Comments on: One Lucky Horse

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 14:28:56 +0000

Well my feelings were similar. How could not feel that he fell out? And I too tend to drive pretty slowly when I’m hauling (but then, I tend to drive pretty slowly anyway…). Thank goodness nothing happened to him, but what a very scary situation.

By: michelle

michelle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:57:50 +0000

Hmmm….I’m intrigued, Lisa! On my way!

By: Laughing Orca Ranch

Laughing Orca Ranch — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:23:37 +0000

PS Guess what? I’ve tagged you! Come over to my blog and participate, or I’m going to send you some of our snow! hehe!

~Lisa

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:31:12 +0000

Arlene, it was so hard to watch that. And when he fell as they were trying to load him, my heart skipped. I was so afraid he’d break loose and take off running again. It was hard to watch them forcing him onto the trailer, but there wasn’t much else they could do. Poor thing had just had a traumatic experiene and was in a location that would have freaked most horses out on a good day. At least they seemed to be familiar with handling horses and hopefully they got him to a vet quickly to get treated.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:26:25 +0000

Kristen, this was so heartbreaking. I hated watching them trying to force him into the trailer – on one hand I was rooting for them to get him to a safe place as fast as possible before something else bad happened. On the other hand, he was so terrified and the fact that he even willingly got that close to a trailer again just made my heart hurt.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:16:55 +0000

It is pretty amazing in general, isn’t it Lisa? I’m not too sure I would willingly climb into a dark box to be bumped and rattled down the road for anyone! I always try to remember that horses do so many unnatural things for us, and take that into consideration all the time when dealing with them.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:14:02 +0000

Katie, at least the story had a happy ending. I am always really paranoid about having my horse hauled anywhere, for so many reasons. I am much more comfortable behind the wheel of the rig than anywhere else.

By: michelle

michelle — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:12:15 +0000

Arlene, I hate to judge anyone without knowing the full story of what happened, but I really think you’d have to NOT be paying attention to not feel the loss of a horse you’re hauling. We were once hauling a horse that partially kicked out the back door of our trailer and believe me, we felt it instantly. Within minutes we were able to get pulled off to a safe place and deal with the situation. In his defense though, I have read on forums that some people DO have trailers that they claim they can’t feel anything going on back there. Some people actually had cameras installed so they could keep watch because not feeling freaked them out. I still don’t really understand how no one flagged this guy down, even if he didn’t feel the horse fall out. How is that possible?!?!?

By: Arlene

Arlene — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:12:16 +0000

That was very difficult to watch. Heart wrenching. Hurt and scared, it looked cruel to watch with what force they loaded that poor horse back on that trailor. Very sad.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:24:25 +0000

omg…so hearthbreaking!!!!!!!!!! I can’t stand hardly watching two seconds of this video, just can’t handle it without thinking of my boy. For that exact reason, I’m so glad that I watch over my boy. Poor baby…I hope he lives a safe rest of his life and doesn’t have to be trailered again by his owners. How would you NOT know!? Ugh!