some stuff that's been stressing me out... basically just whining ;)

K... So first, my horse's shoer totally pisses me off by being totally ignorant about shepherds He said that shepherds don't do what they are told and u can't even trust them to not run away. What a load of !!!! And this he says to me, standing next to him with my super intelligent aussie!! ARRRRG!! He acts like he's aaaaaalways right, so he didn't even listen when I pointed out that shepherds are specially bred to take orders and stay with the herd!! (in normal life herd being the owner). He was talking for hunting dogs, he claimed that they are a lot more versatile that shepherds as working dogs. again! I don't know what's the deal over seas but here u practically NEVER see hunting dogs doing anything else than hunt. And the leading breeds in all sorts of working dog activities are bordercollies, german shepherds and belgian shepherds.
GRRRR!!! I felt like smashing his head with a hammer

Second, this (errr..or yesterday actually) morning I was driving to the stables, and on the way there had been obviously a pretty serious car accident. Based on the car there being totally fubar. So there was firetrucks and ambulances and I'm quite sure that no one who's been in that car could have possible survived. There was a traffic sign which was destroyed in a way that implied that the car was speeding and took a bit of a fly there too. So, that sucked.

Then when i got to the stables there was a pony on the yard totally free. There was no one there and the owner of the place hadn't even given the horses their breakfast. The stable is next to the very road with the car accident, it's an 80km/h area and about a year ago one horse ran away on the road, got hit and died. So, i was quite nervous catching the pony, to say the least. Luckily he was very sweet, I wasn't even close to him when he already walked to me. He himself looked confused about why was he there. So i took him back in the barn.. My heart kept beating like hours after it...
i can imagine what could have happened...

Then, when i got home and went to sleep, i woke up to phone ringing and it was some CREEP calling to wrong number, and instead of just saying he's sorry, he totally threw his religion to my face. I was SO pissed off i can't believe it!!!!!

first things, first.......i had a dog, Henrietta Blue Tongue, that was half german shepherd and half chow. Henri was a marvelous dog. She saved my life twice. Shepherds rock!! That horseshoer has been standing with his head down for far too long..

it's amazing that there are people who own animals and they shouldn't even own a brick. carelessness with horses running loose next to a dangerous highway is ridiculous. i hope you said something to the stable owner!! i used to have a horse named "Monkey Face" and i loved him very much. he was named for a horse that was in the most fabulous book, "Monte Walsh"....Jack Schaefer wrote it..for the older folks, he wrote "Shane"........remember that stunning movie??? Alan Ladd..

Well i told the owner that the pony had been loose. He hadn't personally taken the pony in from the outdoor pen (or whatever u call it ) the night before, the pony's owner had. So he was as stunned as I was... The stable owner takes very good care of the horses and has a lot of experience. The horse that ran away a year ago also got away from it's owner. I bet the pony's owner just forgot to lock the pen's door properly or at all.. Human error.. Been there myself

Heh... love the names.. haven't seen the movie. Speaking of names, i didn't even know who the pony was, cuz there's so much new people and horses there now, turned out it was my horse's neigbour, Make My Day
My horse is Lonely Wind
oh and there used to be a horse called Spinster's Jinx here too! and I firmly believe that nomen est omen