Especially on a cold, rainy evening. There's only six of them, easy, right? Bring horses in, dump the feed, turn them back out, done!
Except the water on the beet pulp's gone cold and I want to run some hot water in there.
Except since it's raining and 45 degrees, I want to put a rain sheet on Solo.
Except he's got festy gnat bites on his belly that won't heal and I want to clip around them and spray tea tree oil on there.
Then I decide to go ahead and clip his back white foot because the fungus is always attacking.
Then I need to smear some more desitin on that foot anyway.
Then I need to take Solo's rain sheet off of Encore and put it on Solo.
Now Encore gets Solo's mid-weight blanket because it's not QUITE cold enough for his winter blanket but he's skinny so he needs more than a sheet.
Then Danny needs his sheet because it's wet and cold.
Danny and Solo can finally go out but now I have three leftovers.
Tigger's pasturemate is out of town and he can't stay alone. I can put Tigger with Pete and Encore but now they all need their own hay piles.
Except there are no open hay bales so now I need to climb the stack in the extra stall and roll a couple down.
Then I need to take hay out to each horsey so no one feels left out.
Then I have to scrub all the feed buckets so they are ready for the next morning.
Then I discover Tigger and Pete both left presents in their stalls for me.
Then I need to sweep up fallen hay and make sure everyone has water.
An hour and a half later, I can finally go home.
Except the water on the beet pulp's gone cold and I want to run some hot water in there.
Except since it's raining and 45 degrees, I want to put a rain sheet on Solo.
Except he's got festy gnat bites on his belly that won't heal and I want to clip around them and spray tea tree oil on there.
Then I decide to go ahead and clip his back white foot because the fungus is always attacking.
Then I need to smear some more desitin on that foot anyway.
Then I need to take Solo's rain sheet off of Encore and put it on Solo.
Now Encore gets Solo's mid-weight blanket because it's not QUITE cold enough for his winter blanket but he's skinny so he needs more than a sheet.
Then Danny needs his sheet because it's wet and cold.
Danny and Solo can finally go out but now I have three leftovers.
Tigger's pasturemate is out of town and he can't stay alone. I can put Tigger with Pete and Encore but now they all need their own hay piles.
Except there are no open hay bales so now I need to climb the stack in the extra stall and roll a couple down.
Then I need to take hay out to each horsey so no one feels left out.
Then I have to scrub all the feed buckets so they are ready for the next morning.
Then I discover Tigger and Pete both left presents in their stalls for me.
Then I need to sweep up fallen hay and make sure everyone has water.
An hour and a half later, I can finally go home.