Okay, then....

Jeez Louise...
Some people can be sooo... weird, sometimes. (Much like ME... *grin*)

First thing is... Mr Boss is 74. A very young 74, mind you. The man can work circles around my ass. He's been in the horse buying/trading/dealing business since he was a kid, with his Dad.
Plus, he's never once lied to me or led me wrong.
So, I tend to trust what he says.
Besides, I learn a lot from him...

When it got light out this morning, I started getting ready.
Round about 6:00 or so, I drove by the farm. No signs of life yet.
So, I go get gas in the car and go back by... still nuttin'.
So, then I went to Eric's bosses house where Bo was and saddled him up.
I'd decided not to take the mare over there til I found out what was gonna happen...

I rode on over and hung out at the end of the driveway for a few, til I saw the barn door on the "small" barn slide open. I didn't wanna ride up there til I knew he was outside, because I figured there'd be lots of whinnying and whatnot.

So, I ride on up and he comes down from the barn.
He asks how the horse is doing and I tell him "real good", grinning my head off.

I jump down and told him there was a potential problem, though.

Now, my usual way of handling "bad news" shit like this is to go over it in my head (and outloud to myself, sometimes) a few times, so I can get the gist of what I want to say, then, once I get to "that moment", I don't really plan where to start, I just picture myself putting my head down and plowing into it. (And, "right on through" most of the time...)

I can't remember how I started, but I basically told him what was up, that Larry was being kinda weird about the check and what do I tell him?

Mr Boss said (and I'm paraphrasing here, but not by much) to tell Larry to just deposit the damned check and STFU, it's a good check, just like a cashiers check and it being a Discover check, was guaranteed, more or less.
THEN, he reminded me of a few details that had slipped my mind.
Like, him telling me in front of Larry to get his name FOR THE CHECK.
Oh, yeeeaaahhhh...
I even got him to spell out his last name...
And, that Larry had said if he got $200, he'd wait a week for the rest.
Oh, fuck yeah...
So, what's the damned difference, then?

Maybe that he'd have kept the horse til the check cleared?
Hmmm...

We talked a while, me and Mr Boss and I apologized for having to bring up this guy's issue, especially after Mr Boss had done this for me, then I called Larry from right there in Mr Bosses droveway and told him I was there right then, talking to Mr Boss and what he'd said, but I was nicer about it, of course.
I also told him I had enough faith in Mr Boss that, if he wanted to come get Bo back and hold him til the check clears, he could.
Again... nicely...

Oh and this was on his voicemail.
I called him at 7:20.

Long about 8:30/8:40, he calls back.
I was still on Bo, so I let my voicemail pick up.

Now, Larry sounds like Papa Hairbear on the phone... "mumble, mumble, hope the check clears, mumble, mumble, don't wanna pick up the horse, mumble mumble, just hope the check clears..." so I didn't quite get eveything he said, but... he's kinda irked, I guess.
He said something about only dropping the price like he did because he thought Mr Boss said "cash" and that he'd have been able to sell the horse today and have the cash in his hand, and other mumbly stuff like that.

I didn't call him back.

The check is good.
He'll see.

Now, Mr Boss, on the other hand, thinks there wasn't anybody else scheduled to come look at Bo last night because of how quickly Larry dropped the price, brought the horse and left him, in spite of his bitter disappointment about the check.

That kinda makes sense, now that I think about it, too...

And, it got me to wondering just what the heck he's so afraid of me finding out about Bo that would cause us to cancel the check.
He mentioned that more times than he outright said he was worried about there not being money to cover it.

He's got me thinking and that can't be good... *giggle*

But, fuck man... he knows exactly where I live.
I pointed out Mr Bosses house to him.
He's got everybody's freakin' phone numbers, addresses and even my got-damned tag number, fer piss sake.
I don't know what else I can do, here.

He'll get the money.
No question about that.
And, he wasn't worried about waiting for it with $200 down to begin with AND I offered to let him keep Bo til he does and he doesn't wanna do that, soooo...

*siiiigh*

So, I rode the boy for two hours or so and he did really well.
Very smart.
Sees a new thing, freaks a little, sees it again and is fine with it.

His jog is ride-able, his canter do-able and he seem to not mind the bar bit at all, after being ridden mostly with a snaffle before.

He did cough a coupla times, but, that could be anything from an allergy to dust, so I'm not too worried about it.
His breathing is fine and he goes back down to normal respirations just fine after jogging or cantering.

I got back to the barn, unsaddled him, brushed him and put him in the pasture with the other two.
Coupla squeals and they're fine.

Then, I miss a call from Maeve, being out there in the pasture with 'em.
Poop.

Aaanyway, then I come home, look up "horse coughs" to see what it said and found a really cool site about vetting horses.

Read several pages of that and found out a cough or two is no biggie.

Now, my eyes are all dried out and I'm starting to get a headache from being up all night and worrying.

So, I think what I'm gonna do is lay down for a bit.

Then, when I get up, go to the store, maybe stop back by the farm and let Mr Boss know that Larry has grudgingly decided to cool his jets for now and do whatever else it is I need to do around here.
Too beat to think of it all now...

So, yeah... I think it'll be fine.
I also think that once I get a coupla hundred "padding pounds" on Bo and some riding under his belt, I'll have an excellent Appaloosa.
And, maybe I'll call Larry later and tell him thanks for trusting me about the check and tell him AGAIN that it'll be fine...
Or, maybe I'll call the other guy.
Or maybe neither of them... I dunno.
Should I, do ya think?
Should I call one of them and say something?

Meanwhile, I do have one horse-related issue I need help with.
Action, Eric's horse... his tail looks like he's a cross between a Hari-Krishna and a possum.
The top 4 inches or so are BALD.
Da fuck's uo with that?
Anybody have any idea?

The mare's tail is fine and Action doesn't have any other places where there's hair missing....
Other than the "bald spot" he looks just great.
That's another reason I was reading that vet site....

Okay.
My eyeballs feel like they're about to spontaneously combust, so I'm gonna go close 'em for a while.

Back in a bit.

Peace

Posted by: Stevie at 10:41 AM

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