Mares= the devil

Every horse I get from now to ever will be a gelding. I do not like dealing with mares! A mare screwed up my knee throwing a bitch fit. A mare bucked me off on Tuesday. And my own mare caused me a mess of trouble today.

I went out to the barn today to try a saddle on LB, with my mom. I am still crippled, and can't lift anything, lead a horse, ride, or pretty much do anything. My mom brought out Love Bug, and she was being a pain- calling to Andy, dancing around, being pushy. I had my mom do so ground work in the arena, and she started behaving again. She put her back in the cross ties, and LB was being okay, until one of the barn cats came screaming out of the bushes into the barn, making a racket, which spooked the horse. In a panic, LB turned herself around in the crossties, and before my mom or I could undo the quick-release latches Love Bug somehow completely slipped the halter.

So off she went through the aisle, and out the back off the barn, to the pasture. Unfortunately, at the same time one of the little girls that has a horse out at the barn was leading him (Mo) out to his pasture. She still had him in hand when Love Bug came tearing out like a demon from the barn, and he started freaking out to, so we yelled at her just to let him go, and shut herself in the paddock, which she did. Poor little think was completely terrified and was crying hysterically by the time I hobbled out there.

So Love Bug, and Mo went up to each other. Mo is 15, and was a stallion until just about a year ago, and he still things that he is. So he was thinking about getting busy. They did the typical horsey-meet each other thing, where she squealed and struck at him. After a minute she walked away and he followed, and I realized, horror of all horrors, that she was in heat and she wanted him. She led him to the fence of the paddock she has with Andy, they started flirting. Poor Andy came over to the fence and was horrified to see his girlfriend with another guy, being all slutty. She was letting Mo sniff her all over, and groom her, and she was holding her tail up and "winking." I was pretty sure that we were going to get a lesson in biology real quick. Poor, poor, Andy. He was so upset watching all this go down mere inches away from him.

Fortunately for us, horses are dumb and like food more than sex, so we got a bag of treats and they both went for it, meaning that Mo was easily grabbed and Love Bug was easily haltered. Crisis, averted, and the 10 year old girl will have to figure out how foals are made some other day.

So, in conclusion, I WILL ALWAYS BUY GELDINGS! Andy might be a goofball, but he's a consistent goofball.