Neighbors Boo-Hooing over horse in backyard [Archive]

2DogsFarm

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:54 AM

While it may not be illegal my $.02 says:

*1/2 acre allowing for a house on the same site, leaves precious little space for "pasture"

*tethering a horse on a 30yd line is asking for an accident to happen - a highline might make more sense, but not for all day

*at $20/day they will be paying $600/month - boarding at that price (which is in the middle of the range listed in the article) would make a lot more sense, financially and for the horse's welfare

*does BF's Mom know anything about horses? Since she is the onsite caregiver, you would hope so...

If all of these concerns were addressed then maybe the cheapskates would have a case.

JSwan

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:56 AM

http://www.zootoo.com/petnews/neighborsfumeoverhorseingarage-1237

What do you think?

The neighbors need to mind their own damn business and quit whining.

I'm more bothered by obnoxious snotty nosed bratty kids than I am a horse being kept in a garage. Maybe the town should charge parents 20$ a day to encourage parents to keep their brats from running loose.

Where I live I can usually get permits within a few days or a week or so. If that's the case there it would be cheaper than a boarding bill. Just a guess.

lcw579

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:56 AM

county

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:57 AM

How many days do they have to pay the $20? If its a week thats much cheaper. Theres literally millions of horses in this country on less then a 1/2 acre. A 30 yard line is alot I keep one on a 30 foot line in the summer for years now.

trubandloki

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:58 AM

I agree County. I see nothing wrong with them having the horse there. Not something I would do, but heck, it is their horse, go for it.

But the article said they would go on paying the $20/day which implied it was going to be more than a couple of days.

We all know that getting things out of a governing body can take longer than is logical.

Mrs. Cowboy

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:59 AM

If we're going to a show early, or having a birthday party, my daughter's 12 hand pony sleeps in the backyard overnight. The neighbors who know don't care, or aren't legal enough to call authorites. :)

My daughter thinks it's hilarious to walk the pony through the garage and into the backyard, and is never happier to wake up than when her pony is nickering at her window.

If it's not against the law where that horse is living, and the SPCA has looked into it, neighbors are just gonna have to deal.

county

Mar. 13, 2009, 11:00 AM

It didn't imply anything to me as far as number of days could be 1 could be 101.

lcw579

Mar. 13, 2009, 11:04 AM

We had to move our donkey home when I was a kid because my pony was trying to kill her at the barn where we kept everyone. So the donkey moved home until she had a place to go. Our yard wasn't fenced all the way so she had to go out on a long line. She never had any problems.

county

Mar. 13, 2009, 11:07 AM

BTW if these people are " cheapskates " does that mean anyone that doesn't own 100's of acres for their horses are also? After all every bit of reserch I've read says the best way to keep a horse for its health is on 100's of acres of grass lands with a herd of its peers.

Or is someone only a " cheapskate " if they do something differently then the one calling them that?

Tazzie

Mar. 13, 2009, 11:15 AM

Funny article, I actually dream about this all the time, including last night. Last night I dreamt that my horse was tied up in my garage and I was trying to work on some turnout in the baseball field across the street or in the backyard, but in the backyard I was worried about the in-ground pool. In these dreams I am always so thrilled to have her so close to me, but feel bad for her b/c of limited turnout. :D

jeta

Mar. 13, 2009, 11:19 AM

I'd be willing to bet that the neighbor with the biggest mouth and gripe about all this has the most obnoxious children running throughout the neighborhood with no limits, along with an unleashed dog who defiles everyone elses lawn and roaming cat who sprays EVERYWHERE....:rolleyes:

Jealoushe

Mar. 13, 2009, 12:00 PM

Having the horse tied is no bigge, in Cuba they tie all their horses randomly wherever they please.

I find it ironic too about the neighbor worrying about his kids, meanwhile horses can do something for children and people that is unexplanable and amazing. Those kids are BETTER off with horses next door!

alittlegray

Mar. 13, 2009, 12:10 PM

Diane Grandy to The Daily Transcript. "This is a hazard to my neighbors, to my children. I'm trying to raise my family here and I can't."

Because he can't afford to take care of his horse or at a farm or stable my family has to suffer

Good LORD! Is his family sitting under the poor horse as it pees? Is the horse taking up space on the family couch? How is this horse making it impossible for Ms. Grandy to raise her family in the neighborhood? How is her family 'suffering?'

I'd be really interested in knowing if Ms. Grandy's spoiled rotten child has ever annoyed a neighbor, or left a toy in someone else's yard, or taken a shortcut across property that wasn't theirs. Some people need to just get over themselves already!

seabreeze

Mar. 13, 2009, 12:12 PM

I find it ironic too about the neighbor worrying about his kids, meanwhile horses can do something for children and people that is unexplanable and amazing. Those kids are BETTER off with horses next door!

I wish the reporter had asked the kids what they think. I'll venture to guess the kids would think it is very cool to have a horse nearby!

Holly Jeanne

Mar. 13, 2009, 01:34 PM

There was a recent complaint about a mini in central KY recently. There was no applicable law so they are now looking at passing one. Seems like they are taking a reasonable approach though:

http://www.amnews.com/public_html/?module=displaystory&story_id=48543&format=html

Mtn trails

Mar. 13, 2009, 01:37 PM

[QUOTE=lcw579;3944659]The bit about the neighbor and his children "suffering" was a bit over the top. And worrying about a loose horse being hazardous - for the horse maybe - but I really don't think it is going to run around and attack the children!

QUOTE]

Took the words right out of my mouth. Some people really need to get a clue. OMG, it's the dangerous attacking horse! Oh never mind, he's just eating the lawn.

CatOnLap

Mar. 13, 2009, 01:46 PM

county

Mar. 13, 2009, 01:57 PM

CatOnLap is right on the money my sister lives north of Phoenix near Lake Pleasant in a horse community the people their keep horses at home year round in areas smaller then my holding pens are.

bambam

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:16 PM

Mrs Grandy needs to get a life. I would love to know how the mere presence of a horse in the neighborhood prevents her from raising her family (maybe she is constantly having the vapors due to her horror over having the horse there and is prostrate on her bed from her hysteria and as a result cannot care for her children?? :rolleyes:)
No- having a horse in your garage and on 1/2 an acre is far from ideal (although good luck convincing me of that when I was 10 and dreamed constantly of just such a scenario ;)) and managing manure and bedding in that space would be tough but to claim that you are suffering as a result of the mere fact that the horse is in your neighborhood? :rolleyes: Go get a real problem to start a crusade over- look around, there are plenty to choose from these days

Trakehner

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:20 PM

Loose feral children should be automatically spayed or neutered before being released to their owners....well, I like it.

MunchkinsMom

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:42 PM

The bit about the neighbor and his children "suffering" was a bit over the top. And worrying about a loose horse being hazardous - for the horse maybe - but I really don't think it is going to run around and attack the children!

Not the most orthodox way to keep a horse but as they said it was short term and they were checked out and everything was fine so I don't see what the big deal is.

I agree to all of the above. Sounds like the owners are doing their best to keep the neighbors happy, but one rotten apple had to spoil it all.

If one of my neighbors had a horse in their backyard when I was growing up I would have been in heaven, and would have made sure they were my best friend! I would think that some of the kids would be really happy about it.

Many years ago, my friend and I hauled a horse that had been purchased by a gentleman for his granddaughter. Imagine our surprise when we pulled into a very tightly packed residental neighborhood in southern CT, with the big 4 horse rig, and discovered that yes, they had built a stall in the garage, and were planning on putting the horse out in the back yard, that couldn't have been larger than 40x20 feet. The looks on our faces were priceless. We got the horse unloaded, and left asap, before the police showed up! Not sure how that all turned out.

Now I need to go check the NE horse BB to see if they are all in an uproar over this also.

Liberty

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:54 PM

...If one of my neighbors had a horse in their backyard when I was growing up I would have been in heaven, and would have made sure they were my best friend! I would think that some of the kids would be really happy about it....

Same here! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's that very same reaction among the neighbor kids in this instance that's making it so "impossible" for some of those complaining parents to raise their families.

I mean, can you imagine all the "OH Mommie/Daddy - can I/we get a pony/horse PUHLLLEASE? So-and-so's got one right in their backyard! Why can't we???"
:lol:

On a serious note, however, I'd be afraid of what some of the older neighbor kids might try with that horse in the dark of night or any time they may know no one's home. Horses and suburbia can be a dangerous mix; for mischievous kids as well as the horse.

Jealoushe

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:54 PM

Loose feral children should be automatically spayed or neutered before being released to their owners....well, I like it.

:lol:

JoZ

Mar. 13, 2009, 02:58 PM

That's my home town! (Dedham, MA) Haven't lived there for 30+ years though. Back in the 60s quite a few people had horses in their yards or garages. My life was spent riding my bike from one to the next.

That neighbor sounds like there's a sabretooth tiger living next door. She needs to get over herself! I'd be more worried about some suburba-psycho harming the horse, rather than vice versa.

MunchkinsMom

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:04 PM

Same here! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it's that very same reaction among the neighbor kids in this instance that's making it so "impossible" for some of those complaining parents to raise their families.

I mean, can you imagine all the "OH Mommie/Daddy - can I/we get a pony/horse PUHLLLEASE? So-and-so's got one right in their backyard! Why can't we???"
:lol:

On a serious note, however, I'd be afraid of what some of the older neighbor kids might try with that horse in the dark of night or any time they may know no one's home. Horses and suburbia can be a dangerous mix; for mischievous kids as well as the horse.

Very good points! I know I would have used that as an example - heck, my grandparents had a huge dairy farm in MA, and they still wouldn't get a pony for me!

Cielo Azure

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:15 PM

whoever thinks that having a house and a horse or two on the same half acre is not possible, should take a look at some of the very exclusive and expensive horsey LA suburban neighbourhoods in southern California.

But then the words "pasture" and "Los Angeles" do not usually go together in a sentence.

Snort! I grew up in in Santa Barbara County...basically the words "pasture" and most of California" do not usually go together in a sentence. But somehow, in my neck of the woods, we all managed to keep our horses happy and healthy (although God forbid, don't let someone from the east coast see those horses out on "dry lots" -they might call animal control).

amastrike

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:16 PM

Oh, for goodness sake. Put a bag of flaming manure on the whiners' doorsteps, and then they'll have something to complain about.

millwrightmomma

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:20 PM

I agree with JETA and I also thik the sactimonious cretin of a neighbour should Mind His Own Business.

Arizona DQ

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:21 PM

Loose feral children should be automatically spayed or neutered before being released to their owners....well, I like it.

My thoughts exactly!!!!!!:winkgrin: Not to mention spaying and neutering the dam and sire (if you can find him!) :lol:

JSwan

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:26 PM

Good LORD! Is his family sitting under the poor horse as it pees?

For some reason this struck me as very funny and I can't stop giggling.:lol:

But I would be concerned about Trak's suggestion about spay/neuter programs for loose feral children.

I find loose feral children to be quite tasty and I don't want them all to disappear. :D

Woodland

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:34 PM

Some people feel the need to whine about pretty much anything if its not against the law then they need to mind their own business or get the law changed to what they want.

AMEN!:yes:

BuddyRoo

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:36 PM

Equibrit

Mar. 13, 2009, 03:36 PM

Didn't Mr Ed live in Wilburs garage?
It must be OK if it was on tv.

JSwan

Mar. 13, 2009, 04:04 PM

On toast, right JSWAN? lol

Seriously though....this reminds me of being a little kid crying about something silly and having mom say: Crying? You want something to CRY about? I'll give you something to cry about!

These neighbors have far too much time on their hands and not nearly enough to whine about methinks.

mmmmm..... with butter. crunchy, too!

Yeah - my folks were the same way. That and "you better eat that, there are starving people in China".

Why can't the neighbors be like everyone else and complain about the economy?

Equibrit... you're dating yourself!:lol:

SuperSTB

Mar. 13, 2009, 04:28 PM

The neighbor sounds like she could be the twin of my sister in law (who moves to farm country in NH and complains about wildlife (turtles), chickens, and the cows she passes on the way to work. She doesn't gripe to me anymore after I told her she needs to move to the city in not such polite words. Anyhooooo

The horse and owner sound familiar to me... hmmm.

But send annoying neighbor here- she would just LOVE it. A suburban community of 1/4 to 1 acre lots that can have up to 5 horses on it! Norco has no sidewalks- but horse paths :) Gated communities built next to dairy farms! (Although I the smell is overwhelming at times). Any day of the week we hear cows, roosters, goats, donkeys etc etc. And *GASP* somehow people manage to raise children too! Who'dathunkit?

I'm going out to play with my little herd now. And tonight my neighbor will come over, we'll sit out by the pool with frozen adult beverages- maybe even burn a log in the patio fireplace and chat horses while we gaze at the beasties a mere 25 feet away.

2DogsFarm

Mar. 13, 2009, 04:33 PM

Yeah - my folks were the same way. That and "you better eat that, there are starving people in China".

At my house it was:
"If you don't finish that I'll give it to the dog!"

Um...Thanks, Mom...so I'm one step above the dog?

Equibrit

Mar. 13, 2009, 05:11 PM

Equibrit... you're dating yourself!:lol:

Strictly re-runs. Lived in the third world at that time!

Mozart

Mar. 13, 2009, 05:33 PM

Man am I pissed. When I wanted a pony in the garage I was told it was not possibe. Mom..Dad...you got some 'splaining to do...

vacation1

Mar. 13, 2009, 06:18 PM

I dunno. I too would have liked a horse in the yard (about 1/2 acre) when I was a kid. But there are places where, whatever the law, it's just not appropriate because of increased population density since the last time the zoning was looked at, and because of a culture change since the last time a horse lived in the yard there. A Boston suburb could be one of those places, particularly if the owners live offsite. There's a suburban neighborhood near me that has that setup - the horses live on a block-sized lot with a run-in shed, nobody lives on the property. It seems to work for them (at least, they're not in the local newspaper) but that neighborhood is recent former farm country, and still has a fairly rural feel to it. That does make a difference. Country people hate when newcomers complain about the cows or the wildlife; it's the same situation in reverse when someone brings a farm animal to live in the garage in the 'burbs.

Man am I pissed. When I wanted a pony in the garage I was told it was not possibe. Mom..Dad...you got some 'splaining to do...

:lol:

ESG

Mar. 13, 2009, 09:48 PM

There's always a party pooper who will find SOMETHING to whine about, no matter what the situation. These are the sort of folks that think when it rains, they're the only ones that get wet. They need to get over themselves. :rolleyes:

sketcher

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:01 PM

It is too much money to pay $500/month in board but it is not too much money to pay $20/day to the town until the permit goes thru?

I wonder if they are really actually paying the $20.00 a day to the town. It is sometimes hard for towns to collect those fees, especially if they are fines. The people getting fined can appeal to the court and have a hearing and more often then not the court dismisses or greatly reduces the fine. Wouldn't keeping a horse without a permit be a fine?

MistyBlue

Mar. 13, 2009, 10:18 PM

When I was a kidlet I used to ride my horse home from the barn and keep her there overnight often enough. It was a 7 mile ride...didn't always want to make that ride back in the dark. Especially since there were a lot of shortcuts I took through some thick woods...visibility would have been nada. So she went either in the detached garage and once in the walk-out basement. Okay....mom wasn't so cool about going downstairs to put laundry in the machine and Blue nickering for breakfast. :lol:
Neighbors all lined up back then on those sleepovers hoping for a pony ride. Adults included. Funny looking line with kids and their parents waiting for a ride. Blue never minded...each had a carrot, apple or sugar cube. (well, Dennis across the street brought cinnamon rolls for his ride)
I can see being surprised...in this day and age things are a lot different. Back then neighbors all knew each other very well...watched each others' kids and all congregated outside for coffee together after dinner in summer. Kids played together in age groups all over the street in everyone's yards. Parents only complained when someone broke something...like an arm or a car window by accident. (my brother attempting an Evil Knievel jumping a Gremlin on his skateboard, LOL)
It's a crying shame that neighbors can't just go over and chat about this stuff. Probably why I love our little town and neighborhood. We all know each other well enough to help out if needed, ignore anything that's not deadly and hang out and chat whenever possible. I'd move if I didn't have an area like that. If I want to be a Nation Of One...I'd move to a mountain top and live like a hermit. Now I love me some privacy....but not 100% of the time. Who the hell wants to live somewhere that you can't drop in at the neighbors and say, "So dude, what's up with the horse in the garage?" and then accept it when it's not going to affect you directly. In 5 years I've only had to "complain" twice to different neighbors...once when the kids right next door were setting off 1/4 sticks under 50 gallon drums (quick walk over and a "Hey Paul...knock it off or I'm telling your mom!") and just last week Doogie across the street went 6 straight hours on his ATV at the end of my driveway gunning the motor for fun. And that was solved with a "Hey Doogie...cool new toy! Now go drive it at your house and not mine! Come get some homemade cookies first....promised your mom some!"

gieriscm

Mar. 14, 2009, 12:51 AM

One spring when I was living in a townhouse and boarding my horse, my lawnmower broke. The back yard had a 6' wooden privacy fence. So, I simply snuck my old guy over there for a few hours one night a week until the mower got fixed. :lol:

SmokenMirrors

Mar. 14, 2009, 08:51 AM

At least they are taking care of the mare, they are doing what a good equine owner is suppose to do, make the best of the situation, take care of the animal and they are looking for another place for her.

We have our "yard" fenced in here in VA, almost 3 acres of it, it is pretty much a dry lot now, and when we first moved in, not quite a year, I had my SOB neighbor from across the street banging on my door. When I opened it and asked what he needed after saying hello, he was red in the face, his kid behind him and demanded to know if I knew what MY HORSES were doing in the field. I looked around him and at that point they were all grazing (I have a gelding and two mares). Blinking I answered just that "grazing". He then screamed at me that my horses were mating and his children were witness to that and what was I going to do to stop them?!

Biting back a bark of laughter I tried to stay serious and shrugging said I would see what I could do. He came over one more time when it happened, as my QH mare is a real hooch when she is in season and my gelding just will not believe me when I told him Valentino he is not. When I answered the door the second time I held up a pack of cigarettes and smiling pleasantly said " It was good for him, how about you?" He was so pissed at me he stormed home and never came back.

Since then my gelding has calmed down and all is good. But sometimes neighbors don't want to ask about the horse, learn about them or anything else, they would rather stay ignorant to their wants and needs and make your life a living hell. Hopefully these folks can get Fancy to another stable or farm and things will then calm down for them.

county

Mar. 14, 2009, 08:56 AM

I've let my horses graze my law for over 20 years no sense wasting good grass.

War Admiral

Mar. 14, 2009, 09:36 AM

The neighbors need to mind their own damn business and quit whining.

I'm more bothered by obnoxious snotty nosed bratty kids than I am a horse being kept in a garage. Maybe the town should charge parents 20$ a day to encourage parents to keep their brats from running loose.

:lol: This. Exactly.

Huntertwo

Mar. 14, 2009, 10:02 AM

I like the quote from this moron:

"What happens if the horse gets out and starts running around," said neighbor Diane Grandy to The Daily Transcript. "This is a hazard to my neighbors, to my children. I'm trying to raise my family here and I can't."

She is trying to raise her family and can't because there is a horse in the neighborhood?

And hubby wonders why I hate people sometimes... :no:

Huntertwo

Mar. 14, 2009, 10:07 AM

Seriously though....this reminds me of being a little kid crying about something silly and having mom say: Crying? You want something to CRY about? I'll give you something to cry about!

OMG!!!! That was my mom's favorite quote followed by a smack!!:lol:

I didn't realize it was a universal saying...:)

lcw579

Mar. 14, 2009, 01:08 PM

<snip>
We have our "yard" fenced in here in VA, almost 3 acres of it, it is pretty much a dry lot now, and when we first moved in, not quite a year, I had my SOB neighbor from across the street banging on my door. When I opened it and asked what he needed after saying hello, he was red in the face, his kid behind him and demanded to know if I knew what MY HORSES were doing in the field. I looked around him and at that point they were all grazing (I have a gelding and two mares). Blinking I answered just that "grazing". He then screamed at me that my horses were mating and his children were witness to that and what was I going to do to stop them?!
<snip>.

Hey, that's how I learned the "facts of life" - by watching the barn's stallion cover the mares. Didn't your neighbor realize you were providing and educational service? :winkgrin::lol:

SmokenMirrors

Mar. 14, 2009, 01:31 PM

hehehe lcw579...I kind of thought the neighbor was mad over his "inadequecies" and his wife may of commented...nasty mean jerk of a neighbor that he is!

MunchkinsMom

Mar. 14, 2009, 11:47 PM

I had my SOB neighbor from across the street banging on my door. When I opened it and asked what he needed after saying hello, he was red in the face, his kid behind him and demanded to know if I knew what MY HORSES were doing in the field. I looked around him and at that point they were all grazing (I have a gelding and two mares). Blinking I answered just that "grazing". He then screamed at me that my horses were mating and his children were witness to that and what was I going to do to stop them?!

Well, that made me laugh. Depending on the ages of the kids, he could have just ignored it, and if the kids asked, either tell the truth, or if too young, just tell them the horses are "playing". When my daughter was 6, we were at the barn one afternoon when one of the hussy mares and studly gelding were "playing" right next to the barn. My daughter thought they were playing and said we should send in a video to Americas Funniest Animals. I really almost choked from trying not to laugh (same for the other adults that were there at the time). Sounds like your neighbor is a few fries short of a Happy Meal, and you handled it perfectly.

asanders

Mar. 15, 2009, 10:17 AM

Didn't Mr Ed live in Wilburs garage?
It must be OK if it was on tv.

:lol: EB, that was exactly what I first thought of when I saw this thread.

Seriously though, I hope the home owner doesn't wind up with an insurance problem. I would think this is the type of situation where horses wind up falling under attractive nuisance clauses.

AiryFairy

Mar. 15, 2009, 10:59 AM

I saw the story on the news, and what bothered me most is that the windows in the garage all seemed to be boarded up, no light, no door to hang his head out of, I didn't like the thoughts of a horse being cooped up in there but for a few hours a day. She said 'we do take him out, but they just don't see it, they don't watch us 24-7'. It IS quite a small lot. The neighbors, however, well, they sound like they might need a quarter to buy a clue, if she can't raise her children because there's a horse next door, she's got bigger problems than that.

tkhawk

Mar. 15, 2009, 11:05 AM

She can't raise a family because there is a horse next door?:lol:
Some folks!:no:

JSwan

Mar. 15, 2009, 11:11 AM

He then screamed at me that my horses were mating and his children were witness to that and what was I going to do to stop them?!

That is entirely too funny.

I never know how to answer kids when they ask questions about the facts of life.

A few years ago, on a hot summer afternoon, my little niece saw my gelding napping at the gate. He starts to drop.

She leans over and stares for a couple of seconds before saying, "What is that"?

Me - horrified because - well - what am I supposed to say????? So I tell the truth. "That is his penis". (will this kid now need therapy? Does she know the facts of life? Will my sister strangle me?)

She stares for a second or two longer, straightens up, and then says, very matter of factly, "Looks like he's trying to have a baby".

Uhh.... well... uhhh.... ok.... umm..... well I guess she knows more than I thought she did.....

Gnalli

Mar. 16, 2009, 05:29 PM

Man am I pissed. When I wanted a pony in the garage I was told it was not possibe. Mom..Dad...you got some 'splaining to do...

So did my daddy-to my mother. He ran out of room at the barn for a horse he was "hiding" from Mama, and an ice storm was predicted. He put this gorgeous palomino gelding in the garage. Mama came home and went to open the door and there stands Rusty, looking at her thru the window. She was NOT happy.

The neighbors need to get a clue. I am pretty hateful about stuff like that. I try to be nice to my neighbors and do right by everyone, but at the end of the day, who pays the mortgage and taxes gets to make the final call. If Mrs. Grandy wants to B***H, then ask her when you can expect her to make the mortgage payment.

Leather

Mar. 16, 2009, 06:15 PM

Too bad little girls can't sign petitions--if word of this story spread there would be a ton of them going door to door to campaign for a pony in every garage. :lol:

A friend of mine used to keep her horse at her place overnight once in a while. (Lived in an outer suburb within riding distance of where she boarded.)

One night she forgot to lock the door from the garage into the house, and awoke to the sound of what she though was a blown radiator pouring out water.

Turns out the horse had let itself into the house and was peeing in the entryway. :eek:

cheval convert

Mar. 16, 2009, 06:31 PM

I guess it's time to get rid of the horse and put a pack of pit bulls in the back yard - then the Granby's might have something to worry about! (And they would be more than happy with "just a horse" after that.

KitKat987

Mar. 16, 2009, 06:42 PM

One night she forgot to lock the door from the garage into the house, and awoke to the sound of what she though was a blown radiator pouring out water.

Turns out the horse had let itself into the house and was peeing in the entryway. :eek:

Oh my, I can just picture that. If he was anything like my boys, he'd have flooded the place :eek:

terasa

Mar. 16, 2009, 08:09 PM

This reminds me a bit of a newspaper article I read about a year or so ago. Lady had a small acreage that she kept her horse on. No house or anything, just an undeveloped lot if I remember right. A subdivision was built against one side of her property and the new neighbours started making various complaints about the horse and wanted it gone, even though the zoning allowed for horses and they must have seen the horse before they bought their homes.
Anyhow the newspaper article was about the pigs she'd moved in after she moved the horse out. Lots of pigs. With smelly sheds/pens built beside the neighbours fence line with automatic feeders that run day and night and are apparently loud. Apparently the lot was zoned for pigs too ;)
Maybe these folks need pigs.

I wish I had the link :)