Anti-horse people

[Anonymous]

no matter where you go or what you do there are negative people that are against you be strong and stay focused on what your goal is dont let them discourage you we draft people are a different breed but a good breed

[Robernson]

Isn’t it amazing what happens when you sit down and talk to people?
My Dad reminded me that if I bought it and cared for it then he would buy the feed. He also reminded me that this offer applied to anything except camelids(Which he down right hates and I mean completely despises)
So I guess he isn’t anti-horse,he is just,well,keeping his best interests in sight.
~~R

[Robernson]

Oh and Jason,
We are hangin’ on but just by a little bit. I drove the calves up into the “General Purpose Building”along with the sheep,Friday so they didn’t get stranded.
~~R

[CharlyBonifaz]

Isn’t it amazing what happens when you sit down and talk to people?

😉 yep, one can understand a lot……
should you take him up on his offer, make sure you understand the amount of responsibility you’re having in your lap

[Robernson]

Yes. I thought about that. Now comes research,work,and money. Money, being the most trouble………
I looked at my current stash of animals already. 4 sufolk sheep(3 ewes due to lamb in April and my pet wether),2 Angus heifers(4-H projects to be sold in May), guineas,peafowl,chickens,and my extremely tubby feline friend. Plus all of the other beasts that my parents own.

As of the moment I am crunching the numbers to see what I can afford time wise and finacially. I will keep you all posted.
~~R

[Robernson]

okay Just some quick calculations about time……

In percents because they are easy to look at.

35% of the entire day I am in school.
85% of the total daylight hours,during the winter I am at school.
40% of all weekends could be devoted at minimum to draft animals.
Maybe I am looking at the glass half empty but, these numbers seem to better represent my schedual.

More numbers
89% of my life is either at home or school. The parts that aren’t are at my grandparents across the road.

97% of my nights are spent at home. Either that or at my grandparents.

So here is my conclusion from those numbers. I am at home all the time. It is very unsual for me to be more than thirty miles from the house.Unlike many other children my age I spend more time at the house doing something constructive than sitting infront of a TV or whatever it is that they do.

So I guess I’ll get back to working on these numbers.Thanks

~~R

[Scyther]

Some people see things in a linear way. Profit margins are tight, more money means more commodity to sell, more commodity[grain,vegetables,milk,etc.] means farming more ground, means faster, more powerful equiptment. You get the direction this is going. So the work horse has no place in this picture. Try to understand the concerns and fears of those that have a contrary view point and address those points with reasonable alternatives that include other means of power,i.e. horses. When you challenge or threaten someones ideas they often get defensive. Don’t butt heads with an either/or situation, show how animal power, or human or any other power source can be used in some situations to your advantage over traditional mechanical/motorized power sources. It’s much like working horses, use your head to set up a situation for success instead of confrontation. Just my thought on it for what it’s worth. Good luck.

[DraftDriver]

Robernson…let me tell you a quick and cute story..sorta relevant to what your saying. When my husband was in the military, he was an officer in charge of a company at Ft. Hood, TX. I had to go to tea’s and meet and greets being his wife, I didn’t care to go as I, at that time, was giving riding lessons, riding horses people would spoil or needed retraining. At one tea, mind you, were all dressed in heels, skirts, blouses, and our hair done up and all of them officers wives of higher rank than mine, Mark was a CW3 at the time, when it came to me to explain what I did and where I worked, I explained I worked and trained horses. One woman turned, gave me the once over then asked “Aren’t horses dirty?” I smiled ever so politely and my response to her was “Not any dirtier than you are, ma’am.” Yes, Mark got told about his wife’s eloquent way with words, but he laughed when he went back to his office.

Just smile and let those who don’t understand the joy we get working with our draft horses shake their head or scratch it. I may not do the work that many on this list do in the field or out in the forest, but I find a simple pleasure knowing that those two mares that are at the end of those lines could very easily decide they don’t want to listen and off they go. But it is a mutual understanding and partnership I have with them, as do many others on this board.

I have to get up to meet you this spring. I think we would get along well!!

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