The absolute 'down' part of the week was that Myles, Judy's beloved Doberman, passed away. Big, beautiful, friendly, loving (and yes, sugar and carrot pilfering) Myles will be sadly missed by all that knew him. Godspeed Myles - your journey continues with all the love you are accustomed to!
During the week I got a text from Lisa, the barn manager at Topline, informing me that I had inadvertently locked Ebony, one of the barn cats, into my tack trunk. The poor thing had to spend the night until Lisa noticed it the next day. I was mortified. Luckily Ebony is no worse for the wear and, sure enough, tried to get right back into the tack box. Not exactly "live and learn". Now my tack box sports a note (courtesy of Lisa): "Check for kitties!"
Then the trailer repair shop had bad news: our horse trailer was beyond repair - unless we were willing to shell out at least $10K. Yikes!! It's a ten year old Sundowner, and they are known for having problem areas where the sheet metal and Aluminium meet. Sure enough, our transversal bars were giving out. I don't dare thinking about what if the floor had dropped with the boys in there... So, there really was not much of a choice - we had to go trailer shopping. I pretty much knew what I wanted: a two-horse bumper pull, walk-through, Aluminum, with tack room. Surprisingly, it all pointed again to Sundowner. The company seemed to have learned from previous mistakes, and incorporated the lessons learned.
After thorough research we went today on an excursion to Coldwater, the lone Sundowner dealer in Michigan, Haylett Trailer + RV. The manager was very professional and great to deal with; and fortunately he offered us a very good value for trading in the old trailer. Knowing the dangerous floor situation, we would have never offered the trailer to a private buyer.
Some paperwork and a large check later we were on the road with beautiful new and safe wheels for the boys. I guess on the bright side I don't have to worry that the boys will drink or text and drive. They, however, will have to worry about JP's speeding!
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