StoneHeartFarm
Veteran Member
Okay guys,
I need advice on ponies that don't come under the hood, and I know we've got a lot of horse people here. I'm sure there is a proper way to proceed and I want to be considered polite, so I need you guys to give me some advice.
My furnace contractor was out at the new house yesterday and called me last night with some news. He said:
"We were eating lunch and we heard an awful noise outside. I looked out and that horse across the street was charging straight toward the house! So, I shut the door because I thought it was coming right in with us. Then, I heard the horse screaming and your neighbor screaming and I didn't know what to do."
To make a long story short, my neighbor was cleaning her barn and tied her horse to the swingset while she shoveled the stuff. Something spooked the horse and it took off with the swing set. It lost the swings when it jumped the fence, came down my circle drive and headed back toward the road. Unfortunately, it fell at the ditch and broke its leg (real bad) and they had to put it down.
We enjoyed watching this horse when it was pastured across the street and we're going to miss it. It was a part of moving to the farm we really looked forward to. We called the neighbor last night, asked what happened, and expressed our sympathy.
My question. Is there anything else I should do or be aware of? I know this sounds dumb, but the horse community is a whole lot different than the tractor community, and I'm sure there are polite little things that should be done. I don't want the neighbor to sue me because her horse got hurt and I don't want her to hate me because I didn't do the right things. I just don't know what the right things are. Kinda hoping Richard and some of you other horse folks can give me some horse sense here.
SHF
I need advice on ponies that don't come under the hood, and I know we've got a lot of horse people here. I'm sure there is a proper way to proceed and I want to be considered polite, so I need you guys to give me some advice.
My furnace contractor was out at the new house yesterday and called me last night with some news. He said:
"We were eating lunch and we heard an awful noise outside. I looked out and that horse across the street was charging straight toward the house! So, I shut the door because I thought it was coming right in with us. Then, I heard the horse screaming and your neighbor screaming and I didn't know what to do."
To make a long story short, my neighbor was cleaning her barn and tied her horse to the swingset while she shoveled the stuff. Something spooked the horse and it took off with the swing set. It lost the swings when it jumped the fence, came down my circle drive and headed back toward the road. Unfortunately, it fell at the ditch and broke its leg (real bad) and they had to put it down.
We enjoyed watching this horse when it was pastured across the street and we're going to miss it. It was a part of moving to the farm we really looked forward to. We called the neighbor last night, asked what happened, and expressed our sympathy.
My question. Is there anything else I should do or be aware of? I know this sounds dumb, but the horse community is a whole lot different than the tractor community, and I'm sure there are polite little things that should be done. I don't want the neighbor to sue me because her horse got hurt and I don't want her to hate me because I didn't do the right things. I just don't know what the right things are. Kinda hoping Richard and some of you other horse folks can give me some horse sense here.
SHF