If I were Filthy Rich
By AmalgamationOfBeasts+48 If I won, I’d open my dream business
So, horses are a pretty expensive luxury that I’d want to make more accessible to people. Horses are generally kept in little 12x12ft-15x15ft stalls with limited time outside to socialize, move, and play. It’s like keeping a dog in a crate most of their life and only taking them out for short walks or training sessions but worse. These animals move upwards of 40 miles in the wild and are never alone.
I want to open a horse boarding business that is cheap enough for a lot more people to afford. Horses would be kept on ‘tack systems’ or ‘pasture paradises’. You can google. It allows horses to be out being horses without destroying your pastures or causing obesity and metabolic issues with too much grass. It’s also more enriching than a boring little dirt pen or flat pasture. You can provide feeding stations, toys, obstacles, and all sorts of enrichment.
I’d also retire my dad. He just got divorced from my mom and now has to work into his late 70s before he can retire. I’d have a property big enough for the horse boarding business and 2 little houses. My dad and I always talked about being neighbors somewhere pretty. I think it’d be beautiful. Have breakfast together on Saturday mornings.
I’d donate so much to all sorts of causes. The world can be so shitty, and if throwing money at a problem would help, you can bet your ass that’s exactly what I’d do. Probably foster a bunch of euthanasia list animals and find them homes.
Can’t lie, I’d also buy cool stuff for me. I’d get a bunch of cool reptiles and provide huge enclosures for them. Breed some rarer ones. I want to find out how to breed sheltopusik and release them back into the wild to boost their populations. Also sell them to reduce the demand for wild caught specimens. A nice horse trailer for when my girls travel. A second car that gets great gas mileage. Maybe a Prius. Hire someone to deep clean the house a couple times a year before family comes over for holidays. Have a nice little wedding at a national park with a beautiful view.