Lost opportunity
As you might imagine, January and often February are extremely slow when it comes to doing anything equine related in terms of my business. I'm happy to work in the cold (I'm out in it anyway), but it seems other people are not as excited to join me. This explains why a post someone shared on FB caught my eye. The post that was shared said, "Parents of children who want a horse... This week only, for $100 you can drop them off at the barn for two hours and I will change their mind." [Original poster is Kate Montgomery, whom I don't know.] My first thought was finally a way to bring in income in winter, quickly followed by missing a prime opportunity with our recent frigid weather. Of course, while this might work for some children, I know first hand that for those of us well and truly bitten by the horse bug, that this wouldn't work. I used to ride in the summer in Arizona. In an uncovered arena. I can remember getting off the horse after a lesson and downin...