“So what part of don’t leave a mare in foal out for eight hours in -12 degrees do you not understand?” When the welfare of someone I love is compromised I tend to get a bit shitty. My not even 48 hours old instruction to bring her in at lunchtime was obviously forgotten and that on one of the coldest days so far this year.
I know I might come across as if I think I know it all, and that chances are I don’t, but for the love of common sense is a little brain activity too much to ask for?
Well obviously it is. Now I could have been horrible and indicated that little miss shit for brains should seek a less challenging job at some supermarket –preferably as a cleaner or bottle recycling girl or something – but I chose to be reasonable and just point out to her that I would quite like to avoid the mare getting ill and the fetus dying. You see if they seem to have difficulty remembering instructions experience shows that they normally remember screaming, at least for a while.
But the thing is that I would much rather she made some decisions every now and again rather than just blindly follow instructions. Because there are certain factors that are out of anyone’s control and requires that the person present at the yard adjusts accordingly. A well considered decision will go down much better with me than mindlessly following some instructions that don’t make sense in the given situation. Like when it is -15 degrees and snowing sideways you might take the horses in a bit earlier. Incidents like the one we had back in the autumn when it had rained heavily all day and I arrived at six o’clock to find a soaking wet mare out in the field shivering in the dark does not leave me very hopeful though.
But it is just not good enough.
Now, knowing that I am a bit of a control freak and having been at the receiving end of many a psychotic horse owner’s crazy ways in the past, I try very hard to be nice about it. But I have to say I find it extremely difficult. And it is not like I belong to that category anyway!? I just happen to have extensive experience myself, leading to me knowing better most of the time. So she should actually listen very carefully to my input and make some notes or something or whatever it takes for her to remember things for more than 2 minutes.
Maybe I will just send her one more text and tell her that from the office window it looks a bit windy so she ought to keep an eye on Richard so he does not charge around like he sometimes does in this kind of weather. Oh and to double check whether the mare is warm enough. And she best makes sure that Richard’s carrots I put in his feed last night are not frozen before she gives him his lunch…
That should not be too much to ask right?
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