spooks
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moved my shetland yesterday to new yard with the intention of part loaning her to a teenager who was going to buy one as a companion for her welsh who just loves everybody and needs 4 horses for company never mind one! ( i was moving her anyway, not just so she could be jimmys companion ) anyway YO suggests we turn tink out with jim today so off we trundle up to his field, let her loose...he takes one look at her, gallops off and promptly jumps the fence..absolutely TERRIFIED of her!! unfortunately he chose to jump a fence that has barbed wire running along the top of it and has sliced his knee open. its the only piece of fence with wire along it apparently. when we caught him it looked like he had just taken the skin off and there was only a small line of blood coming from it,not that we could inspect it properly as he was still dancing round like a lunatic so he was put back out and shetland dragged back in!
got a call from his owner at 5 this eve, could they borrow my lorry as he had to go to the vets.YO had got him in and realised how bad the cut actually was,vet came and treated it initially and told them to bring him in as when he walked there was little bubbles of clear fluid coming from and he thinks hes punctured the fluid sac.. easier said than done.. this is a horse that point blank refuses to load, kid had told the vet this but he reckoned he couldnt treat it properly on the yard. spent a little while trying to load the horse before i called my mate to come and help. then the fun really started, she got him to the ramp and he just exploded shot off the side taking the gate with him and muggins here forgot to let go of the lunge line i was holding so now have a few nice burn across my hand and fingers! said horse was off for a hooly across country with 3 teens in hot persuit ( me and mandy dont do running,far to old lol ) managed to catch horse and vet then came back to sedate him so we could load him.he is now safely at the vets for a 7 to 10 day stay so hopefully he will come out the other side ok. so the big question is , how do we get jimmy introduced to the shetland when he is clearly terrified ? or do we just not bother ? YO says to turn her out in a neighbouring field with his girlfriend, or introduce them over the stable door etc.
got a call from his owner at 5 this eve, could they borrow my lorry as he had to go to the vets.YO had got him in and realised how bad the cut actually was,vet came and treated it initially and told them to bring him in as when he walked there was little bubbles of clear fluid coming from and he thinks hes punctured the fluid sac.. easier said than done.. this is a horse that point blank refuses to load, kid had told the vet this but he reckoned he couldnt treat it properly on the yard. spent a little while trying to load the horse before i called my mate to come and help. then the fun really started, she got him to the ramp and he just exploded shot off the side taking the gate with him and muggins here forgot to let go of the lunge line i was holding so now have a few nice burn across my hand and fingers! said horse was off for a hooly across country with 3 teens in hot persuit ( me and mandy dont do running,far to old lol ) managed to catch horse and vet then came back to sedate him so we could load him.he is now safely at the vets for a 7 to 10 day stay so hopefully he will come out the other side ok. so the big question is , how do we get jimmy introduced to the shetland when he is clearly terrified ? or do we just not bother ? YO says to turn her out in a neighbouring field with his girlfriend, or introduce them over the stable door etc.
