too boring now since no one is there to provoke. <saracasm>