I work at a horse barn in clayton. And I went to work this morning and was making my usual rounds of feeding the horses. We have a horse that doesnt have a stall but has to come out of the pasture to eat so I tie him to the fence post as always after he was through eating I went to put hime back in the pasture, but his leg was caught in the lead line and before I could get him free, he freaked out. I was trying my best to calm and stay out of the way. But before I knew it he pulled the post out of the ground along with the panels that are attached to it. The fence hit me and knocked me on the ground pinning my leg underneath, he drug me about 50 feet and I was screaming at the top of my lungs. He finally stopped long enough where i could unclip the lead line from his halter. I got up thinking that my leg was broke, but thank god it wasnt. I called the other girl that works with me and she rushed out there to help. I came home and I'm now resting, walking away with some pretty big bumps and some painful bruises. I think that it could have turned out a lot worse..... :shock:
Glad to hear that you walked away with just a few bumps, scrapes & bruises. It could have been so much worse. It sounds like you had a really scary day. I hope your day gets much better. Glad you are Ok.
Wow, sounds like you had a time, very glad you're okay. You have to be sooo careful all the time.... seems like if there's a way for a horse to get into trouble, they'll find it!
That's why we always had a breakaway string tied to where you attach the halter and tried as much as possible to do the buddy system (always joked abotu some one to call 911). I 'm glad you weren't hurt too badly.
At an average of about 1400 lbs, you are very lucky, it could have been much worse. The scariest experience I ever had was working with a friends horse, he had an attitude about him (a thoroughbred) and looked for opportunities to take advantage when he could. Well, one day it was really nasty out, pouring rain - I brought him into his stall to feed him and decided while he was eating his grain I'd place his hay in the bracket which was on the far wall (to his fiar side) He had plenty of grain to keep him busy, but no sooner did I get his hay up and turned around, he started side-stepping, looking at me all the while. He was a hair away from pinning me against the wall - I kept calm, slapping him in the hind quarters saying 'move it' but he just kept pushing me closer to the wall. No one was around so I had to think fast - taking a huge chance, I quickly ducked under him and lunged myself toward the stall door. How I didn't get kicked I'll never know. I never EVER turned my back on him again. Stupid mistake I made, but learned from it. Since you can't physically overpower them, you have to do it mentally, keeping calm and your wits about you is about the best you can do when you get in a jam and it sounds like you did that. I'm glad you are ok, maybe you can come up with an alternate way to feed him without taking him out of the pasture.
