Aug '25 • 🐴 Coaching with Horses
Just for fun Memories
Blooper Tales from the Barn: I'll Go First...
I’ve got my niece with me this month staying to lean and help me. I was born into horse life and already moving with that quiet, gritty confidence that only comes from years of hay-scented wisdom. We do things as second nature that can look downright alien to the uninitiated. So I’ve been thinking...
Quick poll: does anyone remember their first barn blooper? That one glorious mess-up that taught you humility, hard lessons, and maybe a little something about hose pressure?
Here’s mine. I was seven, eager to impress my mom—a barn neat freak of royal proportions. We’d stripped every stall and were in full cleaning mode, armed with Jeyes Fluid and a hose. I followed instructions (mostly). Then I got bold. Enthusiastic. Overachieving.
I thought, “Why stop at stalls? Let’s go deluxe!” So I marched into the feed room like a tiny tornado and gave everything a good drenching. Trouble was, back then all our feed was stored in hessian sacks. Hessian. The fabric of dreams... and total disasters when mixed with disinfectant and water.
Every. Single. Sack. Ruined.
Mom was speechless. I was drenched in regret and Jeyes. And the feed room? Well, it smelled divine, but horses don’t eat aromatherapy.
Moral of the story: Initiative is great. Instructions are better. And sometimes the best cleaning is... knowing when not to clean.
Your turn. What was your glorious mess-up?
Remind me of Brene Brown "What Does paint Done" look like to you?
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