Life Lesson # 46 Great Weekend at the barn!

Posted February 28th, 2010 by Nealia

I came home from the barn and felt like I was walking on cloud nine.  I was actually pumped.  ALL of the riders and the horses worked out of this world today.  Add to that, we have a GREAT bunch of customers that are happy and that makes for one happy trainer.  Jason spent a part of this weekend taking photos of some of our horses in the snow and I must say they are VERY different and they looked amazing.  Job well done Jason!  I did not get the laundry done this weekend but that is OK as Mark and I have enough clothes and the laundry will still be there tomorrow (only there will be more of it).

As I sit here writing, one of our dogs is scratching on the door to get us to let him in.  The funny part about this is, this the same dog that will come in through the dog door in the daylight but, when it gets dark he will not go through the dog door.  Rowdy will sit outside the office and scratch on the glass door making a sound like finger nails on a chalk board.  The dog does that three times, if we do not let him in he moves over and scratches on the screen, making a totally different sound.  I think he must think we do not hear a high-pitched scratching noise.  It is not a hard or frantic scratch, it is just a small little reminder that we seem to be forgetting him, and that we are not very good parents.  Mark and I cannot for the life of us figure out why he will not come in the dog door at night.  My only guess was that by the end of the day, Rowdy (who is quite chunky and as heavy as a cinder block) is so tired that he cannot get through the door without rubbing his man parts.  Rowdy will do this scratching thing for hours in the rain, snow and cold and WILL NOT COME IN until we open the people door.  I guess he has us trained; only sometimes we are not trained real well (in his mind).

Mark is working on the Spring Kick Off Event horse show and is sending out prize lists.  If anyone would like one please email me and I will get one sent to you.  This show is in  early April, Heather Boodey is our judge, and the entire show facility is under one roof and is heated, so no matter what the weather we will have a great time.

Our whole barn is trying to figure out how we can get two clubs working together to help our shows in this area.  So far we have had no brilliant ideas…….. I have had a couple of people tell me about what happened in their area when the fighting turns vindictive, and it was not good. Well, that means we have to work harder to find a solution.  I came up with the idea of putting the stupid people on an island somewhere.  But I seemed to be the only one who thought it was a good or doable idea.

I wish the dogs would not pass gas;  they are going to kill me.

I wish every day could be as good as this weekend was.

I hope we do not have a real muddy spring (although I do not think that wish will come true).

I am THANKFUL that show season is just around the corner.