Had a close call this morning

[mattilda]

I was moving my mare from one field to the other to put her in with Whisky. The gate is the kind with a snick latch, it clicks shut on it's own. As we walked through the wind blew it shut and she caught a leg strap on the latch. She panicked and sht forward and was stck, throwing herself about and tightening the strap around her hind leg. Meanwhile Whisky is going beserk in the field next door, not helpful mate. I needed a phone to call for help or a knife to cut the leg strap, neither of which I had. Eventually I manage to unfasten all the rug buckles and slide it off her back and then manouver her leg out of the leg strap. Thankfully she seems no worse for her ordeal but from now on I will be carrying a phone and a penknife!!

 

[dixie]

That's must of been really frightening - its amazing how these things can happen.

 

[mattilda]

I was bricking it and went from feeling slightly chilly to sweating buckets! I was there about 15 minutes trying to free her. I am just thankful it was Sophie and not the other two. Although she panicked she calmed down fairly quickly, the others would have done serious damage to themselves I'm sure.

 

[Pedantic]

Our bloody gate came off a couple of weeks ago, ginger pony in one hand and trying to stop BIG metal gate from falling completely over into 6" of mud with the other hand and irish draught cross shire shoving the other side, I think I might have used the F word a couple of times, could only get the damn thing back on it's top hinge on my own, had to leave it as no one else to help :-(

 

[mattilda]

Husband was in the house maybe a hundred yards away but he was tucked up in bed and couldn't hear me yelling!! Plus didn't want to scream for too long 'cos it was winding poor old Sophie up. Tonight she seems fine although I think she may be be a bit stiff tomorrow. I know my back is feeling it tonight!!