->     Jen started in on us about age 5 or so.  Started going to "horse" camp
-> every summer, until she talked her way into working there a couple of 
years.
-> It was sometime after that when she bought her first horse.  Living in the
-> city, I was originally against it, simply due to the fact that it cost
-> her/me $50/month for board in the summer, and $75/month in the winter.  
he
-> started working at Rotten Ronnie's (MacDonalds) and did earn enough to
-> support the horse, but then didn't have enough free time to spend with it.
-> A vicious circle.
That sounds like a familiar tune actually.  I wish I had your board to pay
though!!!  We pay $225 a month here now and that is cheap.  You don't find 
much
for less than $200 around here.
->     I guess it took her purchase of her own place (40 acres) to really get
-> to know the horses.  I do hear her commenting that it's really nice to get
-> up in the morning and look out the sliding patio doors, and see the horses
-> staring back at her (their water trough is right across the fence from the
-> deck, all of 15-20 feet).
This is of course the dream of most any horse person.  I know my daughter 
would
love to move right in there for sure.
-> > She then talked a breeder into letting her lease (free) a Norwegian >
-> Fjord horse
->     I have no idea what that is, sorry.
Well ask your daughter if she knows.  If you want I have some gifs & jpegs of
her scanned in.  Do you have Internet access?
->     You have your own acreage to keep it on, or must you board it?
We board her.
->     I've never been to a horse show with my daughter, and the one I know 
she
-> went to, I'm kinda gald I didn't even know about.  Seems she entered the
-> rodeo under steer riding, and one first for her age group (age 15, I 
think).
-> If I were there, I don't think I'd be here now.  :)
Well horse shows are not for everyone.  They are a lot of hard work and
sometimes an awful lot of disappointment too.  Niki has shown English, 
Western,
Driving, Jumping, Eventing, Dressage & Trail that I can think of.  And all 
with
the same horse too.
->     So far, I see a lot of mention of things using initials or acronyms 
that
-> I don't have a clue about.
Well just ask.  I guess every group has their buzz words and acronyms.  Once
you get used to them you will know another language again.  ;-)
Mike
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