pinball1970
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I am a city person so contact is limited. We have a few places where people take horses on trails and when I see them I keep my distance and do not make sudden movements.Ivan Seeking said:True, horse people really love their horses [unlike cow farmers who often hate all cows with a passion!]
But ask any long-term horse owner if they have ever been hurt by a horse... Even the best horse is still a very big, dangerous animal. I think anyone I've known who had horses have had a few serious incidents. The former wife of one guy at work took a bad fall and her horse landed on her, causing serious brain injuries. She survived but came out of it a completely different person. They eventually split up.
Cows too! We often had the neighbors cows on our property for many years. I had one very close call with a ticked-off mama cow. The dog had been chasing her baby. When mama went after him, he came running and hid behind me! And then she had me cornered. If she had attacked I would have been trapped. I had a buddy with me who grew up on a farm. I looked to him for advice, especially in a situation like this. I looked at him and he looked like the owl. Uh oh!!! I think we're in BIIIIIIIIIIIG trouble!
The couple next door owned the cows. She had one "push" her through a fence made of 2" x 6" boards.
I used to Fell run in the 90s in Macclesfield and we used to come across cows. To be honest they looked quite mellow. I think they were used to runners.
Fast forward to about 2005 and I was walking home around 6pm after being dropped off from work and I heard a clip clop.
Big horse, in the street trotting straight towards me. The street was residential but led to a main road. I pictured all sorts of carnage so I got in front of it whilst calling 999.
It would be interesting to hear what I said, i know I told them my name where I worked, who for and where I lived so they would know it was not a crank.
The horse went down a side road and I felt I had helped avoid disaster. The side road was a route to more residential. So avoid a pile up on a busy road but it strays into a bunch of kids playing out possibly!??
Police came and got it in the end with the residents.
A huge animal, magnificent, it towered over me and had me struggling to keep up with it.
Heard later someone had tried to steal it from it's stables and it threw them off and ran away.
Tax laws and such are not set up for someone doing a favor. They want to treat it like a boarding business. UNREAL!
