Obsessions, and the like

[hellison]

A conversation with Miv earlier about how I spend more time cleaning Ziggy's stable than I do my house got me thinking yet again how this isn't a hobby at all, it's an obsession - as people I was forcing to look at pictures at the weekend might already have realised ;)

I may not have time to shop for food for myself, but I make it to the tack shop every week for Ziggy's feeds. I begrudge half an hour to clear away the general bombsite that is my home, but spend an hour or so every night cleaning her stable; I probably spend more time preparing her feeds than I do cooking for myself. I will talk about her endlessly at the slightest provocation (tho I'll do that about most things :p)
And all this for a horse that isn't even mine...

Still as obsessions go, it's a fairly healthy one, gets me off the sofa and out in the open air. And 2 hours riding tonight seems to have seen off the last of the meet flu.

Now I just have to get my voice back.

ps to prove the point about the stable http://eatin.fotopic.net/p12096473.html. Tho that bed at the back wall should be straighter...

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[hellison.livejournal.com]

heh fat hairy cobs are great ;)

But yes some horses do have an aversion to dogs - particularly dogs that bark at them and run around their feet, its a predator/prey thing (eeek WOLVES).
Mind you anyone who lets dogs run loose around horses is an idiot anyway, accidents waiting to happen and all that.