Horse Shaming Contest!

YAY! Finally we have 200 followers and I can run a new contest.

I have put a lot of thought into this one. I call it:

THE HORSE SHAMING CONTEST

If you haven't checked out the website Dog Shaming, um, what rock have you been hiding under? Go look.

Anyway, to enter the contest, email me a photo and blurb shaming your horse (email: axford.k AT gmail.com). What does your horse do that really makes your blood boil? Do they trash their stall? Do they harass the barn cat? Chew on the fencing? Refuse to eat their hay unless you fluff it up each night? Throw shoes like they're the morning paper each day? Break out in hives if you even just mention fly spray? Injure themselves once a week? Horses do a lot of really stupid things and these tend to cost a lot of money and time to fix. This is your chance to get them back for all the havoc they cause. Be creative!

Entries must be in by this coming Sunday, February 3 2013 at NOON. By the end of the day on Sunday, I will post all of the entries and voting will start. There will be two winners: one with the most votes, and one randomly selected winner. The voting will end on Sunday, February 10th and the winner will be announced on Monday, February 11th.

The winners can pick from either a single-sided hand-painted saddle pad or a custom 8x10 portrait of their horse or dog (sorry, no people).

example of a saddle pad

example of a portrait

More examples here on my Facebook page.

To give you some inspiration, here is Lucy's horse shaming claim to fame:

and yes, I really have witnessed her pulling perfectly good hay out of her hay net just to spit
it out, turn around, and use it as a toilet. GRRRRRRRRRRR.

If you don't have the ability to add the text to the image, don't worry. Just send me the image as an attachment and then let me know what you'd like it to say. I will add the explanation as the image's caption.