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Stupid things that happen in the barn.

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Oh come on, we all have them! Stupid things that happen in the barn..Stupid people in the barn...Ya know that "one" person ;) Lol. What are your "incidents"? What I mean by stupid is say someone says something to you and it's...well, stupid! Haha. Or someone says something like "Oh don't geld your horse he will hate you forever blablabla!" Anyways, heres mine! I'm interested to hear everyone else's
So, this one lady at my barn is a TOTAL bloodline snob, always gloats about her horses bloodlines (but never says what they are..hmm..) So I had finally got Brandy's papers and decided to tell said bloodline snob about Brandy's bloodlines...With each horse I mentioned the face she made got worse and worse..Then all the sudden she interrupted me and said "Well, it's nothing special, all horses have those horses in their bloodlines" and walked away...I think ours topped hers ;)
 
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When I was a teenager, many moons ago, we lived next to a junk yard fenced with an electric fence that had billy goats in there at night to ward off people looking for the midnight discount.
My brother and I always tried to get the goat to come to the fence so we could pet him, not knowing about the wire being hot at the time. The goat would come closer so we got closer to the fence until he was just out of reach. I being the oldest proceeded to grab said hot wire to reach over to pet the goat.

You could almost instantly see a smile come across the goat as if to say "STOOOPIID" .
 
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When I was a child, we have one very muddy spring. I was walking from the pasture to the barn with my horse. I literally got stuck in the mud. I stepped with the deep part so my horse could be on higher ground. I was mid-calf in mud. I could not lift my foot out of the mud. I stood there struggling for a good 10 minutes trying to get out. Finally the BO looked out to check on me, saw I was stuck. She came out to get my horse. Then came back lifted me out of my boot, carried me back to the barn and then went back out for my boot. Yes, I felt like an idiot.
 
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My stupid story happened recently. I was playing with my dog in the arena and as she ran around the corner I had the bright idea to jump out and scare her. Well, I had no idea how fast she was running and she hit me right at my kneecaps I flew up in the air and landed half on her and half on the concrete aisle with her trying to lick my face. I couldn't bear weight on my right knee for almost three weeks! Yes, I felt very stupid but at the same time it was funny. My only regret is that no one was out there with a video camera! I'm sure we could have won America's funniest home videos :lol:
And to top it off every time I retold the story people looked at me like I was crazy. Finally I got to where I would wear my knee brace under my clothes and try not to limp so I wouldn't get questioned :)
 
#30 ·
This one's not all that funny, but no one at my barn seems to lead the their horse with a halter and lead. They let them run out of their stall, open up the gates, and let them run into their paddocks themselves. Instead of going from point A to point B, however, the horses like to go to point B, Q, 7, and Blue before going to point B. And then they do the same when it's dinner time. It really irritates me when I have Henny tied up in front of his stall to groom him. Nothing would stop one of the horses from going after tied up Henny with me standing right next to him. :evil:

And now for a funny one. In January, it rained almost every. Single. Day. We were up to our calves in the stickiest mud at the horses. My friend and I were feeding in the dark with just a small flashlight. My friend ended up getting stuck, wearing my mud boots which are two sizes too big for her, and LOST HER(MY) BOOT IN THE MUD. So she was standing on one leg screaming at me so I have to make my way through the sticky mud and by the time I get to her she's about ready to fall over. So now she's clinging onto me as I search through the freaking mud in the dark to find her boot. I found it and helped her put it on. Too bad it got some mud in the boot. :lol:

And quite a few years ago when we were at our old place, my friend Debbie rented out the pasture next to us. Her goats ended up slipping through the fence into our pasture one day. Our mare Princess decided to play Rodeo Roundup and was herding the goats!! One of the funniest things I've ever seen.
 
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I got a new one...So there is this rescue stud (he'll be gelded ASAP if my BO can actually own him), and he has a stall in the arena, and me and my non-horsey (but turning horsey!) cousin were riding, and she rode down and happened to glance in his stall, and he was...Um..."Letting it hang", and my cousin started yelling EEEWW EEWWW PUT THAT THING AWAY THERES CHILDREN HERE!" I was laughing so hard I almost fell of my horse!
 
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Oh! And another one! A convo between my neighbor and I while I brushed out Annie. (Note: Annie is my leopard app, Brandy is my SOLID liver chestnut mare, they have totally different colors and body shapes)
Neighbor: Hey Cassi! Wow, Brandy looks awesome!
Me: Oh, no this is Annie, my other horse.
Neighbor: Oh, quit trying to trick me, I know this is Brandy!
Me: ...No, this is my rescue mare Annie...Brandy is being boarded somewhere else...
Neighbor: YOU SOLD HER?!?
Me:...No, I have her boarded in a place with an indoor arena so I can ride her more.
Neighbor: Oh! Well they look a lot alike!

*head desk*
 
#33 ·
Last sunday on a ride with a friend she showed me what not to do..
walking next to your horse down a trail, behind me walking next to my horse, and texting at the same time. I saw something interesting and stopped, well she kept walking and texting and its a good thing my horse does not kick because she ended up with her face in my horses bum.
 
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At my old barn there was this lady that would critique everything your horse, your tack, the way you rode. She used to stand at the gate of the round pen and watch me ride and lunge my horse and she would just nag and nag and critique, oh it was awful. I wasn't the only one she did this to she did it to everyone. The funny thing is I never seen her ride or even touch her horse but she was the BO daughter so there really wasn't much I could do so I left because it was just to overwhelming for me.
 
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