Feeling a little fragile......Magic got stuck in a bog today

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Have had an absolutely awful day today.
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Started wonderfully, with my sis borrowing my friend's horse and the two of us going for a hack on the mountain behind my yard. She lives 2 hours away from me so we never get the opportunity to ride together, but she was down for the weekend and my friend kindly offered the loan of her horse for the day. We'd been out for less than half an hour, on a path we use a couple of times a week when, on crossing a slightly boggy part of the path, Magic sunk all the way up to his belly! I leapt off his back and tried pulling him up onto his feet, and he was struggling like mad to get out but he just kept sinking back into it. After a couple of attempts he just stopped struggling and just lay there looking up at me as though to say "Mum, I can't do it, I need help" I was pulling on his reins, screaming at him to get up but he was stuck fast. Thank God my sis was with me. Between her pulling on his reins and me pushing him from behind and him struggling once again to get up, we managed to get him out. He wasn't in there very long but to me it was an eternity.
As soon as he was out, the enormity of what had just happened hit me and I was sobbing hysterically but not crying if that makes sense? I was up there on Friday evening on my own riding the exact same path, it could so easily have happened then! He's a little lame in his right back leg but I'm hoping it's just a pulled muscle. It certainly improves the more he moves around so I'm hoping it's something as simple as that. He's turned out tonight so that he doesn't stiffen up in his stable.
Thing is I can't stop thinking about it. I've cried on and off all day about it, and keep picturing him there looking so helpless.
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I love him so much and I can't believe how close I came today to losing him. Can feel myself filling up now as I'm writing this. I didn't even think about myself going down in the bog, I just went back in after him. My sis said to me afterwards, "there was no way he wasn't coming out of that bog, you could see it in your face"
Sorry for the long post, just needed to talk to someone about it.
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Hugs to you, must have been a hell of a shock
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Take it easy, have a stiff drink and an early night!

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I can honestly say, I've never been so scared in my life.
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As for the drink, I'm halfway through a bottle of red as we speak!
 
I had a very similar experience when I hacked out with OH (a non-rider) a couple of years ago. We found really nice looking path through the woods, and I had a feeling where it came out so thought we'd try it. The wood part was lovely, but then met a gate, so I got off Mousey (short fat 13hh native) to open it whilst Jack pranced about on Woody (tall, thin 17hh Trak!).
Got through the gate and jumped back on. Jack went up ahead and the path (that looked like concrete) was really really thick clay. Mouse was in up to his belly - I just stepped off him (really odd feeling), but poor Woody was panicking as he was fast becoming stuck up to his hocks and futher. Jack decided being on the ground was better so jumped off, but landed awkwardly, damaging his ankle.
The path seemed quite long (it probably wasn't but times/distances are all messed up in situations like these!) but I thought both horses would start getting silly if we tried to turn them back so kept going. Got to the other end and trotted them up - a little stiff looking but fine, so jumped back on and hacked home.
Neither had a mark on them. They were a little stiff the next day (had to keep them is an no overnight turn out) but were fine in a few days.
So I know what you are going through - completely understand about the hysteria - I did it as well. I was imagining broken legs, lost shoes, ripped tendons - the lot. I'm sure Magic will be fine!!! Fingers crossed xxx
 
Oh you poor thing, and poor poor Magic.

I know how you felt/feel. My dog nearly drowned last bank holiday Monday. She was swimming and got caught in fishing line and hook dragging her under.

As your sis said, there was no way she wasn't getting out, Even if I was petrified of the water and nearly drowned myself. (have a morbid fear of drowning)

Try not to dwell on it, I know it's easier said than done. Concentrate on his leg. I found mothering my dog over stitches really helped??? Dont know why.

He's lucky to have you. You, for sure, can say you'd put your life at risk to save him.

Hugs x x x
 
such a scary thing to happen ,thank god it had a happy ending, i know how you feel as it happened to us with our shire but in his own field,i was'nt ridding him at the time tho and we had to get the fire brigade to get him out. we had the bog fenced off maybe you should get the council to fence it of incase it happens to anyone else.
 
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OMG mich you ok xx
didnt realise you were on here
Huge hugs for u and magic xxxxxxx

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I'm ok, just keep filling up everytime I think about it. Love him sooooo much. Awful thing was, I didnt dare turn him around and go back in case he went down again, but you have to be so careful up there that I didn't dare deviate off the path we knew so well, but I knew there was one more wet patch we had to get through before we came off the mountain. Poor boy was absolutely terrified stepping through it and I felt terrible for making him go through it. It took me a good 5 minutes to coax him through. Thought I was gonna have to bully him into going through and I really didn't want to do that after what he'd just been through. Brave boy did it in the end though. I was so proud of him. Hugs for you too, I was so sad to hear your news. Made me cry when I read about it. x x
 
What a day! It sounds like an absolute nightmare for you all.

In some ways I can understand how you must be feeling. I was out hacking with my mum on my pony and we had to cross a bridge to get home. We had complained about this bridge before as it was made of planks and had no sides or anything. Luckily, we decided to lead the horses across, otherwise I dread to think what would have happened. As I was leading Sasha across, her legs went from under her and she fell into the ditch, flat onto her back. All we could see was her four legs stciking out of the ditch. Bless her, she didn't panic or anything, but just whinnied to me as I tried to get hold of her reins. Mum held onto the back of my jacket so I could reach out, but could still only just touch her. Somehow she managed to roll onto her side and just lay there, filthy and tired. Molly (Mum's horse) gave a great whinny and this seemed to spur Sasha on to clamber out of the ditch. Instead of running away, she just stood there, water pouring off her, saddle ruined, and her beautiful face covered in mud. I immediately threw my arms around her neck and nearly cuddled her to death, tears from both me and mum. Not a day I would like to experience again. There is now a proper bridge there, but I could never bring myself to go over it again. What was especially incredible was that Sasha is a somewhat dramatic chestnut part bred Arab mare who has always hated water. I can't believe how brave she was, and how different it could have been.

I hope you can get a good night's sleep tonight. It sounds like you were incredibly brave and be sure to give your boy a big cuddle tomorrow. He's a lucky boy to have someone who loves him so much x
 
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Im crying too. love magic, perry did too xxxx

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Oh Sarah, you've set me off again....lol
Sometimes I wonder why we do this to ourselves. Would be far less heartbreaking if we took up knitting!
 
That's what I'm hoping. He was very lame at first, didn't want to put any weight on it at all.
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With a little coaxing, I got him going forward and by the time we got home about an hour later he was walking more or less normally on it. Spent the next 3 hours cuddling and kissing him and telling him how sorry I was for not looking after him properly. Not sure he understood what I was saying but he lapped up all the attention!
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Gosh sorry to hear this, I know how terrifying it is, happened to me once. I felt so awful as I kicked horse on into it after he hesitated! He went in up to his belly and his whole head went in at first too! I stayed on board and he got us out. I rode home in absolute shock with passers by saying "what did you do to your horse??" lol. It took MONTHS to get the dried black crap off him.

I know it's scary but it's another thing you survived! Get a nice early night, preferably with a hot toddy
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and you won't feel so emotional in the morning. You are both fine, massive well done for looking after each other, that's what hacking is about xxx
 
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