I feel so so guilty!
Got down the yard this morning to find my stallion has gone threw 2 fences and gotten in with my geldings... so he lives with them in winter when away from the mares... but he don't get on with them during covering season....
After dragging him out and locking him back into another field, go and check my 2 geldings were are huddled at the end of the field... one has a few little cuts but they both seem ok except a bit scared as expect... i then look round to check my other gelding.... but where is he? Intially i thought he was either behind the other 2 geldings or behind the trailer hiding... but when i got down there he is no where to be found, i quickly look round the field but not many places for him to hind. I then look around outside the field... in the neighbouring gardens... down along the army ditch.... by this point with no sight of him i'm beginning to panick... where on earth is my little gelding!
So i panicked call yard owner for help, they both come out looking around... an hour goes past still can't find him, searched all the fields, neighbouring garden on the yard, can't get out of the gardens, search down the ditches and wander the length of them out onto the quiet lane, over by the caravan site and neighbouring houses...... by this point i'm really panicked! YO phoned the army place asking them if they can check through the cctv footage from last night to see if anyone has walked off with him....
As i come back from the front of the yard i'm being called.... he's been found.... he's stuck though...
Well what we think has happened is the stallion has chased him into a corner, pinned him againest a small fence that just stops then getting to the rubbish behind the barn... he's jumped the fence and stright away hit this rubbish, pinning him in place.... leaving the stable to them bite at him over the fence... He's pushed right into the rubbish to get out of reach and been able to move.... both in shock and pain, can't turn round and can't get out...
We manage to get him out, and i've clipped his wounds, cleaned them and put something on them. Poor little mite, he's really torn up either side of his belly, top of one hind leg and one ear, with lots of open but superficial cuts and lots of swelling and heat.... given him some pain relief and after making sure he was ok, eating, drinking peeing and pooing i've left him to recover in a stable.
I feel so bloody guilty.. i'm normally really hot on making sure my stallion can't get out... but i've been really ill last few days so not 100% and he's discovered a weakness in the fence and taken it out... then just walking through the electric to get to the boys.... first time i've been well enough to go down in the morning so i can't even begin to imagine the panick of my yard owner finding the situation as she's been doing the horses for me am.
I've moved the gelding so they are safe now out of his reach whilst i try to fix the fence, but doesn't change my poor little gelding who gotta beaten up.... i know it could have been a lot worse and thankfully my stallion isn't one who goes to the death or else it could have been a lot worse! Just feel so bloody guilty that i hadn't spotted the weakened fence and could have most likely avoided this.. i had actually thought of bringing the geldings in last night but as weather was dry i left them out... another thing that would have avoided this!
My poor little chap's battle scars..
Got down the yard this morning to find my stallion has gone threw 2 fences and gotten in with my geldings... so he lives with them in winter when away from the mares... but he don't get on with them during covering season....
After dragging him out and locking him back into another field, go and check my 2 geldings were are huddled at the end of the field... one has a few little cuts but they both seem ok except a bit scared as expect... i then look round to check my other gelding.... but where is he? Intially i thought he was either behind the other 2 geldings or behind the trailer hiding... but when i got down there he is no where to be found, i quickly look round the field but not many places for him to hind. I then look around outside the field... in the neighbouring gardens... down along the army ditch.... by this point with no sight of him i'm beginning to panick... where on earth is my little gelding!
So i panicked call yard owner for help, they both come out looking around... an hour goes past still can't find him, searched all the fields, neighbouring garden on the yard, can't get out of the gardens, search down the ditches and wander the length of them out onto the quiet lane, over by the caravan site and neighbouring houses...... by this point i'm really panicked! YO phoned the army place asking them if they can check through the cctv footage from last night to see if anyone has walked off with him....
As i come back from the front of the yard i'm being called.... he's been found.... he's stuck though...
Well what we think has happened is the stallion has chased him into a corner, pinned him againest a small fence that just stops then getting to the rubbish behind the barn... he's jumped the fence and stright away hit this rubbish, pinning him in place.... leaving the stable to them bite at him over the fence... He's pushed right into the rubbish to get out of reach and been able to move.... both in shock and pain, can't turn round and can't get out...
We manage to get him out, and i've clipped his wounds, cleaned them and put something on them. Poor little mite, he's really torn up either side of his belly, top of one hind leg and one ear, with lots of open but superficial cuts and lots of swelling and heat.... given him some pain relief and after making sure he was ok, eating, drinking peeing and pooing i've left him to recover in a stable.
I feel so bloody guilty.. i'm normally really hot on making sure my stallion can't get out... but i've been really ill last few days so not 100% and he's discovered a weakness in the fence and taken it out... then just walking through the electric to get to the boys.... first time i've been well enough to go down in the morning so i can't even begin to imagine the panick of my yard owner finding the situation as she's been doing the horses for me am.
I've moved the gelding so they are safe now out of his reach whilst i try to fix the fence, but doesn't change my poor little gelding who gotta beaten up.... i know it could have been a lot worse and thankfully my stallion isn't one who goes to the death or else it could have been a lot worse! Just feel so bloody guilty that i hadn't spotted the weakened fence and could have most likely avoided this.. i had actually thought of bringing the geldings in last night but as weather was dry i left them out... another thing that would have avoided this!
My poor little chap's battle scars..
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