Careless people!

[Wimbles]

The other night I was driving with a friend and her little boy to go and see to our horses when we came upon lots of cars with hazards on etc. As we drew closer it became clear that there was a loose horse on the road (national speed limit).

It was a big coloured cob so I jumped out of the car with friend's bridle andafter a bit of a chase and with a nifty rugby tackle I managed to get hold of it. I'd noted that it was shod so thought the bridle would be ok.

By this point an ambulance on the way to an emergency had kindly stopped to see if anyone was hurt which, thankfully they weren't, but it did mean it was delayed. The horse had been left in the corner of a garden with only plastic garden netting and a piece of thin rope between it and a notoriously fast road.

I managed to get the horse into another, more secure, field with a decent amount of grass in, in the hope that it would stay put grazing. I quickly scribbled a note to the owners explaining what had happened and leaving my number which we taped to the gate, Re-did the fencing as best we could and went on our way.

This could have been a horrible accident which luckily we were able to prevent yet I haven't heard a word from the owners and have noted grumblings on the horsey grapevine in our area that owner was annoyed that fat cob had been left in a field of grass.

Give me strength! The age of common sense and good manners seems to have died a death!

I'm pretty sure I did but do you guys think I did the right thing?

 

[tinap]

Of course you did!! I don't see what else you could have done with it. I think the owners would moan if the horse was just left loose then got hit by a car - ungrateful sods. xx

 

[blueneonrainbow]

There was nothing else you could have done and you averted a potential accident.

 

[sula]

You did absolutely the right thing and behaved in a most responsible manner, unlike the owners, and in doing so averted a potentially fatal incident. I suspect they know this hence you`re getting the grief via the grapevine. Your actions were commendable, theirs were not. Maybe the police ought to have a serious word in their shell-likes.

 

[Wimbles]

The police had been called just before we got there but we rang them back to cancel as situation had been dealt with. On a funny twist my my mate who's a copper was being sent out on the job, he is terrified of horses and was dreading it. He actually kissed me when he found out it was me who caught it lol!

 

[cindydog]

You did the right thing, I would of phoned you to thank you at the very least.
Hope they have made a fence to keep horse in.

 

[jeeve]

I am not sure what they felt would have been an acceptable alternative, well done you... . At least you did the right thing by the horse.

 

[Fii]

Yes you did the right thing, what the ell else did they expect you to do? Blimming twonks!
As someone else has said, the very least they could have done was phone you and thank you for saving their horse, How bl00dy ungratefull!!

 

[Holly Hocks]

Maybe because you did the only responsible thing you could do at the time, they thought you should have gone and bought it a grazing muzzle as well.......it doesn't matter what you do for people, they always want more....

 

[Luci07]

A friend of mine (non horsey) came across a coloured cob that had got out and phoned me as she didn't know what to do. Its not in my area, and I actually posted here to find livery details of yards in thread. Do you know that not ONE of the yards picked up/rang back or came to help. The only one I got through to said "oh its not one of ours". Well it was nothing to do with me either but we didn't leave the horse out.

So my YO and an lovely ex livery who did know the area, ended up trekking round the woods just before midnight to track down said horse. We found him easily, could not find where he got out and then had a lot of fun trying to find somewhere to put him as all the gates in that area were padlocked. Found a field which we had to check in the dark to make sure it was secure/had water then left horse in there. Ex livery had also put calls in everywhere and found the owner the next day.

But I still can't believe the attitude of the yards in that area. Thanks for leaving it up to people who really didn't know the area so no I am not at all surprised. Owner was extremely grateful though!

 

[Marydoll]

You absolutely did the right thing, they were bleedin lucky you were there by the sound of it, they should be ashamed of themselves for not even thanking you

 

[Ella19]

A friend of mine (non horsey) came across a coloured cob that had got out and phoned me as she didn't know what to do. Its not in my area, and I actually posted here to find livery details of yards in thread. Do you know that not ONE of the yards picked up/rang back or came to help. The only one I got through to said "oh its not one of ours". Well it was nothing to do with me either but we didn't leave the horse out.

So my YO and an lovely ex livery who did know the area, ended up trekking round the woods just before midnight to track down said horse. We found him easily, could not find where he got out and then had a lot of fun trying to find somewhere to put him as all the gates in that area were padlocked. Found a field which we had to check in the dark to make sure it was secure/had water then left horse in there. Ex livery had also put calls in everywhere and found the owner the next day.

But I still can't believe the attitude of the yards in that area. Thanks for leaving it up to people who really didn't know the area so no I am not at all surprised. Owner was extremely grateful though!

Ditto this! I live in the same area, friends horse got out and according to the nice man who found her, after being contacted by the police himself, none of the "known" local livery yards wanted to know either or help. It took us ages to track her down and we were ever so grateful to him! Police on the other hand hmm, yes they thankfully found her (off duty police officer) but then dumped her with the kind man and refused to send out dog warden/vet to scan for microchip (which she does have!) and told him apparently that she was now his problem!

 

[Cazzabombazza]

The other night I was driving with a friend and her little boy to go and see to our horses when we came upon lots of cars with hazards on etc. As we drew closer it became clear that there was a loose horse on the road (national speed limit).

It was a big coloured cob so I jumped out of the car with friend's bridle andafter a bit of a chase and with a nifty rugby tackle I managed to get hold of it. I'd noted that it was shod so thought the bridle would be ok.

By this point an ambulance on the way to an emergency had kindly stopped to see if anyone was hurt which, thankfully they weren't, but it did mean it was delayed. The horse had been left in the corner of a garden with only plastic garden netting and a piece of thin rope between it and a notoriously fast road.

I managed to get the horse into another, more secure, field with a decent amount of grass in, in the hope that it would stay put grazing. I quickly scribbled a note to the owners explaining what had happened and leaving my number which we taped to the gate, Re-did the fencing as best we could and went on our way.

This could have been a horrible accident which luckily we were able to prevent yet I haven't heard a word from the owners and have noted grumblings on the horsey grapevine in our area that owner was annoyed that fat cob had been left in a field of grass.

Give me strength! The age of common sense and good manners seems to have died a death!

I'm pretty sure I did but do you guys think I did the right thing?

More people like you are needed in this world... far too many people would drive past and not care. Of course you did the right thing, the owners should be grateful that you helped their horse!!