Re: I think I've had it

Posted by Billy NY on June 09, 2009 at 14:53:54 from (74.67.3.238):

In Reply to: Re: I think I've had it posted by Loren MN on June 09, 2009 at 14:03:46:

Yeah, and you can sucked right into it, I've been around them since a little kid in the late 60's, my father and mother seemingly got together while they were young riders/competitors mid to late 50's early 60's. There are lots of young people, sounds like this guy got himself in a jam, you absolutely can't be getting involved in a situation like that, people just don't think, we used to have all ages of riders, boarders, something like that would and could ruin a long established business. Our neighbors got wind of this piece of trash help my father hired one year and would not let their daughters come across the road to ride anymore because of it, I fired the guy.

I think you gave some sage advice about taking a closer look, scaling things back, but you cannot appreciate the relief from the bills and the headaches when they are gone, horses will always be around, living under constant duress because of them is no way to go through life.

I've seen many aspects of this business, stables that board, private stables, both of our places, full scale horse trucking, we did our own hay then, upwards of 4000 bales, we had a business with several trucks transporting horses adjacent to our tractor dealership, horse transportation was actually was pretty good if you built a professional reputation, we put on 5 day A-rated A.H.S.A, shows for years nearby, 500+ exhibitors, have done multi day A-rated shows in New Mexico at the state fairgrounds, in Albuquerque, in the mid 90's, and will be putting on the 3rd annual show we started a few years ago in Jacksonville Fla. this fall. We still breed and train, no more lessons as of late, same with boarders, one barn is old and needs lots of repair, my father still holds AHSHA Judge(R) license, and a stewards license, stepmother same, and my mother used to as well, been to more darned shows than I can remember or care to, was dragged around as a kid and grew up in this environment, I have seen quite a bit with horses and farms, but just have experience in operating and supporting a horse farm, riding never interested me, owning them too, based on what I saw year after year, the one thing I can say, when it's time to send em down the road, it's time, take that break and enjoy it, sooner or later one of the 2 in the couple ends up getting the shaft, we have a long time horse farm in town, bought by someone with wealth and he turned out to be an extreme eccentric, his wife has been left with a huge dilemma, she's got kids too, probably never gave it any consideration, well what if........ maybe there is another way for Jason and his wife here, and I would hope that to be true, but if things become critical, you may have wished you were more proactive in finding them new homes, which we all know is a difficult thing, and is why I recommend seeing them all off, and taking a break from it, it's been the ruining of a lot of people, including my family and many others in the area, I've know more than one who have roughed it out living in the barn lounge or tack room etc.

It's good to see the input here, but I firmly think that starting over is something to consider, it's a lot of work and it can make for long days, life is too short and stress is good for no one.

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