I've been trying to stay away from excessive negativity in my blogs, but a boarder committed one of my biggest pet peeves tonight. In this instance, it almost ended with someone getting hurt. Ok, maybe I'm being a little melodramatic, but really, injuries could have happened.
Pet peeve-committing boarder is a good horse person. She was in a rush to get home after riding. Her horse was in a stall eating her grain when the boarder threw the blanket over her horse. She then proceeded to tug the blanket forward to buckle the front. Against the lay of the hair. And the mare just FREAKED.
Boarder was luckily able to jump out of the way just before the mare knocked her over.
Is it wrong that my first response (after I realized no one was hurt), was, "You go mare! Way to tell her you hate that!"
Maybe that's not quite a normal response on my part... No?
But don't you all remember petting your first puppy or kitty? Or learning how to brush a horse? Or how to place a saddle pad? You always go with the lay of the hair. Against the hair is uncomfortable for the animal. Especially when you vigorously tug a heavy turnout blanket forward, making every hair on the horse's body stand on end.
*Little rant over* It felt good to get that off my chest. Now I'll step down off my soapbox.
In other news, B & P have been happily enjoying the sub-freezing temps here. They get to hang out in their snuggly blankets, stuff their faces with hay, and only come inside to be groomed and receive tasty bran mashes. I almost hate to tell them that the weather is about to break, just in time for the weekend. Woohoo!
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