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Re: [RC] The worst of training days and a telepathic question...(long) - Chris PausMerciful heavens! what a day! chris --- Sharon Hinshaw <sangel15@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: 1st part of the saga....Today was one "heck" of a training day. We are in the SE near Asheville, NC and ride frequently in the Bent Creek park area. Great place to train! There were three of us there today having a wonderful time. We had a cold front move through so it was cool and breezy and we were making the most of it. About 8-9 miles into the ride and really up into nowhere, on single track with mountain on one side, no where to go, and drop off on the other side, again no where to go; my horse passed over and disturbed a yellow jacket nest that was residing in the ground ..the middle horse suddenly was in full panic mode, bucking like crazy, my horse is getting stung and he is bucking like crazy and the third horse got the heck out of dodge. The middle horse bucks off the rider and she gets stepped on about three times and she also lands near the nest. Some how we get the rider up and we all get about 1/2 mile away and we regroup. While checking injuries and how many bee stings we all have, the middle rider has about 15 stings, both arms have been stepped on but not broken and her lower back also is OK..she suddenly starts wheezing and having difficulty breathing. Face is swelling and getting hives all over. Somehow we have cell service, very unusual, call 911 and have EMS meet us as near to the trail head as we can get. We keep her in the saddle and haul butt meeting EMS in an ATV. They take her on to the local hospital while we pony out her horse. she is fine after IV fluids, Benedryl and steroids. 2nd part of the saga...We get back to our trailers, check the horses again...they seem to be fine other than the welts, heart rates are fine, untack and let them graze some before loading when we realize that one of the vehicles has been broken into! Window broken out and purse stolen, money,credit cards and cell phone...What else is going to happen! ? This has always been a safe place. So call goes out to the sheriff and hurry up and wait on them. 3rd part of the saga and telepathic question...of course now the horse whose rider is in the ER has had issues in the past with entering a trailer. Had a bad accident once and still sometimes has trouble getting in. So of course we can't get him into the trailer. We try everything and an hour later I'm at my wits end. And then I remembered a thread on ride camp about how a horse communicates. So I took him a little away from the trailer but still lined up straight, stood to the side of his face and looked him in the eye, talked very quietly to him about home, all the while picturing it in my mind, the white fence, his other pasture buddies, the green pasture and then pictured him getting on the trailer to go there. I was absolutely astonished as I led him in and he went right on like the past hour never happened. That was so bizarre but I had several witnesses. So my question..did he understand finally what I wanted of him with my pictures or did he finally get tired of the game and just got on. Coincidence ??? Not only did he get on but he stood quietly while I hooked him onto the safety tie, hooked up the butt bar and shut the door. What happened?? So all of you be careful out there!! Watch out for bees and have a plan if you get separated, have a cell phone, it might work. We were lucky.... it could have been so much worse and thank goodness we don't have to deal with banana spiders as well!! Sharon and Renegade ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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