BTB: Tales of territoriality part I: Trailer trauma |  |
| Tales of territoriality part I: Trailer trauma Posted: 25 May 2010 01:14 PM PDT Dressage show day... A friend of mine -- Gail -- was taking her horse to a dressage show last Saturday, and she'd arranged for a friend with a trailer to pick her up at the barn where she boards. Normally trailers pull around a driveway that circles the barn. Today, though, that wasn't possible. La petite drama unfolds... A farrier had parked his truck on the circle driveway, rather "casually" -- so that trailers could not pass. Gail approaches the owner of the horse being shod. Gail [to the farrier]: "Would it be possible to move the truck so that my hauler can drive through?"The farrier didn't even look up. Owner: "If the driveway is empty you can just do a U-turn." It's 10am on a Saturday at a 33 horse barn with an active lesson program -- of course the driveway is *not* empty. Rather than argue, Gail thanks the owner and walks away. There's a good chance that by the time her hauler comes (in 45 minutes), the farrier will be done. Because her friend Julie was hauling as a favor, she'd cut the timing close so that she didn't take up Julie's whole Saturday. She wondered if she would miss her classes... To be continued...  |
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