tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post8674770560619797495..comments2024-03-11T21:51:38.696-04:00Comments on The Dressage Curmudgeon: Meanwhile, back at the ranch...Stephaniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-88526457480319336262012-04-23T21:51:33.065-04:002012-04-23T21:51:33.065-04:00The Matrix is already on the shortlist for my next...The Matrix is already on the shortlist for my next car - this answer may have sealed the deal... <br /><br />(They are manufactured right around the corner from me too, so good way to support my community).Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-25319171232467203342012-04-23T21:49:40.274-04:002012-04-23T21:49:40.274-04:00Sorry, I wasn't clear - I have heard that shav...Sorry, I wasn't clear - I have heard that shavings guys are the most fly by night of the bunch. I didn't mean to only point the finger at BO's by any means!!Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-63058114178253553642012-04-22T15:10:23.404-04:002012-04-22T15:10:23.404-04:008 bales of hay in a Toyota Matrix, with the tailga...8 bales of hay in a Toyota Matrix, with the tailgate tied down. Shavings? 9, I think. <br /><br />This, by the by from one who does take care of her own horses at home but occasionally has to do emergency supply runs. <br /><br />Used to get shavings from the carpentry shop at the vo-tech where I taught in my boarding out days. Made a nice supplement to OK bedding from the barn owners. Lucked out with most places I boarded except for some hay issues. <br /><br />Sounds all to familiar, though.Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10029423500476995817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-63404380268063084872012-04-21T19:47:48.240-04:002012-04-21T19:47:48.240-04:00Wow, sounds like that stable is pretty much a disa...Wow, sounds like that stable is pretty much a disaster waiting to happen. Oh wait..... :PBellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07716255908611793398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-49115018458758494022012-04-19T17:28:14.486-04:002012-04-19T17:28:14.486-04:00The mark of a true horseperson: you decide whether...The mark of a true horseperson: you decide whether to purchase your car based on the number of hay / shavings bales it could hypothetically fit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-88823014523124619232012-04-18T16:33:44.482-04:002012-04-18T16:33:44.482-04:00Speaking as a BO, a lot of shavings suppliers are ...Speaking as a BO, a lot of shavings suppliers are fly-by-night too. No shows, wet shavings, shavings that look nothing like the sample, surprise fuel charge added, all make the whole bedding thing a nightmare at times. I prefer straw (even tho I can't find anyone to hire who wants to clean straw bedding), but due to the high corn price no one in my area planted wheat or rye, so I'm using those dang bagged shavings. I've never let a boarder's horse go with insufficient bedding and I think that's terrible, but it sure drives costs up to use bagged ones. However, the horse should never pay the penalty for the management's poor planning.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-51155494931064149472012-04-18T13:27:25.357-04:002012-04-18T13:27:25.357-04:00ditto on thank you for resizing the header!ditto on thank you for resizing the header!Daniellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07544044205052458881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-89503982137922636042012-04-17T22:47:00.905-04:002012-04-17T22:47:00.905-04:00(Thanks for resizing the header.)(Thanks for resizing the header.)Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01550786937196525098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-36693894483914990022012-04-17T22:01:52.017-04:002012-04-17T22:01:52.017-04:00HA! Six bales of hay in my Honda Accord Coupe. And...HA! Six bales of hay in my Honda Accord Coupe. And a lot of funny stares as I drove the two hours to deliver them to my horse.<br /><br />I miss my old (but still new body style) Cougar. That thing had a TON of space to put stuff in. I probably could have gotten 7 dags of shavings in there, easy...Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-44282373481680683242012-04-17T21:44:33.850-04:002012-04-17T21:44:33.850-04:00They should really include this sort of info in th...They should really include this sort of info in the glossy pamphlets they hand out at the Toyota dealership. Seats 5 people or haybales.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-73180810983057944632012-04-17T15:02:54.825-04:002012-04-17T15:02:54.825-04:00A 2004 camry can hold 5 bales of hay total: 2 stac...A 2004 camry can hold 5 bales of hay total: 2 stacked in the back seat, 2 squished in the trunk & 1 upright in the passenger seat (do up the seat belt if you don't want to stare at the light on the dash). Yes, visibility is a bit of a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-49530008631049278592012-04-17T12:33:49.909-04:002012-04-17T12:33:49.909-04:00A stall? With shavings in it?!? You clearly demand...A stall? With shavings in it?!? You clearly demand too much! At the next barn, you're going to be asking for an arena... INDOOR arena... with good footing that gets DRAGGED regularly. Picky, picky!<br /><br />Been there, done that. You definitely get what you pay for. And now that I keep my horses at home, I would like to know who is paying me for the excellent care I am providing?<br /><br />Anyone?jenjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01737679332792618499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-39751624717231022302012-04-17T05:55:54.839-04:002012-04-17T05:55:54.839-04:00Yes.Yes.Stephaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00862983598055228855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-72318935208895389912012-04-17T01:07:06.491-04:002012-04-17T01:07:06.491-04:00Did you own horses before the platypus?Did you own horses before the platypus?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-707496042320344372012-04-17T00:24:32.469-04:002012-04-17T00:24:32.469-04:00I'm starting to think we were boarding at the ...I'm starting to think we were boarding at the same place!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-31140894567312308852012-04-16T23:17:55.597-04:002012-04-16T23:17:55.597-04:00Bwahahaha... We have literally baggied up hay to p...Bwahahaha... We have literally baggied up hay to put into my car for one reason or another at the in between barns (as I call them!) <br /><br />The dark drop offs of hay and shavings... Something like a drug deal only you sneeze a lot and come home smelling like a saw mill and horse.<br /><br />Sigh what we do for our "pets" lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4571933866625297210.post-83059595651039111572012-04-16T23:02:30.313-04:002012-04-16T23:02:30.313-04:00Hah, I know a barn that's sort of remeniscent ...Hah, I know a barn that's sort of remeniscent of MVA... boarders enjoy nightly parties while they muck their horses stalls, add the shavings they just bought, clean their horses buckets, and fill up their water. While still paying for "full service" board. It's cheap though... wonder why.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01197789181776030907noreply@blogger.com