Turn out Blanket
March 18, 2015
On Saturday of this past weekend I promoted Animal Whispers at the Stony Plain Spring Tack and Trailer Sale. I met some really amazing women, had a lot of people enter my draw and a winner in the draw for a free on site communication session worth $100. I will write about the winner of the draw after I go to read the horse that won. This happens Tuesday of next week. Can’t wait.
The tack sale runs from 10 till 2. The sale is usually the least busy in the last hour so I took that time to take a walk around. You see between 1 and 1:30 I kept hearing, “Turn out blanket. Turn out blanket,” in my mind. At 1:30 I finally walked the aisles of the sale. I was drawn to one table that was full of blankets and so on. I picked up a lightweight blanket that was soft and very flexible. Some turnout blankets are roughly woven and sensitive horses do not like that. I knew this blanket was meant for Hobo. He loves his blankies and wears them proudly. He doesn’t always want a blanket but when he does he is persistent in his request to get that blanket on him. I picked up that soft turn out blanket, liked it but didn’t really like the way the colour would look on Hobo. The woman in charge of this table picked up on that immediately. She told me she had a blue and green one in her trailer and would go get it for me. Sold!
I brought that blanket home and knew I’d better try it on Hobo. It was a bit snug. You’re still kinda fat I told him. I know he said but I’ll slim down soon. When you start to work with me he added.
The blanket looks great on him. It is a really good colour combination for a black horse! After I walked him around with it on, I took it off. He was not happy with its removal. When I placed the blanket on his back and did it up I could hear a sigh of how wonderful he felt that blanket felt even though he always had the best winter coat of any horse I’ve ever owner. Some "people" just like warm fuzzy feelings!
On Saturday of this past weekend I promoted Animal Whispers at the Stony Plain Spring Tack and Trailer Sale. I met some really amazing women, had a lot of people enter my draw and a winner in the draw for a free on site communication session worth $100. I will write about the winner of the draw after I go to read the horse that won. This happens Tuesday of next week. Can’t wait.
The tack sale runs from 10 till 2. The sale is usually the least busy in the last hour so I took that time to take a walk around. You see between 1 and 1:30 I kept hearing, “Turn out blanket. Turn out blanket,” in my mind. At 1:30 I finally walked the aisles of the sale. I was drawn to one table that was full of blankets and so on. I picked up a lightweight blanket that was soft and very flexible. Some turnout blankets are roughly woven and sensitive horses do not like that. I knew this blanket was meant for Hobo. He loves his blankies and wears them proudly. He doesn’t always want a blanket but when he does he is persistent in his request to get that blanket on him. I picked up that soft turn out blanket, liked it but didn’t really like the way the colour would look on Hobo. The woman in charge of this table picked up on that immediately. She told me she had a blue and green one in her trailer and would go get it for me. Sold!
I brought that blanket home and knew I’d better try it on Hobo. It was a bit snug. You’re still kinda fat I told him. I know he said but I’ll slim down soon. When you start to work with me he added.
The blanket looks great on him. It is a really good colour combination for a black horse! After I walked him around with it on, I took it off. He was not happy with its removal. When I placed the blanket on his back and did it up I could hear a sigh of how wonderful he felt that blanket felt even though he always had the best winter coat of any horse I’ve ever owner. Some "people" just like warm fuzzy feelings!