Police appeal after woman is injured by a horse
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Lordy100
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I would look for something more cheerful to read!
maggiehorse
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MissDeMeena
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I don't think i've ever read a more random reply to someone on HHO..
I would look for something more cheerful to read!
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I don't think i've ever read a more random reply to someone on HHO..
friesianfan69
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no one is forced to read the posts on any forum...you dont like it dont read it...simple
Gonetofrance
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Sounds as if the horses were protecting themselves from the dogs.........
Ranyhyn
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What was she doing close enough for the horse to make contact? How does anyone know this actually happened anyway? Did someone ask the dogs for a statement?
Eira
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What was she doing close enough for the horse to make contact? How does anyone know this actually happened anyway? Did someone ask the dogs for a statement?
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Exactly
This is another reason we want the footpath redirected that runs through my yard . Sooner or later something like this is bound to happen ...
What was she doing close enough for the horse to make contact? How does anyone know this actually happened anyway? Did someone ask the dogs for a statement?
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Exactly
This is another reason we want the footpath redirected that runs through my yard . Sooner or later something like this is bound to happen ...
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
It has happened a few summers that a horse owner has put up a temporary fence around a meadow in the woods near my summer-home, and the footpath goes straight through. When that happens I do walk through with my dogs, but I always put the leashes on the girls before entering and I also pays a lot of attention to the horses body-language when I enter the meadow. This far they only seems very friendly and comes to say Hello.
I admit that I can't resist giving them a gentle scratch or two, I make sure that they can see the dogs but keeps my body between the horses and my dogs at all time. When I continue our walk, usually one of them decides to walk very close behind me, but I can understand that they think it's interesting with visitors, since they're rare in that part of the wood, so I don't panic. But if the horses didn't come to us I wouldn't go to them, unless they stood on the path of course, but then I would try to walk around them.
It's sad that it has happened, but most horses aren't known for attacking humans at random and I would be surprised if the horse really was to blame in this case, she's an adult human who choose to enter a field with horses and bring child and dogs.
But then we have the swedish woman who choose the footpath through a field with cows, when a few of the cows looked at her, she panicked climbed up on something and called 112. Then she of course became very interesting and was soon surrounded by cows...
Or how about the father out driving with a young daughter (3 to 6 years) and sees a beaver in a field close to the road. Stops he car, takes up video-camera and instructs the daughter to go and pat the WILD beaver. When she came to close the beaver felt the need to defended itself and dad suddenly believes the wild beast will kill precious daughter and runs to the rescue.
Sounded as if father blamed the beaver, after all he knew his daughter wasn't out to harm the beaver, so it must be the beavers fault, must it not?
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I admit that I can't resist giving them a gentle scratch or two, I make sure that they can see the dogs but keeps my body between the horses and my dogs at all time. When I continue our walk, usually one of them decides to walk very close behind me, but I can understand that they think it's interesting with visitors, since they're rare in that part of the wood, so I don't panic. But if the horses didn't come to us I wouldn't go to them, unless they stood on the path of course, but then I would try to walk around them.
It's sad that it has happened, but most horses aren't known for attacking humans at random and I would be surprised if the horse really was to blame in this case, she's an adult human who choose to enter a field with horses and bring child and dogs.
But then we have the swedish woman who choose the footpath through a field with cows, when a few of the cows looked at her, she panicked climbed up on something and called 112. Then she of course became very interesting and was soon surrounded by cows...
Or how about the father out driving with a young daughter (3 to 6 years) and sees a beaver in a field close to the road. Stops he car, takes up video-camera and instructs the daughter to go and pat the WILD beaver. When she came to close the beaver felt the need to defended itself and dad suddenly believes the wild beast will kill precious daughter and runs to the rescue.
Sounded as if father blamed the beaver, after all he knew his daughter wasn't out to harm the beaver, so it must be the beavers fault, must it not?
from Sweden.
ridingsafely
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What was she doing close enough for the horse to make contact? How does anyone know this actually happened anyway? Did someone ask the dogs for a statement?
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Exactly! There isn't enough known about this event which is why the Police are appealing for witnesses to assist them in trying to establish the facts. The original intention of this post was to raise the issue just in case anyone on this forum might be able to help. A long shot but sometimes things happen!
It does however raise the wider issue of horses in fields with footpaths running through them and the public interaction.
What was she doing close enough for the horse to make contact? How does anyone know this actually happened anyway? Did someone ask the dogs for a statement?
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Exactly! There isn't enough known about this event which is why the Police are appealing for witnesses to assist them in trying to establish the facts. The original intention of this post was to raise the issue just in case anyone on this forum might be able to help. A long shot but sometimes things happen!
It does however raise the wider issue of horses in fields with footpaths running through them and the public interaction.
Ladyfresha1
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We had problems at an old yard with a footpath through the field. My horse and two others followed some walkers with dogs across the field and the people called the police! The horses didn't do anything other than come and sniff at them to see what they were doing in their field. So police arrive at the yard and we are ordered to move them in to a small paddock away from the footpath. My girl wasn't having it though and jumped back into the original field! We didn't get any other complaints.
I will do almost anythng to avoid entering a field with cows! They are so nosey, I always think they are going to trample me!
I will do almost anythng to avoid entering a field with cows! They are so nosey, I always think they are going to trample me!
Aru
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This reminds me of an experience with horses and dog i had when i was young(6 or 7) was walking thru a field with 3 horses in it with my cuz, the horses took exception to our dog who was barking at them and gave chase rearing trying to stamp on the dog etcdog refused to go home and stuck with us..so we ended up stuck in a tree for 2 hours til the horses settled down after they had chased the dog out of their field...went home and got ate by the parents for being stupid enough to provoke the horses...and they were right i learned not to go into someone elses field with the dog when there was stock in it..i dont understand why ppl think its a good idea to walk with dogs in fields with farm stock..how are u to no if there's a stally or bull in the field or even territorial animals.What happened to commin sence?
Ranyhyn
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I think the fact they state she was walking along a footpath means there is a right of way along this land - therefore she was allowed to be there and for what its worth I agree with you on common sense 100%.........
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
Just in case, I'm not saying it's a good idea, only that it doesn't need to be a bad idea. And for me that's the only way into the forest to pass that meadow, unless I want to walk 20 to 30 minutes on the road. ETS I have distant relatives that has been killed walking on that road, it's narrow and they drive fast.
It's my responsibility to see to that my dogs acts in a way that can't offend the horses, therefore I always keep the dogs on a leash and close to me but still let the horses see that the dogs are there. I also probably have a somewhat determined body-language = wont tolerate anything from either dogs or horses.
But then there's both elks and male roe deers in that forest that could potentially attack and since they're not used to humans at all, I think I'm more in danger with them.
from Sweden.
It's my responsibility to see to that my dogs acts in a way that can't offend the horses, therefore I always keep the dogs on a leash and close to me but still let the horses see that the dogs are there. I also probably have a somewhat determined body-language = wont tolerate anything from either dogs or horses.
But then there's both elks and male roe deers in that forest that could potentially attack and since they're not used to humans at all, I think I'm more in danger with them.
from Sweden.
Aru
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im not saying its her fault or anythin..sorry if i implied that
...its not her fault she clearly didnt no any better or just didnt no enough about horses to head the fact they were going to react aggressivly towards her and her dogs..tho i suspect if she had went without the dogs she would have been fine but im just basing that on personal experince..at least the child(her niece) was ok..and i do understand the idea that it was a right of way.. i just think its a bit mad that they have removed horses from the field.what if their owner had nowhere else to put them?in the end of the day the land is more for livestock than for walkers...but thats a person opinion i suppose..