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Re: [RC] [RC] Biting Horse at Ride - heidi larson

I did an appraisal once for a house on a TB farm, the owner
told me I could tour the barns, just "don't pet the
stallion in the end box" he held up his hand and showed his
missing little finger and said, "he took this off last
year."  I DID NOT pet the stallion!

heidi


--- Genevieve <callmedot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:


In my opinion equids are MORE dangerous than dogs, mostly
just because of
their size and strength. My boss at a stud ranch I used
to work at told me a
story about a friend of hers. Her friend was walking one
of her stallions
past the paddock of another stallion. The instant the
stallion she was
walking smelled the other one he immediately turned,
grabbed a hold of her
upper arm with his teeth and ripped all the meat off the
bone. She lived but
she completely lost the use of that arm. That stallion
had never been
especially violent, nor did he even have the tendency to
bite like the
horses we've been discussing. He was just responding to
one of his stallion
instincts, to fight to the death against any stallion
opposition he may
encounter. Any horse can be dangerous for any reason at
any time and the
resulting injury can be fatal, and often is.

On Jan 28, 2008 11:07 AM, Sisu West Ranch
<ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


 *"..*What if you took the story below and replaced the

word "horse" with

the word "dog" ..."
Equids can be just as dangerous as dogs.  A couple of

years a woman I know

went into a pasture to treat a horse she was helping

for a friend.  She had

been warned that a particular mule in the pasture might

bite.  She

apparently assumed this meant just don't try to pet the

mule and not "don't

turn your back".  Anyway, while she bent over to treat

the horse the mule

came up behind, bit, held tight and tossed her across

the pasture.  She was

laid up for quite awhile.


Ed
*Ed & Wendy Hauser
2994 Mittower Road
Victor, MT 59875*

*(406) 642-9640*

*ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us*





-- 
Genevieve




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heidi larson


     
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Re: [RC] [RC] Biting Horse at Ride, Genevieve