Oh dear- horse getting upset in field and i can't get there

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Got some texts off a fellow livery a bit earlier, to say that when she turned her horse out C was galloping nonstop around his field, skidding in the snow and veering towards the fence! :S
She said she went to check there was nothing obvious scaring him in the paddock (plastic bags caught on fence or anything terrifying like that :rolleyes: ), and there wasn't and that he had food and water, which he did.
When I turned him out this morning he was totally fine, a bit cautious about the snow, sniffing it etc, but ate his feed in the field as usual, and seemed pretty calm as I was breaking the ice on the water, topping it up etc. I left him with a big pile of haylage.
He can be a bit spooky in the field and does sometimes work himself up into a total panic (idiot TB) where he literally will not stop and will just gallop and gallop even when he's knackered and there's nothing apparantly scary. Luckily I'm usually there and I take him out of the field to calm down before he injures himself!
But right now I'm at college, can't get there til 3.30 earliest unless I miss part/all of the one lesson I have left, as by the time I've got to station, got train and then walked to yard, checked on him and then got back to college I'll have been gone a couple of hours! :(
Really not sure what to do, there's no one at the yard (DIY and everyone either works/is at school/college) or close by who I could get to check him...and I'm terrified he'll have jumped out or injured himself or something :(
 
If you truly believe he could seriously harm himself then I'd walk out of your class now and go sort your horse out. Yes you'll miss a lesson, but you will kick yourself if someone happens to him. Doubtless when you get there he'll have his head down eating and will be absolutely fine but it will give you peace of mind if you've been able to see that for yourself.
 
I would probably go and check on him if you can't get anyone else to pop and see if he's OK. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything else until I had done so, damn horses they love making life difficult!
 
horsecrazy25 said:
Could you ring your mum? If not i would leave the lesson and go check your horse. or could you get a college friend to take you and pay them petrol money?
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Mum away ATM, and no u6 has frees at the moment, I should technically be in a cover lesson at the moment too but am trying to get hold of anyone who'd be able to check him.

Am currently trying to get hold of YO just so he can check C's alright, and if I can't get hold of him then I guess I'll give Psychology a miss today and get the train!
 
*Phew*- just got hold of YO, who was at the farm at the time, drove up to the field (whilst on the phone!) and assured me that he's eating his haylage calmly, and is walking sound with no obvious cuts etc- some dried sweat under his rug so obviously did get in a bit of a state, but OK now.
He said he'd be around the farm for most of the afternoon so will ring me if he does start off again. :)

So relieved he's ok, as I was gearing up to leave college and preparing myself for a bo!!ocking for missing my lesson :o

YO obviously not as much of an ogre as he seems :rolleyes:
 
MOLLYA said:
Hmm doubt it, unless it was to shout about ground getting torn up..
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Sorry if I sound old fashioned here but a YO that does not have the horses best interests as their number 1 priority is not somewhere I would want to keep my horse.
Unfortunately when you are on DIY livery you sometimes have to drop everything and go your horse if they need you. You know your horse best if he is likley to get that wound up he will attempt to jump out then you should go and check him if he will settle down after a bit and be fine when you get there anyway then leave him I would make the call on knowing what I expected my horse to do.

Oh just read your last reply glad you have got it sorted and your YO helped you out.
 
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Thanks ossy, yes he was very helpful in the end. I know that with C on DIY I will have to drop stuff at a moment's notice and go, glad I didn't this time as he was actually fine! :) but his safety and wellbeing is of course my priority, I would hate anything to happen to him.

Sorry to ressurect this thread but I need advice as to what I should do tomorrow. When I brought him in earlier, he was totally fine to bring in, but basically just seems to dislike the snow?! He had actually barely touched his pile of haylage, and was just walking, standing, walking, standing, up and down the fenceline. He was good to bring in but basically seemed keen to get to his stable! I rode for about 20mins in walk and a little trot (school frozen), and he was great (if a little spooky but he often can be when it's dark).

Basically I don't know whether to turn him out as usual tomorrow, and give him some more haylage, or just leave him in with some haylage nets. If he isn't enjoying being out, which he doesn't seem to be, and is either pacing or galloping, and not eating anything, than I reckon he'd be better off in and eating- but at the same time I don't want to keep him cooped up in the day unless it's necessary :confused: Thoughts please?

I'm not really sure how he'd react to being the only one left in..
 
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