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she would be deprived of all her oxygen!
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she would be deprived of all her oxygen!
MsPony
Lovin' The Homestead
Probably go after your pigs.
I have a customer who has a vacation house in Nicaraque, he took his (super fierce but my baby love) pitbull down there. The pittie grabbed a farmers pig, the farmer whacked the dog IN THE BACK w/ a machete, pittie never let go of the pig.
I imagine OFG to be of similar nature.
(The dog is just fine, I kiss him and scold him every time I see him now.)
I have a customer who has a vacation house in Nicaraque, he took his (super fierce but my baby love) pitbull down there. The pittie grabbed a farmers pig, the farmer whacked the dog IN THE BACK w/ a machete, pittie never let go of the pig.
I imagine OFG to be of similar nature.
(The dog is just fine, I kiss him and scold him every time I see him now.)
glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
I know you said you don't have room for a goat in milk - and this one is sorta expensive, but I thought I'd pass along the ad anyway:
http://newlondon.craigslist.org/grd/2319250953.html
http://newlondon.craigslist.org/grd/2319250953.html
abifae
Abinormal Butterfly
I won't know til I try, but I've faced all kinds of things without squeamishness!Henrietta23 said:
My niece uses lines like that. I love it. She manages the teenage angst without so much melodrama that I can't stand her. Luckily.
[hijack] Ouch. Pitbulls and a few other breeds of dogs cannot let go once they have something in their jaws--it's been bred into them. They have to bite down all the way before they can release. [/hijack]MsPony said:
MsPony
Lovin' The Homestead
Moolie, that makes sense, thanks! Although he didn't whimper or cry either, lol, he got that pig gosh darnit!
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Henrietta23
Yard Farmer
Whoa, missed a whole page on my own journal! That sure took some turns!!
Yeah, those Nubians are a bit out of my price range and I want to rearrange the barn before we even think of adding a goat. I just need you to be swimming in milk so I can buy it from you. So DON'T develop a taste for it!!
I haven't been back to the HS so no more fun quotes. Just a second grader with huge amounts of baggage who threw a complete hissy fit in my room. She'd reached her threshold for having to do anything several hours before she was delivered to my room by a Special Ed intern and I got the brunt of her frustrations. At least she didn't tear apart my room the way a second grader in a similar situation did last year. Funny thing is, in her angry state her speech was clearer than I've ever heard it! Weird.
Ugh, drama at the horse barn continues. Well, not at it, but about it. We are very happy there, but you may or may not remember I mentioned a former coworker who was causing problems by telling the farm owner that I had complained about one of the veteran students giving my son his lesson. That was not the case although the student was there working at the barn one day and was helping DS adjust stirrups and getting him situated on the saddle. This woman messaged me today on Facebook questioning who was giving DS his lessons because she had referred me (not really, but whatever) to the owner not "some child with less riding experience than my 10 year old daughter." I answered her simply and briefly that the owner was giving him his lesson. She pushed it a little and I just restated my answer and said I had to go make dinner. I did email the farm owner who is very well aware that this woman has been bad mouthing this particular student. None of this surprises me about her. Why she feels the need to cause friction and problems I don't know. The ironic thing is that it forced the owner and I into being honest and up front about everything and created a bit of a bond more quickly than if she hadn't started all this nonsense.
Yeah, those Nubians are a bit out of my price range and I want to rearrange the barn before we even think of adding a goat. I just need you to be swimming in milk so I can buy it from you. So DON'T develop a taste for it!!
I haven't been back to the HS so no more fun quotes. Just a second grader with huge amounts of baggage who threw a complete hissy fit in my room. She'd reached her threshold for having to do anything several hours before she was delivered to my room by a Special Ed intern and I got the brunt of her frustrations. At least she didn't tear apart my room the way a second grader in a similar situation did last year. Funny thing is, in her angry state her speech was clearer than I've ever heard it! Weird.
Ugh, drama at the horse barn continues. Well, not at it, but about it. We are very happy there, but you may or may not remember I mentioned a former coworker who was causing problems by telling the farm owner that I had complained about one of the veteran students giving my son his lesson. That was not the case although the student was there working at the barn one day and was helping DS adjust stirrups and getting him situated on the saddle. This woman messaged me today on Facebook questioning who was giving DS his lessons because she had referred me (not really, but whatever) to the owner not "some child with less riding experience than my 10 year old daughter." I answered her simply and briefly that the owner was giving him his lesson. She pushed it a little and I just restated my answer and said I had to go make dinner. I did email the farm owner who is very well aware that this woman has been bad mouthing this particular student. None of this surprises me about her. Why she feels the need to cause friction and problems I don't know. The ironic thing is that it forced the owner and I into being honest and up front about everything and created a bit of a bond more quickly than if she hadn't started all this nonsense.
glenolam
Lovin' The Homestead
Sorry it's drama at the barn! Maybe you need to put a big old kabosh to that woman NOW...in as nice a way as you can. Tell her that you really aren't up to causing issues and drama and you'd appreciate it if she kept her comments to herself. Make sure she knows you are very happy there and if you have any problems with the lessons or who's giving them you'll take care of it.
freemotion
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Ahhhh, welcome to barn politics! I don't miss that aspect of riding. I still see it at the barns I visit. It is like a breath of fresh air when you can find a barn without that type of person....but it usually doesn't last long. Control freaks, unfortunately, are attracted to riding as it involves control. So every barn has a few. Send her off firmly so you can enjoy yourself.
I once yelled (well, not really, but sorta) at a woman and her daughter and told them that I, and many others, were paying big bucks to board at a barn with an indoor arena so we could relax with our horses. So please take your bickering elsewhere. Never heard a peep from her after that!
I don't miss that aspect of riding. I still see it at the barns I visit. It is like a breath of fresh air when you can find a barn without that type of person....but it usually doesn't last long. Control freaks, unfortunately, are attracted to riding as it involves control. So every barn has a few. Send her off firmly so you can enjoy yourself.I once yelled (well, not really, but sorta) at a woman and her daughter and told them that I, and many others, were paying big bucks to board at a barn with an indoor arena so we could relax with our horses. So please take your bickering elsewhere. Never heard a peep from her after that!
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Henrietta23
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It may come to that. I hope not because this woman could be really dangerous if she's as unstable as she seems. As in she could cause problems for me at work if she decided she wanted to. I did run into her today after school when she was picking up her daughter and she didn't bring it up. When I messaged her last night I said as little as possible hoping to show I wasn't willing to get sucked into the drama. I'll keep it subtle if I can and hopefully that will be the end of it. Although we did just get notified of a show on the 23rd and she made sure to request that her daughter ride the pony in the walk/trot class. I doubt DS would be ready for that in so few weeks anyway, but it did give me the feeling that she was requesting the pony to keep him from being able to ride him. She did bring that up when I saw her but I hadn't been on the computer to see the information yet. No biggie, when DS is ready to ride in w/t he won't be afraid to ride the bigger horses the way her DD is. Ooops I am getting sucked into the drama! She wasn't at last week's show because she was busy getting married.
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