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Re: [RC] [RC] Securing Horses... - Soli SorokinOn 4/25/06, April Allison <aallison1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: "And I've seen horses get cast in stalls and corrals at their homes that needed human assistance to get up" The other one grabbed two handfuls of mane. We drug that pony, flat on his side, clear of the fence. I still don't know how. He got up and ran to the middle of the pasture and has never lain so close to a fence again. We stood around and looked at each other and wondered how we did it. April Byhalia I have a little TWH gelding that has made a habit of becoming cast...in a LARGE paddock where he would have to make a serious effort to lay down close to the corral panel/wood sides. He's done it at least ten times since he was a weanling - he is now 2 1/2. The good part is that he is one of those rare horses that simply does not panic. He has had up to three legs through the panels, with at least one in an upper rail several times. He does not thrash about or even try to get himself free - when he finds he cannot get up, he lays down and goes to sleep until someone comes to help. I've watched him get himself stuck on one occasion, and once stuck, he just did one of those really loud horse groans like "ah hell, might as well sleep", and laid out flat. Even after I disconnected and moved the panel so he was free, he laid there until I pushed and pulled on him a bit, encouraging him to move. We have become experts on how to move a virtual horse carcass (because that is how he acts until you force him to try to get up again). To get him out, we've had to physically roll his body, flex his legs, drag him by his tail and a leg - all sorts of things that no other horse (in my experience) would tolerate. He's never been injured, fortunately, and has been stuck both in movable corral panels as well as wood board fencing. Yes, we need electric! This same gelding has also tied himself up in a haynet (somehow got his head tied to his rear legs) and has put a foot through one of those hard plastic (supposedly unbreakable) buckets and then had it stuck to his leg - and was walking around like nothing was wrong when I found him - except he had an almost five gallon white bucket attached to his leg like a giant cast. Again, no injuries at all, not even a little cut. Stood quietly for me to fix things. (Getting his hoof back through the hole in the bucket was no easy task) Needless to say, hobble training him was really easy, as was training to tie. Keeping him out of trouble for his lifetime might be more difficult. I expect he'll make a good kids horse someday, since he puts up with anything. ~S =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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