horse care

All of these things happened yesterday, when it was 96 at my house.

Your horse pulls the hose out of the trough so it's on the ground spraying up, and he stands over it so it's spraying his chest and belly. (true!)

You don't really mind scrubbing the trough.

You (as a normal late sleeper) get up at 6:00 am to get a ride in.

The dog goes swimming...in the trough.

Your three year old, who normally doesn't like baths, follows her friend's lead and stands over the hose, too. Then she puts her leg in the trough.

My yuckiest job in Horsedom? Clipping, without a doubt. What's yours? What task makes you feel totally yucky and that having horses isn't that fun after all?

Just in from giving B a blanket clip. He looks totally ridiculous and I'm itchy, even after a shower. I probably got microscopic horse hair in my left eye because it itches like an SOB.

All this for an upcoming horse show in which I may (or may not) win a 57 cent ribbon. Go figure.

So what's your yucky job?