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I'm sure we all could write chapters for the book, "dumb things I've done with horses."

 

chris

Kristi Schaaf <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Amber -
> You'll never be judged by me. Several years ago, after
> a four hour ride and what we thought were fairly tired
> horses, hubby and I let them graze. I let mine loose
> and he had his on a 20 foot lead. He let go of his
> horse for 5 SECONDS to go grab a soda, and his horse
> took off. My horse looked at his buddy leaving, looked
> back at me (I yelled my feeding call in the hopes of
> getting him to come back) then made his decision and
> followed. We tracked them for 12 miles through forest
> and meadow, across and around fences (including barbed
> wire), hoping at each corner or hill that we'd find
> them peacefully grazing. They were caught by a farmer
> right before they reached the highway. He said they
> looked like they were just looking for someone to stop
> them. Hubby's horse had a cut on his leg and rope
> burns that did heal fine; my horse had a
>  severe tie up
> from the exertion of keeping up with a horse born with
> the intent to run until he dropped. We consider
> ourselves lucky that both were found alive, and that
> no people were injured. But I full well know the fear
> and guilt and panic that comes when a horse disappears
> over the hill and you have no idea what the outcome is
> going to be. My heart goes out to anyone who has to
> experience it and then get hit with the double whammy
> of never finding the horse or knowing what happened.
> Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com 
>
> Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off)
>
>
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