amyneave
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what do you think on this.
HOYS Pony Fall Into Swimming Pool
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Mollyx
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How did it happen
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T_K
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http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/273776.html
I think the fencing must've been a bit weak....or it was a VERY strong horse!!!
I think the fencing must've been a bit weak....or it was a VERY strong horse!!!
henryhorn
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My first thought when I saw the pony lifted out in a using was how damn silly, it was apparently standing ok so why sedate it and use a sling when they could easily have built a ramp out of the shallow end and walked it out!
Bales of hay with sand over or even just bales would have enabled it to get out, the fire service still haven't learnt that sedating and lifting a horse out is far too traumatic a method if there are easier ones.
Years ago my Dad received a message at 2 am to say a livery in our rented fields had fallen down a trench which must have been dug years before hidden under some brambles and was firmly stuck. He got there and there was a massive rescue under way with them attempting to get a sling round a wet muddy and slippery horse.
Being a former fireman he said the best way is to dig a trench adjacent to the horse and collapse the soil into it, it would have more room to recover and it could then walk out.
They ignored him thinking no doubt daft old bloke, so he went back to his van, got his spade and started digging. It took a while but soon they realised his method made sense, and they joined him digging but by then the horse was cold and shocked and it died as they got the sling round it.
They recommended him for a Humane Award and he received one (as it happens his third in his life, he was quite a man my Dad!)
So when I saw the horse in the sling today my first thoughts were using a sledgehammer to crack a nut again.. The shallow end tends to be just that, shallow, and some bales would have soon made wide steps out...
Bales of hay with sand over or even just bales would have enabled it to get out, the fire service still haven't learnt that sedating and lifting a horse out is far too traumatic a method if there are easier ones.
Years ago my Dad received a message at 2 am to say a livery in our rented fields had fallen down a trench which must have been dug years before hidden under some brambles and was firmly stuck. He got there and there was a massive rescue under way with them attempting to get a sling round a wet muddy and slippery horse.
Being a former fireman he said the best way is to dig a trench adjacent to the horse and collapse the soil into it, it would have more room to recover and it could then walk out.
They ignored him thinking no doubt daft old bloke, so he went back to his van, got his spade and started digging. It took a while but soon they realised his method made sense, and they joined him digging but by then the horse was cold and shocked and it died as they got the sling round it.
They recommended him for a Humane Award and he received one (as it happens his third in his life, he was quite a man my Dad!)
So when I saw the horse in the sling today my first thoughts were using a sledgehammer to crack a nut again.. The shallow end tends to be just that, shallow, and some bales would have soon made wide steps out...
WishfulThinker
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Also, if the shallow end was shallow enough, say 3ft, some sand and it probably could have jumped out!
But then maybe the owners of the pool didn't want the dirt in it .
But then maybe the owners of the pool didn't want the dirt in it .
Natch
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At least it got out ok and unscathed. The article said there was lots of rubbish in the pool so maybe building a ramp wasn't an option.