Barn Rats

Barn tales, Rant
[caption id="attachment_1778" align="alignleft" width="204"] Future Barn Rat[/caption] I was recently criticized for using the term "Barn Rat" I called myself (and others) barn rats in a blog post about about the woman who taught me to ride. I didn't come from money, in fact I grew up rather poor. I got a job when it wasn't even legal for me to work in order to buy a horse of my own. The barn rat route was what was available to me to learn everything I could about horses and maybe earn more ride time. I was kinda stumped at why offense would have been taken at the term barn rat and let me tell you LOTS of offense was taken. In an effort to educate those who might be clutching…
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