Spin off: How to not start your day!!!!

[alliekat]

I had just woke up and was reading thru my emails when I I got a knock on my door at 7:00 am. As I ran to get dressed and answer the door, there was a gentleman and his wife with the most horrified looks on their faces. I mean white. When I open the door they proceed to tell my that my baby horse was DEAD in the pasture. They said they could see it wasn't breathing. I ran in to get my husband up and throw some shoes on. I ran to the front field and as I was I was screaming my broodmare's and babies name. As I turned the corner where I could see the field, they they BOTH were running and calling back to me.
I seen the nice man and his wife watch as my baby was "raised from the dead". It took me about 15 minutes to stop shaking. Well my horses got breakfast early and I swallowed my heart for breakfast.
I guess I am thankful that someone would stop to alert me of a possible problem, but it was definitely no way to start the day.
Is it to early for a glass of wine?

[Equino]

Don't you just love that...We had a pony who slept so soundly and once a helpful passerby alerted us to the fact he must be dead because not only was he flat out, not breathing, there was a bird perched on his back, picking his mane.

[patch work farm]

I would reach for something stronger than wine! While it is nice that people would be so concerned to let you know something is wrong, this happens more and more because people have NO idea that horses lie down. Our local paper prints reports of calls to our local shelter and more times than not there is a report of some "do gooder" that called to report a field of dead horses. Of course the shelter must investigate it and they say "all horses found to be in good condition"...what a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Hard to say if you'd prefer they mind their own business...or scare the crap out of you!

[JB]

Is it to early for a glass of wine?
Hell no!

Not after that!

Holy cow, I'd have been...well, just like you! :eek:

I was terrified enough to get a call at work from my neighbor who told me my injured horse had gotten loose!

[Sunnydays]

Yikes!! You made my day with that vivid story. Heck, now I need a glass of wine.:) Whew!

[Zu Zu]

So Sorry * you started your day like that :eek:---but --- thanks for the story and glad everything is fine:yes:. To celebrate we will have Bloody Mary's with breakfast today! :cool: CHEERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vineyridge]

Even having kept horses for ten years or so, it still freaks me out when my 25 year olds are flat out and not moving in the pasture. I ALWAYS check.

[madoy]

Great that everything turned out so well! And I'd go for the drink... my nerves would be shot after that!!!

[Cartier]

Is it to early for a glass of wine?


Yes.

Head over to the May Street Market for a nice breakfast... save the wine or whatever till later in the day...at Ironwood. ;)

Here’s my idea of what I don’t need first thing in the morning. Yesterday I was using a broom to sweep away the buggy things, the cobwebs and nest-things the pop up just about every other day ‘round here. Without thinking I reached up and swept away a chunk of dried grass stuffed between the light over my door and the wall. Down came a clump of nest with four little chicks… all with feathers, all plump and healthy… all squirming about, none the worse for the experience. I have no idea what type of birds they are… Warkant (a.k.a. large Doberman male) was standing next to me at the time. Even he realized that this was not a good situation. He moved in for a closer look at the little guys. Not wanting them covered with Warkant slobber, I intervened and scooped them up by using the part of the nest as a cradle for them. With the babies-in-a-nest in one hand, I went inside, got a chair, came back out and smooshed the nest and the babies back together up above the door as best I could, hoping all the while that I had not disturbed the nest so much that the mom would not return. Can’t tell you how much I do not want to be scrounging around for worms to feed a group of baby birds for the next few weeks. I think I was successful, mom was back several times yesterday and all seems well this morning…

[mlranchtx]

[QUOTE=alliekat;4147099]I had just woke up and was reading thru my emails when I I got a knock on my door at 7:00 am. As I ran to get dressed and answer the door, there was a gentleman and his wife with the most horrified looks on their faces. QUOTE]

:eek:;) Hate to be the one to point this out but.... Do you always read emails naked? :lol::winkgrin:

J/K ;)

Yes, I too would be hittin' the wine right about now!

[Arab/WBGirl]

I have a "how not to be awakened" story:

When my gelding Petey was about 10 months old, it's about 5:30am, 30 degrees out, has been raining, I am sound alseep. My husband throws open the door to the bedroom and shouts "PETEY'S GONE!!!!". I jump up, still half asleep, sleepshirt on, no shoes, and bolt out the door shouting for Petey. As I barrel down the steps, I see the evidence that he has been out: a giant terracotta pot at the foot of the steps that WAS full of pansies has been cleaned out. I start running up the driveway toward the neighbors with a rope in hand and there he is, chowing down in the neighbor's yard. As soon as he sees me he comes trotting right up to me. I swear he was saying "Hey mom, whatz up!!" Whew!!

Hey Cartier, I have dobies too!. My youngest girl is from Pamelot Dobermans and is out of Ch. Cambrias Rascal Flatts. She is a beautiful red girl. Your have some absolutely gorgeous dobermans!!
Dawn

[Cartier]

Thanks and I'm sure your girl is lovely as well. :) We have another thing in common... loose horse stories... don't even get me started... I know the "Hey mom, what's up" look by heart. :winkgrin: Lourdess is an escape artist, no one else, just Lourdess. You sort of want to hug them and bop 'em on the butt at the same time. :yes:

[crestline]

We had a foal a couple years ago that LOVED to sleep with his feet through the fence. I would say he was cast except that it was a daily occurence and he'd just roll out and voila...be free. Often he'd even rest his hind feet up on the lowest of the boards like a giant recliner.
One day while I'm at work my neighbor calls me in a panic that some folks are beating his door down saying that one of out foals is trapped in the fence and that rigamortis (sp?) has set in. He went down, flipped foal out of fence and called to tell me that he looked fine but was I worried at all.

Seriously people...rigamortis....he was still breathing....just very tired and grumpy about being kicked out of his recliner.

On the flip side of that I have had some people stop with helpful things so I guess you can't win them all!!!

[alliekat]

[QUOTE=alliekat;4147099]I had just woke up and was reading thru my emails when I I got a knock on my door at 7:00 am. As I ran to get dressed and answer the door, there was a gentleman and his wife with the most horrified looks on their faces. QUOTE]

:eek:;) Hate to be the one to point this out but.... Do you always read emails naked? :lol::winkgrin:

J/K ;)

Yes, I too would be hittin' the wine right about now!

Only on the days strangers plan a pop in visit;)!!!

I did opt for breakfast instead, but I also stopped by and p/u my favorite bottle for tonight.

There is never a dull moment with horses that is for sure!!

[hctjudge]

One Sunday morning I was getting ready for church and heard a knock on the door. We were renting an apartment on a busy highway and the landlord had
graciously consented to letting us fence an area for our horses. The people at the door said our horse was out! Our foal and evidently laid down next to the fence, got his head under it and got up on the highway side! :eek:http://www.chronofhorse.com/Portlet/Banner_Redirect.php?z_Banner_ID=1361805093961875
The Learning House, Inc.
I put some clothes and quite a bit of adrenaline and went out to find the mare frantic and the foal, thankfully, sticking close to the fence. I grabbed him around the neck and had someone catch the mare and lead her back to their shed, and of course he was easy to steer outside the fence toward mama. I don't even remember if we made it to church, but it does leave you shaken for quite some time.
Thankfully, we were in the process of moving us and the horses to a safer permanent home.

[Tornado Run Farm]

I'd rather have a nosey (but wrong) good samaritan than a passer-by who would ignore the situation.

Last month I was on the other side. I was driving down the interstate and saw a cow on one side of the fence and her calf on the other frantically running the fence line. It bothered me enough that I got off the next exit and doubled back to let the farm owners know. The lady reacted probably as you did, "Who is this crazy lady and why is she knocking on my door??" She told me there was a break in the fence and the cow and calf would find each other -- happens all the time." She probably was telling the same story on some BB later about how some nosey interstate traveler who didn't know a thing about cows had interrupted her dinner and almost gave her a heart attack ... :rolleyes:

[alliekat]

I totally agree and am thankful they stopped but even more thankful they were wrong. I appreciate that they were willing to take their time out and come and get me.

When we lived in Fl. we leased a farm separate from our home, so we drove to the farm at least 2-3 times a day. One day my mom went to feed and ride her mare early in the am. When she left she looked over at one of the horses on a farm down the road from ours. A big draft cross. She continued to drive home. We went back to the farm a few hours later, and my mom said "Hey that gelding was in the same spot when I was on my way home. The gates were kept looked so we hopped the fence. The close we got we realized something was wrong. The gelding had stepped over the bumper pull hitch and was stuck. Front legs on one side and hind legs on the other. He even had his front legs tangled between the light hook up wires. We ran to get the property owner so he could call the horses owner and a halter. It was scary but we did get him out. Only a small scratch to show for the ordeal. His owner was so thankful we stopped and noticed he was in the same spot as earlier. Who knows how long he was really there and how many people drove by without noticing.

[Petstorejunkie]

oh sweet Jesus! i need a glass of wine just reading that!

[RyTimMick]

One farm that I worked at had just hit Cocktail time when they heard the door knock. A hysterical women was screaming that one of their horses had been stabbed by a rod or pipe, and was stuck. We all quickly ran out to find one of the geldings happier then normal dragging his member. You should have seen how red the womens face got. Not a scary story but a fun one.

Tim