This message is from: "jgayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Laurie that can be a very scary time, when they cast themselves. My mare
did this years ago and I always have a monitor between my house and the
barn. So I heard this banging late one night. Sounded like someone tearing
down the barn. Put my robe on and went out. It was my mare and she weighed
about 1400 pounds. She was wedged in against the wall and could not get
herself in a position to push away. In my seventies then but it was a
logistical problem! I put her halter on her and when she lunged I braced
myself and she slowly worked far enough from the wall to get her feet
against it and up. There was lots of sawdust on the rubber mats so she did
not scrape herself. A traumatic time of night!!!!!! Jean Gayle
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