Just Us N Texas
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Yesterday I came toodling in the driveway with a load of perishable groceries in the car. I got out of the car, heard a horrible racket in the barn, wondered what in the he!! the noise was. It was a scary noise. Sounded like someone tearing the whole thing down. I got closer to the barn, and saw a buckskin colt standing in the aisleway. But wait, he wasn't really in the aisleway, he doesn't usually stay in the barn, what the heck is going on? I got up to the colt, and saw that he had been in the stall, had jumped the stall gate, and had gotten his left back leg hung in the opening (small though it was) of the stall gate and the side of the stall. I didn't know what to do at that time except try and stop his thrashing around trying to get loose. He belongs to my daughters, fairly new purchase, and I don't know him very well. I was also the only person on the farm. Got hold of his halter, and started soothing, shaky reassurances and got him settled. Called daughter (thank God for cell phones) and told her to get there and help me and to speed! I could just see him pulling that back leg off, and was terribly worried it was already broken! I slowly, very slowly, held onto him while edging around him to get to the leg that was hung and try to assess the situation. I tried moving the gate, but part of his weight was on it, no go, not even a budge. I just stood there patting and cooing to him with one hand, trying to hold him secure with the other. I finally decided that I had to get that gate open somehow, got it unhooked finally, ( no easy task with part of him on it) and evidently he felt the pressure relax on his leg. He squatted down ever so quietly, with me holding on to him and begging him to not fight it, and he said to me "thank you lady, but you don't quite know what you are doing, so I'll take over from here. " When he was squatted as far as he could on the other leg, he calmly lunged, and got the leg dislodged. He has some cuts, and is obviously quite swollen, but using the leg really well, and doing okay today. I want to brag on that young man, he was kind, trusting, and may I say street smart. I wonder if he has gotten himself into scrapes before, and trusted humans to help him? Whatever, he gained a lot of points in my eyes! I was shaking so hard when it was over, I wanted someone to pass me a great big stiff drink, or at least a bottle of tranquilizers!