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OP, if I was in your area, I would be on your door step in 3... 2... 1 ::ding dong::

As a 20-something with 2 horses, who will be a nurse in 4 months (yay shift work...), who has an insured...

As a kid going out into the mare's pasture at my lesson barn, I didn't pay attention to my surroundings and ended up between the two mares with a history of fighting out who was top mare.

I got...

You know for sure you will not be leasing the horse in the fall to anyone?

Well, that negates the argument for "preserving" the lease for the fall that some of us have brought up.

If you...

I tried two horses that were very similar on paper.

Riding them was very, very different.

And despite the fact the first one was a disaster to ride, the second one was the one I bought.

Go...

- Buy property with historic, well-kept house and lots of land.
- Build a quality house on the property that can be modular to accommodate 2-3 live-in workers, or a family
- Build barn that can...

Actually, while picking my horse's hind feet last week, he had a loose poop and I'm 99% sure a small amount bounced off my hair.

By the time I left the barn an hour later, I had 100% forgotten it...

Count me among the disappointed (but not dissatisfied!). I am a 36 in the TS Trophy, but ordered a 38 in these. I can get them on but not snapped shut, and truth be told they should ideally fit a...

I think that her long-term thinking of getting the car demonstrates some maturity. If she had a lease but no car... she wouldn't be out there much, I imagine. And getting a car will allow her to...

Skittles, I appreciate that you are trying to do better by yourself. I appreciate that you want to have the kind of relationship with your parents where you can turn to them for guidance, get advice,...

Threads like this make me so happy I have the laziest dog and cat in the world.

Of course we've had other training issues for both of them, but those two do NOT get out of bed until long after my...

Yes, and it's a major reason the college team I was on changed barns.

The upside was that the barn had a very machine-like approach to lessons and that is important when dealing with about 50-75...

Don't discount staying close to home if you love the school. My first choice, top-ranked college that US News lists as "most selective" was in my backyard, too. Even though I had the "get outta...

Yeah, she's from around here.

And her mom forbade her from going, but it turns out the sneaky kid got down there anyway and faked being in town the whole time.

Bad choices have bad...

As a former domestic violence therapist.... yes, it is very real. It's one of the big reasons I didn't stay in the field very long at all- I couldn't maintain unconditional positive regard for the...

Your link isn't working for me, and I'm logged into fb.

A barn I was at used shredded newspapers for bedding. The wife was a newspaper delivery woman and would bring home the extras and shred them every night while watching TV.

This was a very small...

If you can create a "package portal" in your gate, that would be awesome. Similar to the poster above who said to slant a dog house, you can create a little covered ramp that starts at the top of the...

It won't thwart a determined idiot who wants to trespass but my mom is a big fan of planting this certain kind of bush that grows tall (quickly!) and is NOT pleasant to walk through.

You could...

You say you are someone that gets hurt just by breathing... (I am of the same ilk)

I would NOT ride. Not even bareback. Not even at the walk.

Why? Because the coordination to dismount and only...

We have a dog hammock that spans the back of my Kia Soul AND a harness she wears when we take our 50lb dog with us. We bought both at PetSmart, so they aren't hard to get.

Knock on wood, we've...

Hm, somehow I lost part of the quote.

Well, this was in reference to the cut of the breeches being similar to the TS Trophy Hunter. I am a fluffy rider. Even when I was an athletic thing in high...

Both my geldings are great for sheath cleaning. The first one has always dropped, immediately, when I start. The second one was a cow-kicker when I even touched his belly to groom when I first got...

Can you ask the boarder to do the horse's stall when she comes down each day for the hand walking? And, at the same time, to re-bed for the night she should use shavings she supplies.

And, I...

That's how it works at shows around here- makes sense, since you enter/exit the ring at the walk, and the jumps are in the middle of the ring. Slow on the outside, faster on the inside, merge in...

I can live without a wash stall and I can live without hot water. Not my favorites, but I can (and currently do).