Horse death on a farming forum ! :(

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Apologies if the owner of this topic is on here, but I am wondering what you all think the answer is?

Someone has posted that their 17.3 horse has died over night in a corner of an old stone stable :(

Sadly because of where it has gone down they can't get it out :(

The poster is asking if any has any ideas of how to manage this!

So I thought I would ask you sensible people what you would do , as the farming fraternity seem to think this is cause for sillyness ( my OH included :( )

Again if the owner is on here , I am so sad for your loss :(
 
How sad :(

Can they get a rope round a leg/neck and then get a tractor as close to the stables as possible before pulling it forward and repositioning?

I have heard of horses having had to be removed from stables in pieces sadly which would be absolutely horrific for everyone involved so I really hope it doesn't come to that.
 
Removing the horse will be a job for the huntsman or knackerman and it won't be something the owner should witness. I don't want to be too graphic on here but ultimately the body needs to be small enough to fit through the doorway unless they're up for dismantling the stable wall.
 
whilst ive seen it its not a sight for owner. winch shovells and force .Seen many taken sometimes from stables but not my own.my way of thinking its a body nothing more :(
 
I had a mare break her leg in the stable which obviously was PTS by the vet.

Whilst I was not there when she was removed, it was done with an old man (in and out of digger) and a female friend of mine with the assistance of a digger, strap and rope and some man handling.

The mare was in one piece and not damaged on leaving the stable.

It just needs something to pull the body and some brute force to guide it.

I got the impression both sets of legs were tied together for easy lifting/guiding through the door - one set at a time

Thoughts to the owner, its not the nicest thing to happen to you.
 
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Having seen our 14.2 die in the stable and have to be removed it should be possible with positioning and straps to move the body whole and pull it out with a machine. Wait for rigor mortis to go so the body is soft again if limbs need to be moved.

Rip horsey :(
 
When our shire horse collapsed and died in his stable the YO's had to take down the whole front of the stone stable, plus the yard wall opposite the stable, and have his body dragged out onto their lawn. There really was no other way to do it.

Unfortunately for them it was the same day that they were having their B and B ....right beside the yard....inspected by the tourist board. Not sure a dead horse on the immaculate lawn went down too well. All credit to the YO's, they just shrugged and said it couldn't be helped.
 
There was one my OH had to remove from a stable down the road. He said it was a difficult job, even though the pony was quite small, but I think that it is probably something that someone with experience would do OK.
Mind, 17.2 is quite large and might end up needing to be cut up. You certainly don't want the owner around when that happens.

A memory from long ago is that a dealer's daughter complained bitterly that they had cut up a horse to remove it from a stable - on her new New Zealand rug. She wasn't too pleased about that.
 
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When our shire horse collapsed and died in his stable the YO's had to take down the whole front of the stone stable, plus the yard wall opposite the stable, and have his body dragged out onto their lawn. There really was no other way to do it.

Unfortunately for them it was the same day that they were having their B and B ....right beside the yard....inspected by the tourist board. Not sure a dead horse on the immaculate lawn went down too well. All credit to the YO's, they just shrugged and said it couldn't be helped.
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What considerate YO s !
 
Very surprised that this was on a farming forum...........

Being a farmers wife, I witnessed many a beast being hauled out of sheds and pens , farmers due generally know how to remove and dispose of most animals !
 
RIP horse :( My friend's horse died in his stable and was removed pretty much as cronkmoor described, I made sure my friend was not able to see it and had said her goodbyes. It was my first experience of an equine death and until then I had never thought of how they would remove the body, difficult...
 
Some strong folk, brute force, ropes and a suitable heavy vehicle to pull it. This is how an old 16.2hh at my previous yard was removed from a stable in a very awkward place.
 
Years ago my driving pony was commandeered to pull a bullock out from where it had died in a stall at the end of a long corridor with a right angle bend in the middle.
 
The original thread mentioned that there was no straight access to the stable as it seemed to be down a narrow passageway with a wall opposite the doorway, so no access for vehicles. Also, rigor mortis had set in so the legs were in the standing position, if you see what I mean, so a bit like taking a sofa up a narrow staircase!

Sorry if my bluntness offends anyone but I am a farmer and just see this as a practical problem that has to be resolved. Animals die. That is a fact of life and I don't really see the humour or emotion in it either. The obvious answer is to butcher the animal on site, as that would have to be done at some stage anyway, and tidy up with a good hosing down, hopefully in the absence of casual onlookers.
 
If you gather enough big men and get the horse on its back and strap lots of ropes around it i recon with a 17.2hh you could get it out with 6-8 men.
 
We had a Shire a few years back who had gone down in her stable and was unable to get up. She had arthritic hips and joints but up until that point seemed to cope very well, was a bit stiff but generally pain free.
That morning she just simply could not get up. We pushed, pulled and begged her. Finally she gave us one last momentus effort and stood up. I had visions of having to call a local recovery company I know well to send out their hiab truck. Straight away all she wanted was her feed and acted like nothing had happened.
It would only have been a matter of time for the same to happen again and the logistics of getting her out the stable dead would have been awful. It was an easy but heartbreaking decision to make but we had her pts that day.
 
I have helped move a large horse from an awkward stable, it was one of the most memorable (for all the wrong reasons) day of my life, Not something I ever thought I could do, but for the sake of the horses owner (lifelong ownership, grand old age) I had to help the man get the body out, This was from a small walkway and the stable was on the opposite side to the carpark, It took some work, but with the help of a winch and manouvering her about, we did manage to get her out evenutally, owner needs to take a step back and allow people with no personal connection to the horse get it out, either way its not going to be nice for her to watch :(
 
In situations like this where you cannot pull straight, we use nautical blocks and pulleys (OH is an old sea dog) as long as you have good fixing points, you can pull at any angle.
 
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