This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Yes I know what you mean Laurie
During the summer (early or late, I can't remember) went out to the barn,
and one of the sweetest ones out there was cast! I ran to the owners house
and we spent a long time trying to get her up and out (only us two women to
do the job). She had wedged herself up to the pipe corral and was stuck
good. We tried taking the piping out but it too was
wedged...finally..after much sweating, etc., we got her up. Thank
goodness. With the heat of the day approaching, she would have been a
goner for sure not too long after that. She had already been down for
quite awhile.
We finally got her up doing what you did.she had really wedged
herself in there well and had made a hole which she was in from trying to
get herself up before we got there. It was really scary.
Reena
Arizona
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Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 9:14 AM
Subject: saved a horse's life
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i wasn't even going to be at the barn last night, but at the last minute i
stopped by to do some changes to my tack, and just to say hi to oz and
watch my
friend brian's lesson. when he was done, we were standing in the aisle of
the
barn talking while he untacked his horse. i heard what sounded like a
horse
kicking from the back end of the barn, which some do when they are bored.
however, this was a continuous kick, not just like one foot hitting the
door. i
walked back and found one of the horses was cast in her stall. she was
jammed
against the wall, with her front feet folded close to the body.
i got brian and joe, one of the barn workers. they were not quite sure
what
to do, but i remembered reading that you can often get the horse rolled
back
over by looping a rope around the feet that are closer to the wall and
then
pulling him back over. it can be dangerous if the horse panics or kicks
out. we
were lucky, they got a rope around one back leg and far enough around one
of the
front that they could get her rolled. she scrambled up, somewhat shaken,
and
with a cut lip from hitting her head on the wall in the struggle to get
up,
but seemed to be ok. the vet was called to come and check her out. if we
hadn't
been there, or if she had done it late at night, there is a good chance
that
she would have died
sometimes we are guided to be in the right place at the right time.
laurie, and oz, in freeze dried minnesota
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