Hoof_Prints
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Yes it may a lot cheaper than post and rail, but it is a lot more dangerous where hooves are concerned. I was meant to be out arena eventing today, but luckily for this horse my dad wanted to go out his bike instead of towing, so I went out for hack with my aunt instead!
We picked a route that involves going past some small paddocks separated by sheep wire. As we headed up, I could see through the hedges that something was wrong with a horse lying down. As we got closer I could see the legs were stuck and the horse was not moving, so we approached quietly as the horses can sometimes get excited and gallop around when they see us hacking past. I got my aunt to hold both of our horses while I climbed the gate and approached the horse, luckily he seemed either calm, or exhausted so he wasn't thrashing about.
We managed to wave down someone passing by to hold the horses while my aunt ran to the house of the people who own the fields (quite far away! not sure why she didn't take horse but nevermind ) . I stayed with the gelding and managed to get his legs out of the wire but he was cast, and making some awful noises. As it happened, the woman who owns the fields and checks the horses was just leaving for a late shift at work and she'd already done the check earlier, and he wouldn't have been seen. Between three of us, one turning his neck, another turning his front legs and another turning his back legs, we rolled him over and he trotted off stiff, but sound.
I've seen this happen twice now Who knows what the situation would be had we not hacked by,
We picked a route that involves going past some small paddocks separated by sheep wire. As we headed up, I could see through the hedges that something was wrong with a horse lying down. As we got closer I could see the legs were stuck and the horse was not moving, so we approached quietly as the horses can sometimes get excited and gallop around when they see us hacking past. I got my aunt to hold both of our horses while I climbed the gate and approached the horse, luckily he seemed either calm, or exhausted so he wasn't thrashing about.
We managed to wave down someone passing by to hold the horses while my aunt ran to the house of the people who own the fields (quite far away! not sure why she didn't take horse but nevermind ) . I stayed with the gelding and managed to get his legs out of the wire but he was cast, and making some awful noises. As it happened, the woman who owns the fields and checks the horses was just leaving for a late shift at work and she'd already done the check earlier, and he wouldn't have been seen. Between three of us, one turning his neck, another turning his front legs and another turning his back legs, we rolled him over and he trotted off stiff, but sound.
I've seen this happen twice now Who knows what the situation would be had we not hacked by,