I definitely think this is a case where so much could be done to EDUCATE everyone involved. There is so much information missing. The local ordinance was obviously meant for biggie horses. Although to me, the horse, at 31" has got to be well more than 100lbs. Both of my yearlings are barely 30" and weigh 164 and 182 respectively.The issue of the amount of acreage crossed my mind when I was reading another thread about how many horses some of you have on small acreage. I hope for the kids sake they can keep their horse.
i agree with the girl walking behind the horse. i was kicked by a filly and i still have the bruise and a huge dent in my leg! lol! sorry i didnt mean to get ya all worked up. i do walk around barefoot, but i'm extra careful and its usually only to fill water buckets.MRM - IMO running around a barnyard barefoot is asking for a lot of problems - getting stepped on with zero protection is just one of them. Introducing horse manure into a cut or scrape, no matter how tiny, is another. If you think wearing shoes is a pain, trying wearing a cast because a foot bone was broken by being stepped on. Nobody, and I mean Nobody, goes barefoot or even wears sandles around my barn. Tennis shoes or boots at minimum.
This is because if someone DOES get hurt or get an infection, even if they are doing something dumb, I could be LIABLE!!
As I stated, under NO circumstances would I let a 3 & 4 YO around a stallion of any age. Yes he is being kept by himself, but stallions can act stupid for absolutely no reason, and head butt, toss their head around, strike, kick, rear, buck, and bite without provocation. To allow that little girl to walk directly behind the horse is also stupid. Sorry if I sound harsh, but I'd rather sound harsh then have to be sad because a little girl got kicked in the head or the guts because she was walking where she shouldn't be with 2 adults within arm's length! They can't beat the speed of a horse kick. Can you imagine the press frenzy if that little girl got kicked on TV?? First they'd lose their children, then probably go to jail and lose everything.
Think it doesn't happen??? A neighbor boy, who I had just TOLD TO GET OUT OF THE PASTURE, bent down behind one of my OLD BROODMARES to pick a stick up. She caught a glimpse of him, kicked and caught him in the face! Luckily no permanent damage, but some awful pain.
A lady at the show that I apprenticed a few weeks ago was kicked in the face while clipping a leg.
A friend of mine was knocked by a hock when trying to pick up the foot to clean it. She raised top quality Appaloosas for 30 years.
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