Best Friends

"Let a horse whisper in your ear and breathe on your heart. You will never regret it."

You Know You're a Horse Person When

1.  Your horse gets new shoes more often than you do  
2.  Your mouth waters at the sight of a truck full of hay
3.  Every time you drive past a road construction sight 
     you think the barricades would make really great
     jumps
4.  You consider a golf course as a waste of good 
      pasture land
5.  Your friends no longer ask to get together after 
     school/work or on a weekend because they know
     you'll say, "I can't, I have to ride."
6.  You pull a $17,000 horse trailer with a $1,000 pick-up truck
7.  You buy duct tape by the case, and carry rolls in your pocketbook, briefcase, backpack, and car 
      trunk
8.  You realize finding a horse shoe is truly lucky because you've saved ten bucks
9.  Your boyfriend complains that you love your horse more than you love him and you say, "And 
      your point is?"
10. Someone does something nice for you and you pat them on the neck and say 'good boy'
11. You show up for an appointment in your city clothes and when you get there, people reach
       across the table to pick alfalfa out of your hair
12. No one wants to ride in your car because they'll get sweet feed and hay in their socks and on
      their clothes.  But that's okay, because you'll have to rearrange all the tack to make room for   
      them anyway
13. You look at all the piles of laundry sitting next to your washing machine and most of them are
       breeches, horse blankets, saddle pads, etc.... but you don't even care about the horsey hair 
       residue that will be left in your washer and dryer
14. You say "whoa" to the dog
15. Your mother, who has no grandchildren, gets cards addressed to Grandma signed by the horses
16. You see the vet more than your child's pediatrician
17. You groom your horse daily for hours and you haven't seen a beautician since...?
18. Someone asks for a screwdriver and you hand them a hoof pick
19. You clean tack after every ride but you never, ever, wash the truck
20. On rainy days, you organize the tack room, not the house
21. You can remember worming schedules, lessons, and farrier visits in your head, but often forget 
      your class schedule, household chores, and meals
22. You are unreasonably pleased to get a horse item, ANY horse item, as a gift
23. You stop channel surfing at Budweiser Clydesdale commercials
24. Books and movies are ruined for you if, horsemanship references aren't correct.
25. You actually get to the point where flies don't bother you that much anymore

The Beauty of Horse & Rider