In an equine emergency...

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WelshD

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Following on from another thread..

How many of you could up and leave work straight away if you got bad news about your horse? (serious like an injury or colic)

I could easily, my company isnt horsey but they would trust me 100% if i said i had to leave. Working 60 miles from home wouldnt give me much advantage though!

There is no way my husband would be allowed to leave work though - they dont even understand when we are snowed in!
 
Yep my work would let me leave. I'm the only one who doesn't have kids so they sort of understand my horses are like my kids and in an emergency would let me go. Touch wood it never happens!
 
Not a chance unfortunately!

I'm a barrister and there is no way any judge would let me leave court because my horse was sick/injured. It would be difficult even to "call in sick" in the morning before I get to work as it would be so hard to get someone else there to do it for me. Really we can't bail out unless we have a (human) life threatening situation and no one else to deal with it.

On the other hand, as I am self-employed I can take as much time off as I like during the year so I can be there for vet visits etc when I have notice.

At the end of the day, I understand because I am often dealing with people's children being removed from them and they really wouldn't care about my horse (and I can't blame them when they are in that situation!)
 
I'd be able to go in a heartbeat.

I work in th HR department of 4 merged Agricultural Colleges though so even though my colleagues aren't horsey, it is a very agricultural / equine environment and totally understood! I wouldn't even have to ask my boss, if he wasn't around I'd just leave and text him or shout to the nearest person!

That is fine of course if I'm a head office... if I'm out on site at the colleges thats a bit different our campus's range from 10 miles from head office, to Orkney!

Not got a horse at the minute though. But it goes for anything- dogs, family, own doctors appointments. They are brilliant and don't mind, especially as we work late loads without being paid at busy periods.
 
I'm a teacher and no, they probably wouldn't let me out in an emergency. If I had a child and they were even slightly sick, then no questions asked, you're allowed to go but they don't see animals in the same way.
 
I would not be able to leave work, but I do only work 5 hour shifts at a time, so I could get YO to sort it out or her family. She has a letter instructing her to take best course of action if I am un reachable, ( phone wont get answered at work) and the vets know us well and I have an account there. Not had to leave work yet !!!!! Touches wood.. X
 
At the Co-op yes and they did when Ned jumped the fence and got caught on barbed wire. They were actually a very good company to work for and they said I didn't have to rush or even come back at all that day if it was really serious. Thankfully it wasn't as bad as I feared and I went back in an hour later and they were all giving me hugs and asking how he was :)

At Ann Summers...I'm not sure. Probably since I only work a few hours and I'm only an Xmas temp and there's usually a lot more staff than they actually need!
 
I work as a groom so everyone would be very understanding. One yard I was allowed half a day off once to look after my friend who'd just been dumped
 
Im a dog walker, so I COULD leave work, but I would have to finish the walk I was on first and then get straight back to it afterwards. (Often though, between me and mum we can work something out)
 
If I were at uni, I have no doubt I could cancel a lecture or a meeting to run off in an emergency. My work know I wouldn't do so for no reason, and I got my pony from my department head's sister-in-law...(he's not horsey at all).

It's more difficult if I'm away for a gig or a conference, of course. I got a call that my mare was standing on 3 legs while I was 350 miles away the day of a concert. All I could do was arrange for the mobile livery service to look after things, and fortunately, she had time to wait all morning for the vet to arrive. Even more fortunately, it wasn't serious, and was easily sorted.
 
I wouldn't be allowed to leave. I work on my own in a quiet cafe and it would be difficult to find someone to cover me at really short notice!
 
springtime1331 said:
I'm a teacher and no, they probably wouldn't let me out in an emergency.
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When the lads were at primary school, the deputy head got a call to say that her elderly mare was cast in the field. Not only did she leave straight away for home (leaving the TA in charge of her class) but she took the (completely non horsey) school secretary with her to help get the horse back on her feet!
 
Yup,..I'd be able to leave in a heartbeat too. I have a great MD (I'm his PA) and he'd understand the urgency of the situation and just say....Ok,...just go,..let me know what's what later on.

The yard is a 10 minute drive from work so that's a bonus i guess if this situation were ever to arise in the future.

I wouldn't have to make the time up as so many other staff leave work for 'child' emergencies, so my leaving for my horse would be treated no differently....
 
Yeah they would no problem at all. I once rang from the vet when I had to rush the dog in. I also went home one lunch time to check horse once he came out of hospital and rang in saying I wouldn't be back as he hadn't pooed and I was worried about colic. They were fine.
 
I could, but I'm usually an hour away, and pressure of work means it would have to be something only I could deal with. In practice I would usually rely on my OH to drive the my horsey teenagers down to sort it out until I could be there.
 
If I hadn't gone into work I could tell them and they would be ok about it. If I was at work, dependant on where I am and if they can get another driver to do the rest of my job, perhaps. But usually I'm a long way from home and it's not possible.
 
My new head is alot more understanding and her PA is great but dependent on cover being found as a teacher. Mum on site so probably not able to go.
 
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