6/ FEBRUARY 2024 THE RIDER MY SPIN: Man! I’d Wish I’d Known That Decades Ago!


About Susan Dahl Susan Dahl, ORHA/NRHA past multi- ple champion, writer, blogger, author and clinician, retired certified profes- sional horse trainer. Owner of Founda- tion Reining Training Centre in Durham, ON. She specializes in effec- tive horsemanship, and reining. For more information on her services: judg- ing, clinics or resale horses, please con- tact her on facebook, her website: www.reinersuehorseman ship.com or reinersue@hotmail.com


By Susan Dahl. “Man! I’d Wish I’d Known That


Decades Ago!” That’s a saying I’ve said to myself a lot this past year. You know... when you’ve made a small change in a procedure or your routine and it ends up making a HUGH difference. Tweaking at its finest. It surprises you! You think Wow!


Wish I’d Done That Decades Ago. That sort of thing. OK. I have to interrupt this article for


a news flash! Have you seen the Facebook short where someone pours Elmer’s Glue All into their vehicle’s dirty cup holder + baking soda + a tablespoon of rubbing al- cohol to make a pasty ball? And then they use it to clean their console and the sur- rounding area with this ball? Wow! I’ve got to try it. Ya never know!


Dust Buster for Quick Pickups


Back to Small Things That Make A BIG Difference Often times I find the area of the


living room where my chair is gets dirty from my socks. I found I had to vacuum often. So I now keep a cordless dust buster close by and use if often so I don’t spread the dog hair and loose hay bits in other places.


Dog Dust Bunnies Everywhere What a different it makes with 2 or


more dogs in the house. It seemed like I couldn’t keep up with all the dog hair. My SIL called them dog dust bunnies.


Vacuum, Vacuum Everywhere Walmart had an introductory sale


on these stick vacuums for under $20. I thought that would solve my problem! I bought 6 of them and put them throughout my house. I also bought ex- tension cords for them so that they overlap on territory. Best thing I ever did!


These small but mighty ideas did- n’t just stay in the house.


Too Hard to Carry Have you noticed as you get older


that the grain bags get heavier and heavier. Same thing with the saddle. :)


Putting My Spin on Small Things that Make a Big Difference! Reinersue @KISS Reiners


The Grain Wagon I saw this plastic kids wagon and


thought it’d be handy for carrying things outside. It ended up doing grain duty. Very easy now to move these heavy grain bags around. These were just a few ideas on


how a few small changes can make a big difference. I hope this got you thinking about your own place.


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