Thunderstorms, do you?

Attempt to get mine in. One comes in no problem, but the other gets herself in a right state galloping round so sometimes you just have to let her get on with it and calm herself down.
 
I've always found that my horses get much more stressed if put in a stable. They are always better off in their little herd during thunderstorms, passing hunts etc. I suppost they have each other, rather than have to deal with it themselves.
 
I always used to leave our horses out in thunderstorms as they never seemed to be that bothered.
But unfortunatley last summer my dad left his horse out and he broke his front leg turning to quickly. Yes this was a freak accident but it has made me think twice about leaving them out. Ob not everyone can get down to there yards to bring them in.
Feel pretty awful putting this on but I just wanted to put my view.
 
http://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/r...kills-16-cows-/

I never used to worry but this happened the other day just down the road from us about one mile! We did have ours in at the time, but really gave me the heeby jeebies!!!
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We leave ours out now. We used to get them in if bad storms were forecast but stopped after one night when the storm ripped the roof off one stable block (and it was less than a year old) and we woke up to see horses standing in the stables with no roof over them!
 
Those poor cows. Hopefully they died instantly.

I do keep mine in. I have a telegraph pole with a junction thingy on it. Two years ago in a storm it blew. The noise was worse than any lightening I'd heard. The ponies were in as luck would have it and just looked a bit startled. Had they been in the field they may well have paniced.

I was out at 2am the other night getting them in during a storm. Luckily I only have to shout and open the gate and they are in the yard. They were both pleased to be in, only to get out of the pouring rain, I suspect.

I think maybe from the replies on here it is a case of doing what feels right for you.

Jane
 
If I know a bad storm with heavy rain is on the way then I bring my horse in,otherwise he stays out with the herd.However most of us do the same and will bring in if the forecast is looking like really bad weather.
I have a bit of a thing about storms as a few years ago I used to keep my horses locally at a place which was in the middle of nowhere,close to the sea,prone to heavy overhead storms and with no shelter at all. In the few years that I was there several horses died after being struck by lightening.Not a nice way to go and not nice for anyone to have to see.2 of the horses were struck directly by lightening and were killed instantly a 3rd broke her neck during the storm although she was struck by lightening so we are not sure if she broke her neck in panic at being struck or not.
 
Leave them out as they are happier like that, they get stressed in the stables. They might be struck by lightning, but so might the tin roof stables.
 
i leave them out unless i am there and it starts to look very dodgy. Having said that the lady on the yard next door lost her youngster a few years ago. she got struck and was killed instantly. All these things are accidents but it does make you think more when you know someone it's happened to. nat
 
Leave them out.
They stand out in them or graze, not bothered. I think they enjoy the shower and lack of flies. We had hailstones in one storm yesterday, the horses did take cover for that.
 
Bloody dangerous for them to be out in lightning IMO, my post womans horse was killed when it was hit by lightning so Ive been terrified ever since. Mine live out 24/7 however if I always stick the ponies in the stable and hold the other 2 in the other stable (too small a stable to let them both loose in it, plus its safer as I can always let go if they flip!). Ive spent many an hour outside in the lashing rain being deafened by thunder doing this! If Im not around when the storm comes then I basically worry like hell :P

Only 2 weeks ago I was doing this and I was about to put them all back out again as the rain had gone off, thunder had finished etc. and then suddenly there was a huge flash of lightning which felt like a firework going off in my face and a MASSIVE boom of thunder - both my held horses galloped flat out out of the stable and up the field, one of my other ponies was trembling all over. It fried by internet router and lots of telephone lines in our village were fried. Would hate to have had the horses out in that strike!!
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Leave them out.

Your stable is more likely to be hit by lightening than a horse in a field.
 
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