tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814819670145509787.post2307537297170545076..comments2023-10-09T13:30:21.031-04:00Comments on Charlie and Me: Deathbed and other fun topics...Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09344393643918078175noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814819670145509787.post-91850415250897082552012-08-31T17:36:42.235-04:002012-08-31T17:36:42.235-04:00Two fun things about management: 1) We have a nast...Two fun things about management: 1) We have a nasty-ass cribber. He taught himself crib at 3 months old in a pasture of barbed wire fence with no other cribbers around. It is what it is and he'll do is everywhere. That said, he is an incredible jumper. 2) For all those "turn out cures all" mavens out there, my horse HATES turnout. He can do it about the same amount of time he can do dressage and then he is DONE.<br /><br />To each their own. SprinklerBandithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948487857418394022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814819670145509787.post-11415319512078100512012-08-31T11:14:36.140-04:002012-08-31T11:14:36.140-04:00Thanks Jen! I'm lucky in that I keep Charlie ...Thanks Jen! I'm lucky in that I keep Charlie at a private farm where it's just him and his retired girlfriend - the owners are super nice and pretty much let me do whatever I want. I'm really apprehensive to enter the true boarding scenario again. I can't believe people tell you Connor would be easier to catch if you were out there every day. A true story to make you feel better on the days when the comments sneak past your defense - my trainer in high school had a mare who had jumped around both rolex and fair hill CCI3*s who would literally trot a 20 meter circle around whoever went to bring her in from turnout. Occasionally she would stop and let you get just close enough to think she was done playing only to whirl away at the last possible second. Pretty sure my trainer handled her everyday...just saying...Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09344393643918078175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6814819670145509787.post-47357680423812946462012-08-30T23:03:55.012-04:002012-08-30T23:03:55.012-04:00I get those comments too, only I'm not able to...I get those comments too, only I'm not able to be at the barn as often as you are, so they're like "He wouldn't be hard-to-catch if you were here more often," and "Do you every do anything but ride?" You just have to keep managing YOUR horse the way YOU know he needs to be managed. With so many different philosophies on horsekeeping, you're bound to board with one or fifty of them who "know better." I think you're doing awesome by him!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04292565760924146966noreply@blogger.com