You know your a horse person if.

[Deanna]

My husband has a cow when I haul feed in my car. I had a minivan a few years back and they are great for hauling hay and grain if you remove the seats but man is it hard to clean up the evidence before my hubby saw it.

[Range]

Huh. And here I thought I was the only crazy one.

You know, I gave up on the fingernails thing. Just get them clean and then have to give out more skritches!!!

And, yes, I hate the mall. But I can spend HOURS in a tack shop!

[bubbleslove]

My husband is buying me a couple bale bags for my birthday, cause he's tired of cleaning all the hay out of the hatchback! It's either that or get me a truck, so for now I have to make do with bale bags

Today I told the grocery cart to 'whoa' when I got to the car and it refused to 'stand' and kept rolling away. Then I told myself that I had reached a new low.

[tahani z's momma]

Originally Posted by Rhiannon

I say you're a horse person if:

• You go to work with an alfalfa leaf or two in your hair;
• Your idea of a dream vacation is to go to horse ranches and look at new prospects;
• Your other idea of a dream vacation is to go on an extended trail ride with your horse;
• You'll eat mac and cheese while your horse gets the best hay and grain that money can buy;
• Other people buy cars while you shop for a new horse trailer;
• You probably need a "mud room" in your house;
• The smell of a horse or the smell of a tack shop is the best possible smell in the world;
• Stepping in horse poop - while you may try to avoid it - doesn't make you sick or disgusted. A little horse poop never hurt anybody;
• Your barn is cleaner than your house;
• Your idea of entertainment is picking up free horse classifieds;
• You can't afford a new wardrobe but you can come up with money to buy a new horse;
• Your idea of heaven is being at the barn at feeding time listening to your horses contentedly munching their hay;
• You put as much thought into what you will name your new foal and you did in naming your child;
• You know that pasture land is worth so much more than a big, expensive house!
• You'll happily live in a shack before you'll give up your horses.

thats exactly how it is for me and my family

[shayla]

Originally Posted by Deanna

-You have hauled a bale of hay in the trunk of your car.

Did you know that 3 square bales will fit in the back of a VW Bug?

The guy at the feedstore looked at my car, then turned to me and said "Is this your all utility vehicle?"

"Yep!"

And, to keep in the spirit:
You will put off calling the doctor for a long term sickness, but if anything happens to your horse, you call the vet/farrier.
If your horse has had more chiropractic appointments than you have.
If your horse has seen the dentist more recently than you have.

Well then, you might just be a horse addict!

[karenf]

Horselovers are the ones at work that don´t have acrylic nails because it is hard to type, but, because we are afraid we will hurt ourselves.

[Deanna]

If you tell your children to whoa when they run away from you. I remembered this one when I read the post above about the shopping cart.

[singing tree]

You are a western horse person if, when the local square dance comes up, you can supply half the crowd with various hats and boots.

[stardust]

Originally Posted by Deanna

How to tell if your a horseperson if you would rather have that sliver show saddle than a diamond ring, If you would rather own a tractor than a BMW. If your best set of shoes is your very expensive riding boots. When your husband asks you what you want for your birthday you say a new show bridle. If your coworkers roll there eyes everytime you talk about your horses, If your husband rolls his eyes when you meet another horse person and talk endlessly about horses, If you enjoy shopping not at the mall but at the tack store, If You buy your horse a coat before you get one yourself, If your barn is cleaner than your house, Your idea of stress relief is cleaning a stall.

Feel free to add more.

I can say yes to everyone of these. I really only shop at the tack shops around her for clothes. Love the 20x jeans..

[stardust]

Originally Posted by Deanna

My husband has a cow when I haul feed in my car. I had a minivan a few years back and they are great for hauling hay and grain if you remove the seats but man is it hard to clean up the evidence before my hubby saw it.

I hauled 9 bags of grain in the back seat, and truck of my grand am, the kids had to sit on top of the bags and put their seat belts on...Hubby was NOT to happy.. Hey it worked though. LOL he told me to never do that again.

[Deanna]

The things we do My husband thinks im addicted I tell him no its just a passion whats the difference? you decide.

[horsegirl4]

Originally Posted by rideatennwalker

If you think the smell of your horse should be a new perfume.

very true!

if you leave a trail of hay particles where ever you go

[horsegirl4]

you guys, I know the best way to get the hay out of your trunk after you haul hay

I use to haul 2 bales in the trunk of my honda for about 2 yrs. I had the same issue of not being able to get the evidence to go away so by accident my piggy of a mare decided to clean it for me! and let me tell you she got it all out, all I had to do was get the muddy nose prints up and that was easy

[Horsie Michelle]

Originally Posted by Deanna

More

-You have hauled a bale of hay in the trunk of your car.

Guess I'm hardcore then b/c I put the top down on my hubbies 2 seater RX7 convertable and put one in the trunk, bungie tied one onto the top and had one sitting in the passenger seat.

I also know how many square bales you can fit into a 96 firebird lol.

Since then he has smartend up and I've converted him to trucks!

[enigma]

Originally Posted by stardust

I can say yes to everyone of these. I really only shop at the tack shops around her for clothes. Love the 20x jeans..

Me, TOO! And all the stores around here have QUIT CARRYING THEM!! I guess I order direct and skip the western wear stores now....

[enigma]

I have a camaro convertible and I've made a couple of feed runs that have had EVERYBODY from the warehouse helping. 8 salt blocks, and 300# of feed. Went home with the top down, but hey - it all got there....


LMAO - there was a TV show episode talking about meeting men at the grocery store - you DON'T do it with feminine products, a 50# bag of dog food and the multi pack of mac & cheese in your cart. I thought this was probably the vehicular equivalent....

[Sonseeahray's_girl]

I just thought of another one...

If every time you look at a real estate listing, you check to see how much acreage goes with the place

[enchanting]

I'm guilty of many of these. My little "work truck" is a Honda Insight little 2 seater hybrid. It is only designed to carry 300 lb total. Hmmm, three bales of shavings, a bag of dog food, 3 bags of horse feed, a bag of alfalfa cubes, and a shopping cart fully of groceries. But hey after 8 yrs and over 200K miles, it still gets back and forth to the feed store and gets over 55 mpg when doing it.

And don't even get me started on looking for a new house. I have a complete aerial map laid out of the way I want my property to eventually look. I think between my grand scheme of completely horse safe fencing, barrier hedge rows to help deter would-be horse thiefs, the two indoor arenas, the special stallion barn, the mare barn, training barn, fields for each age and gender group, large water tanks, solar panels, wind power, driveway to allow two trailers to pass without problem, hay fields, grain fields, my own feed mill, and any other great idea I can think of between now and then. I am up to about 10M in costs to build it and need a few hundred acres. Man I really need to win the lottery.