NWalker
Well-Known Member
Having always been a serial lurker but avid follower of this forum but never really feeling I had anything interesting to post I think that might have changed today.
I keep my horses horses (my horse, one retired pony, my daughter's horse and my friend's horse) at home. I mucked out the boxes and turned them all out. All very happy as grass was at last appearing through the snow. Went in the house and with the intention of going off to the the supermarket. Car keys in my hand. Heard my dog barking furiously outside, called her whereupon she carried on barking at me. Thought I had better check outside and saw that the other three horses were looking rather agitated by the swimming pool. Wondering how on earth they got out and how they had got into the fenced bit by the pool and then saw my lovely boy in the deep end with just his head poking through a gap in the pool cover, shaking uncontrollably surrounded by mini-icebergs. You can imagine the unbelievable panic I went through. The cover that he had gone through you are supposed be able to drive a car onto but obviously doesn't withstand a rather overweight cob! Didn't know what to do first. Got the other horses back in the field while dialling 999 for the fire brigade. Rushed back to Merlin who has neighing at me frantically and obviously struggling. Tried to pull the cover off to see if I could tear it but it wasn't budging. Rushed back into the house got a sharp knife, got in the pool and where it had already been torn managed to cut the cover right up until the steps at the shallow end. Give Merlin an almighty tug on this forelock he swam and then walked up
the steps and galloped across the garden. Caught him, towelled him down, covered him in rugs called the vet who pronounced him relatively unscathed but not suprsingly a little cold. Fire brigade turned up ten minutes later and were quite impressed by my rescue.
After two large gin and tonics and several glasses of wine have just about calmed down. Just been out to check him again for the twentieth time and he seems absolutely fine. Can't promise I'll ever have anything quite as dramatic to post again but thought I would share it with you. Well done Merlin for being so brave and especially my super dog who deserves a medal!
I keep my horses horses (my horse, one retired pony, my daughter's horse and my friend's horse) at home. I mucked out the boxes and turned them all out. All very happy as grass was at last appearing through the snow. Went in the house and with the intention of going off to the the supermarket. Car keys in my hand. Heard my dog barking furiously outside, called her whereupon she carried on barking at me. Thought I had better check outside and saw that the other three horses were looking rather agitated by the swimming pool. Wondering how on earth they got out and how they had got into the fenced bit by the pool and then saw my lovely boy in the deep end with just his head poking through a gap in the pool cover, shaking uncontrollably surrounded by mini-icebergs. You can imagine the unbelievable panic I went through. The cover that he had gone through you are supposed be able to drive a car onto but obviously doesn't withstand a rather overweight cob! Didn't know what to do first. Got the other horses back in the field while dialling 999 for the fire brigade. Rushed back to Merlin who has neighing at me frantically and obviously struggling. Tried to pull the cover off to see if I could tear it but it wasn't budging. Rushed back into the house got a sharp knife, got in the pool and where it had already been torn managed to cut the cover right up until the steps at the shallow end. Give Merlin an almighty tug on this forelock he swam and then walked up
the steps and galloped across the garden. Caught him, towelled him down, covered him in rugs called the vet who pronounced him relatively unscathed but not suprsingly a little cold. Fire brigade turned up ten minutes later and were quite impressed by my rescue.
After two large gin and tonics and several glasses of wine have just about calmed down. Just been out to check him again for the twentieth time and he seems absolutely fine. Can't promise I'll ever have anything quite as dramatic to post again but thought I would share it with you. Well done Merlin for being so brave and especially my super dog who deserves a medal!
