Three completely unrelated questions...

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01. In this economy, my job is very unstable right now. There are strong indications I might lose it in the next few months. If I'm unemployed I'll need my savings for pesky necessities like bills and food and I can't make riding a necessity. I know it's commonplace for teens to volunteer at barns and work in exchange for lessons but has anyone

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[thepartyline]

I'm 28 and work off some of my board/lessons doing stalls, feeding, odd jobs around the barn. Not uncommon at all. I've done this at 2 different barns over most of the time I've had my horse (2.5 years

[thepartyline]

I honestly could not imagine my life without her now! She is one of the most personable horses I've known, and what a personality she has. I didn't ride this weekend, but I went out and hung out with her and her mare buddies in the pasture, where she is the alpha mare. She was laying down sunning herself so I just sat with her and scratched her and chilled and no one bothered us. She rolled around in the dirt for a bit and then we played some follow the leader. Sounds boring, but she is such a doll to be around that it was the best part of my day.

So yes, I completely agree.

(though I always thought bay geldings were the boringest things on earth and two I had the opportunity to know the past few years showed me that's not true either - every horse gets its own chance to show me what kind of personality they have, now!)

mind if I add you?? Though lately I've just been venting about boy stuff, I like to read horsey people journals. And I just started a blog for Gabby (my redhead mare) at littleredmare.blogspot.com :)

[thepartyline]

Adding now!

Ugh, a girl at my barn just bought a 3.5 y/o green Andalusian cross - her mom joked that they bought the horse because of the color of her tail (black fading to cream at the bottom) - after watching that horse go around, I don't entirely doubt it. :\ She's a unique/interesting color and I'm pretty sure that influenced their decision - ps they paid WAY too much for this horse!