uwharrie
Well-Known Member
Have been planning on driving Frosty in an upcoming Xmas parade so decided to take him out yesterday afternoon to see how he would react to bells. Of course like almost everything else he was not fazed. We have been driving up and down our road for several months now. Quite a few people don't keep thier dogs up but all they do is bark and occasionally follow. He totally ignores them. There is a Golden at the top of the hill in an invisable fence. For a couple of months we gave him a wide birth and he obviously wanted to do more than bark.
But after several months the dog never came out of the yard nor even got close to the street. We pretty much ignored him.
Yesterday we drove to the top of the road, the dog was there in his yard barking his head off but never came close to the road.
We turned around and starting to trot back, the dog was no where in site, as soon as we got even with thier drive the dog charged out and lunged at Frosty. It happened so quick I dont know if the dog actually made contact or not ( no bite marks on the horse)
Well Frosty freaked, started kicking and bucking, bolted and before I could get him under control went off the road and headed for a drain colvert, wheel hit the edge of that but I managed to stay in, he then headed for the opposite side of the side street which had a steep bank
that is when he lost me. He then headed straight down the road. All I could think of was thank goodness it is a dead end and there are no dogs ( only two houses) I saw him turn in the drive of one of them and thought he would stop.
He didnt, he tried to go thru the woods and the only thing I can figure is the "arm" on the backrest caught a tree.
When I got there the poor guy was laying on his side on top of the shafts and the cart was upright. A kind neighbor got there the same time I did. I told him to hold his head down while I got him unhooked ( thank goodness for lots of buckles)
I just knew the little guy had broken something.
Lucky for both of us he never struggled and once I got him unhooked I was able to get him to stand. Nothing broken, not even a scrape or bruise.
I left the cart and harness there and walked him home ( thank goodness only about a 1/2 mile)
The cart suffered a bent armrest, I have scrapes and scratches and a pulled hamstring from my launch into the road bank) but other than that all is well.
Of course the folks who owned the dog did not even have the common decency to call me back last night after I left them a message about the dog coming out of the yard after us.
The sad thing is we do not have a leash law here. But I will report the dog since it actually came out with intentions to bite.
I learned several lessons here, never trust a dog that is not behind a secure fence, Never let your guard down, and figure a way to stay in!!
But after several months the dog never came out of the yard nor even got close to the street. We pretty much ignored him.
Yesterday we drove to the top of the road, the dog was there in his yard barking his head off but never came close to the road.
We turned around and starting to trot back, the dog was no where in site, as soon as we got even with thier drive the dog charged out and lunged at Frosty. It happened so quick I dont know if the dog actually made contact or not ( no bite marks on the horse)
Well Frosty freaked, started kicking and bucking, bolted and before I could get him under control went off the road and headed for a drain colvert, wheel hit the edge of that but I managed to stay in, he then headed for the opposite side of the side street which had a steep bank
that is when he lost me. He then headed straight down the road. All I could think of was thank goodness it is a dead end and there are no dogs ( only two houses) I saw him turn in the drive of one of them and thought he would stop.
He didnt, he tried to go thru the woods and the only thing I can figure is the "arm" on the backrest caught a tree.
When I got there the poor guy was laying on his side on top of the shafts and the cart was upright. A kind neighbor got there the same time I did. I told him to hold his head down while I got him unhooked ( thank goodness for lots of buckles)
I just knew the little guy had broken something.
Lucky for both of us he never struggled and once I got him unhooked I was able to get him to stand. Nothing broken, not even a scrape or bruise.
I left the cart and harness there and walked him home ( thank goodness only about a 1/2 mile)
The cart suffered a bent armrest, I have scrapes and scratches and a pulled hamstring from my launch into the road bank) but other than that all is well.
Of course the folks who owned the dog did not even have the common decency to call me back last night after I left them a message about the dog coming out of the yard after us.
The sad thing is we do not have a leash law here. But I will report the dog since it actually came out with intentions to bite.
I learned several lessons here, never trust a dog that is not behind a secure fence, Never let your guard down, and figure a way to stay in!!