Bedtime check at 11pm thank goodness

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I'm a firm believer in a bedtime check to sort them out and check, hay , water and skip out etc. When I went up last night my 32 year old" lodger" Morgan who belongs to my groom was just standing at the back of the stable. When I put his light on and went in he was caught firmly on the haynet which had twisted round the clip of his turnout rug. He was very calm bless him and let me bring him closer and work it free. I'm not a fan of keeping turnouts on and certainly not the ones with twist clips. I'm so glad it was this calm old chap who knew to keep calm and wait and not my new 6 year old or my rescue mare dread to think how upset they would have been.:(

Bless him I think I needed the cuddle more than he did once he was free and hay on the floor.
 
Scary when you think what might have happend if they had panicked. Bless him that he stood still. some would have just pulled the lot off the wall. Glad he is ok though.
 
Shivvy said:
I'm a firm believer in a bedtime check to sort them out and check, hay , water and skip out etc. When I went up last night my 32 year old" lodger" Morgan who belongs to my groom was just standing at the back of the stable. When I put his light on and went in he was caught firmly on the haynet which had twisted round the clip of his turnout rug. He was very calm bless him and let me bring him closer and work it free. I'm not a fan of keeping turnouts on and certainly not the ones with twist clips. I'm so glad it was this calm old chap who knew to keep calm and wait and not my new 6 year old or my rescue mare dread to think how upset they would have been.:(

Bless him I think I needed the cuddle more than he did once he was free and hay on the floor.
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Aw bless him. Just shows you how important regular checks are. My mare did exactly the same thing recently. I had left her turnout rug on her to dry off. I found it in a heap and ripped to shreads. One of the front clips was caught firmly in the hay net. She'd obviously struggled and got the whole rug off once the front had been ripped open. She was totally unhurt, but the brand new rug was a total write off.
 
I used to be religious about night checks & in over 20 years of it only had 2 incidents. 1 was a horse who split his tongue in half the other was a cast horse ( which I heard banging after I had done night check) . A horse could get colic or cast 5 minutes after you check but it does make you sleep better knowing they were all ok before you go to bed.
Oo had a burst pipe one night too it was good to get that sorted before morning.
I never give late feeds for fear of colic in night & always think horses that have been competed or hunted that day deserve that late check.
 
That happened to my boy too, so much so I havnt ever bought another rug with twisty front clips! Not to mention you can't udjust them. It was also when I was on a yard that turned out for you so had to leave turnout on.
 
When I say I used to be religious about it I meant what time I checked them not meaning that I don't check them now I am just more erratic about what time . you find that when children come along.
 
Years ago my daft pony had his foot caught in his haynet all night, after that I stopped using a net for years and he ate out of a large tub on the floor, he does have a net now as he has a bigger stable and is a lot more sensible.
 
I checked on my two about an hour ago and was horrified to find one of them running backwards, a check revealed that his fly hoodie (spare one while the proper one is in the wash) had slipped over his eyes and he couldnt see! Everything was fine when I left them at about 6pm, I'm so glad I went and did a last check
 
I also hate those front clips after the stressy warmblood kept getting caught in her haylage nets, luckily they are the small hole ones which break easily.

I actually started removing these clips from my rugs after a thread I read where someone had lost their pony because of one of these. It got caught on a fence and the pony broke its leg.
 
I hate those clips!! Why they can't put buckles on like decent rugs have!! I also dislike those with clips on - had a horse clip itself onto the sheep netting once and pull it up.
 
I always do late evening checks even when out in field. 3 days ago I found one of my mares with her leg sliced through the joint at the fetlock. She was in deep shock, it was raining & cold. I think I would have found her dead in the morning had I not have checked but she would have suffered all night.
 
JJones said:
I always do late evening checks even when out in field. 3 days ago I found one of my mares with her leg sliced through the joint at the fetlock. She was in deep shock, it was raining & cold. I think I would have found her dead in the morning had I not have checked but she would have suffered all night.
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Crikey, I've just done our late night check, but this thread is making me want to do another! Hope she is ok.xx
 
Glad he is ok, I use haynets when they are supervised but not over night for this reason, also saw a pony have a really nasty cut leg when he got his foot firmly stuck in one over night years ago when I worked on a yard. Put me off for life!
 
those head hoods can be a menace, quite often when we are stable managing at events, we find ponies with the hood twisted and over one/both eyes, I have no idea how it happens, but we usually are able to go in and correct the hood. Always take care though, as we do not want to frighten strange ponies!!
 
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