>>>>I'm so glad Kola is ok, it's so scary to see a horse hurt, especially a baby! That's great that she is a brave girl and trusts her human mom! Cherie
I was shaking like a leaf when I saw it - I'm still surprised it turned out to be so minor. Cary walked the pasture to see what had caused it. He found it. We have a few trees in that pasture, and trees will drop dead limbs all along. He found a stick near a tree with a bloody tip and blood beside it, and a blood trail leading from it. We suppose that she stepped on the end of the stick, and the other end popped up and gouged her leg - it's the right length for that. The second, lower puncture is probably where it "bounced", since it's not as deep. We try our best to have the safest fence we can. We don't leave halters on the horses when they are unattended. We think about what obstacles we leave in the pasture - we never park the trailer in the pasture, and we'd never think of leaving any farm equipment in there. I'm ready to cut the little trees down, but Cary says he can be more careful, and prune them more often, and we'll both watch for long sticks. I like for the horses to be exposed to "natural" stuff, but I once heard of a similar incident with a stick...only the horse was gouged in the belly, damaging internal organs and he died. That was a local horse, so I know the story is true. Kola was LUCKY. To be so big and strong, horses are also extremely fragile in many ways. Karen Thomas, NC -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.3/700 - Release Date: 2/24/2007 8:14 PM
