stupid loose horses!!

[Flyin' High]

lol ok, so this happened on friday.... kinda a vent, but some will think its quite amusing!!<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">
ok, on friday i went up to see my horse around 8:20... i get there, and Bille (barn owner) sees me and tells me to go wake up Ryan (his 19 y/o son, and my bf.. yes im dating the barn owners son<IMG src="smileys/smiley3.gif" border="0">) after breakfast we go out to the barn, muck stalls, and i work with my horse nike... everything is good, i finish, put him inside, and go back up to the house to spend time with Ryan. while im up there i get changed into a skirt... for some reason believeing i wasnt gonna be back into the barn for the day.... stupid me right???
all of a sudden, while we're watching tv we get a call from upstairs, 5 horses are missing from the back field, INCLUDING NIKE!!! i bolt up the stairs and run outside in my skirt, ready to hop in the truck to go look for them. ryan stops me b/c im in a skirt and tell sme HE'LL find nike for me b/c he doesnt want me to get cold<IMG src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">... so ryan, bill, and ryans 2 brothers hop in the truck and take off looking for them. after sitting for all of 5 min, Ryans little sister, mom and i decide we're done waitint and go out aswell.
now APPARENTLY, ryan and his brothers were dropped off WAAAY on the other side of the property and walked back through the golf course to try and find the horses and yet, me and his little sister find them!! so out we get, with 2 lead ropes for 5 horses!!
i grabbed nike and the other 4 y/o that was in the group, and ryans sister grabbed the old mare... the oter 2 were a pony and a yearling more than eager to trail behind the mare...
SO NOW we're walking back through the golf course with me in a skirt, in snow up to my thighs!! (im seriously not exaturating (sp)) the we decide to hoist kristen (ryans sister) onto the mare and i pony her back because her feet were getting really sore and wet!!!
i get back and ryan and his brothers are sitting in the house drinking coffee!!! hehe they got an earful from me... i mean, in an open golf course, its not very hard to spot a group of FIVE horses!!!
point of my story?... there really isnt one, but NEVER WEAR A SKIRT ANYWHERE NEAR THE BARN!!! CHANCES ARE YOU'LL&nbsp; REGRET IT!!!<IMG src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">

[loki]

&nbsp;Don't you just hate it when the horses get out?

[Kaleena]

Hey Flyin' High, <br /> <br />Long time no post!<img border="0" src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0"> Hows your little guy doing these days, any new pictures to share? Where are you boarding now? <br /> <br />Kind of scary when they get out if you ask me! Glad everyone is okay tho<img border="0" src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0">

[SimsLady]

Well I think something was definately in the 'air' this weekend.&nbsp; My horse decided to open his stall and go wandering around the barn on Saturday night, so his stall is locked down now.<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">
On Sunday it was MUCH more adventurous for Simon!&nbsp; He decided to get out of the paddock (somehow!) and take his 'buddy' for a sight seeing tour of the farm.&nbsp; So off they went galloping through the snow.&nbsp; Simon's bud was easily caught.. my horse <IMG src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0">.&nbsp; Well it took just about 2 hours plus all of the horses being brought in to catch the little PITA!&nbsp; He is no worse for wear, not scraps or anything.&nbsp; Guess he just wanted to see his new home entirely!
Silly horses!

[Morrigan]

LOL&nbsp; Funny story.&nbsp; Horses always know when you are not dressed in appropriate barn attire and will do their greatest to get it all dirty, wet, etc...
I used to have a draft X that decided he was big enough that it didnt hurt when he broke down the fence lines.&nbsp; When he got bored he would go and knock down the fences and let the other horses out walk to the otherside of the fence and go no further.&nbsp; The other horses would wander around the property a bit before getting corraled back into a paddock and my horse would just hang around there staring at you and when you would go to get him hed walk back into the paddock like he never did the damage in the first place.

[Judy F]

Good thing the ground's frozen!! The golf course management would not be happy with big deep hoof prints in their turf!! <br /> <br />There seems to be something in the warm(er) (marginally) February sun that generates equine wanderlust. One year, my little mare decided to take a hike -- through a 4 ft frozen drift, a log fence, a VERY thorny prickly ash hedge, and a 7-ft pile of snow along the road. Fortunately one of the boarders spotted her breaking through and herded her back to the barn from his car<img border="0" src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0">

[MacnRio]

Yup, I had the same thing happen. One of my 2.5 yr old&nbsp;horses "busted out", the other 2.5 yr old&nbsp;followed. Didn't go very far and grain sure gets them back in a hurry (nothin like shaking a feed pan full of sweet feed! lol).&nbsp; Thing is, my other 2 horses - 19 and 8 - stayed in the pasture. Good horses! They got treats, the others got a stern talking to <IMG src="smileys/smiley7.gif" border="0">&nbsp;lol
It would appear that the one got spooked by something, there was one broken down spot, another that looked like he had tried, two totally different corners of the pasture <IMG src="smileys/smiley5.gif" border="0">. Neighbours figure it could be there are a lot of deer around, and out and about, with this warmer weather...

[Flyin' High]

judy - the ground has been melting where i live for a few days now, so unfortunately the golf course will have unexpected horse tracks to clean up in the spring<IMG src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">
Kaleena - Nike is doing amazing!! and im going to back him in march, during my break from school. we actually recently found out that he's turning 3 this year, and not 2 like we were led to believe, so his training has been pushed ahead...and he's doing really well! we have the bit in his mouth, and he's used to the pressure of the surscingle being tightened around him. AND last week you would have thought he was a circus pony... i tied 2 BRIGHT balloons to his surcingle while he was lunging as part of his desensitization, and i swear he though it was fun!! he didnt care at all!!
i have move again, but this is the LAST TIME!!! the barn i was at got way too small for nike's stride, so i had to make the decision to move him. but im soo happy where he is right now, and he's happy and healthy, growing like mad, but being the most well behaved horse in the barn... it also helps that i met my new bf at this barn!! hehe<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">

[Kaleena]

Very cool, glad to hear he is doing well. I know the barn you were at before and I don't blame you for wanting a bigger arena! Also the stalls in the arena are definitely not big either. <br /> <br />I backed Cirrus at the end of last summer (august) but only about 5-6times. She turns 3 in May so I'm going to start getting up on her again at the beginning of March to do some light work maybe once or twice a week.<img border="0" src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0">

[Morrigan]

Kaleena and Flyin high where do you guys board your horses and what breed are they.

[Kaleena]

Hi Morrigan, <br /> <br />I currently board at Harrogate Hills just outside of Mt. Albert. Flyin' High use to board her old mare there too for a short while. The barn she just moved from is also in the same area and is where I started taking lessons at, thats how I know about the arena size and such. <br /> <br />I have an almost 17 year TB mare and an almost 3 year old TB/Welsh cob filly.<img border="0" src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0">

[Megan Ball]

Hi I'm new here and I have a loose story to tell, well actually I have several to tell, but I'll only say this one. I was&nbsp;6 months pregnant and my in laws decided to visit. Well before we got home they beat us there just as a HUGE bolt of thunder cracked down next to my paddock and my TB Rocky decided to jump through the wooden fence and gallop down the road into another neighbors field. So when we arrived I found my father inlaw appx 1/2 km in a field trying to catch Rocky. So I went after cause there is no way that Rocky will allow a stranger to catch him. So I spent almost an hour on foot trudging though grass that was waist high trying to catch a TB playing the catch me if you can game( you guys must know the one where they let you get within 10 feet of them, then kick up their heels and heads off towards the hills, laughing all the way) I finally caught him and then had to walk all the way back cause I was too big to get on him and ride him home. Plus to top it off I was in my work dress uniform! But at least it wasn't winter like you Flyin High. That would have been too much I think.

[Terry3025]

LOL Meghan- thats quite a story! Nice to meet you as well! <br /> <br />When Major was boarded at at breeding/lesson barn there were several loose horses and loose dogs (ran a dog boarding kennel as well). Well Major was in one field that was basically all downhill with a little pond at the bottom. He was in a field with youngsters (teaching them manners, I guess) and their stallion got loose. Like this stallion is physco (sp?), when breeding a mare, you literally have no power over him. He was also severely abused at another barn, so he's not to fond of men. Anyways, he got out and decided to run over to Major's paddock. Well Major being the "protective gentleman" as he is, eagerly greets the stallion. The stallion is all puffed up and Major is squealing his head off. The owners of the farm could hear Major squeling like a girl. That was embarrassing, but at least the stud didn't break into a field with mares. There would have been a ot of unwanted pregnancies that day <img border="0" src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">

[sugar]

<IMG src="smileys/smiley3.gif" border="0">I was at work in old Gatineau and my hubby was working from home in Wendover.&nbsp; I get a call from him that the horses are out and to get home STAT!&nbsp; So I being the horsey one and him being the patient non horsey male that is a "natural" though.&nbsp;
While I am booting home he&nbsp;builds an entire fence trapping them.&nbsp; This is what he used as fencing materials:
one backhoe,
lots of brush strung together with old electric fencing wire,
stretched and tied up&nbsp;some&nbsp;old fencing that&nbsp;had been rolled up,
a ladder and some boards balanced on its steps over to the wood pile
a wood pile
a rope with branches hanging&nbsp;from it
roll of fencing stretched from a vertical wedged board to the end of the backhoe
Some fence posts pooped back into some old postholes to hang parts of the above on.
So the horses were all quietly munching fresh clover safely fenced in by the time I got home.&nbsp; He had the gate open betwen the "new pasture" and their proper pasture and they meandered back in minutes before I got home.
This is the reason why ALL horse loving women should marry Journeymen carpenters...they are wickedly handy!!
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[*Giddy Up*]

LOL FH! Not good to hear that they got out, but when you put that aside, your story IS quite funny.<IMG src="smileys/smiley17.gif" border="0">
Sugar- Very true. Ya know what Red from the Red Green show says, "If the women don't find you handsome, they'll atleast find you handy"<IMG src="smileys/smiley2.gif" border="0">