edward
07-27-2009, 01:49 PM
Mr. Chairman & members of the county,
I am a person who enjoys the country lifestyle, a rural realtor and a horseperson myself. Over the years I have known countless people that board a couple of horses to offset the cost of keeping their own, given rides or lessons to friends, neighbors and relatives or just kept a horse for a friend. There are countless small roping areas, training facilities, places that help the handicapped children, etc. throughout the valley and people that just gather at someone’s house for a Saturday or Sunday morning ride. This is our way of life! This is how we pass on our legacy and bring new horse lovers into our group. Most of these people are not doing this for huge monetary gain. (I turned to the audience at this point and made some remark about what it cost to feed a horse nowadays which brought chuckles.) We just want to enjoy and share our love of horses.
I have one neighbor that stores a 5th wheel travel trailer for a relative in town. I have another one that stores a large toy hauler. Another one keeps a friends ATV’s as they don’t have any place to store them or ride them in town. I know several people that hold parties from time to time. How about pool parties? Birthday parties – these are gatherings, many over 24 people. Why does it suddenly become unacceptable to have these gatherings when a horse is thrown in?
What if my husband and I want to go away for a few days and do not want to leave the horses here alone and choose to take them to a friend or neighbors while we are gone? I would not expect this person to come out of pocket to feed my horses and may want to give her/him a few dollars for taking care of them. So this is against the law?
We have Horse privilege properties but can’t have horse activities on the property. Kinda like having a driver’s license and a car and being told you can’t drive it.
Cathy Rhudy
I am a person who enjoys the country lifestyle, a rural realtor and a horseperson myself. Over the years I have known countless people that board a couple of horses to offset the cost of keeping their own, given rides or lessons to friends, neighbors and relatives or just kept a horse for a friend. There are countless small roping areas, training facilities, places that help the handicapped children, etc. throughout the valley and people that just gather at someone’s house for a Saturday or Sunday morning ride. This is our way of life! This is how we pass on our legacy and bring new horse lovers into our group. Most of these people are not doing this for huge monetary gain. (I turned to the audience at this point and made some remark about what it cost to feed a horse nowadays which brought chuckles.) We just want to enjoy and share our love of horses.
I have one neighbor that stores a 5th wheel travel trailer for a relative in town. I have another one that stores a large toy hauler. Another one keeps a friends ATV’s as they don’t have any place to store them or ride them in town. I know several people that hold parties from time to time. How about pool parties? Birthday parties – these are gatherings, many over 24 people. Why does it suddenly become unacceptable to have these gatherings when a horse is thrown in?
What if my husband and I want to go away for a few days and do not want to leave the horses here alone and choose to take them to a friend or neighbors while we are gone? I would not expect this person to come out of pocket to feed my horses and may want to give her/him a few dollars for taking care of them. So this is against the law?
We have Horse privilege properties but can’t have horse activities on the property. Kinda like having a driver’s license and a car and being told you can’t drive it.
Cathy Rhudy