We have quite a history with animals, some really funny stories, but not funny at the time! Well, here is one for 2009. Marty and Larry went to work on a man's air condition unit. This man lives about a mile and a half from us. He is going to move and had a cow and horse he can't take with them. Larry was interested in the cow, but of course Marty was interested in the horse. They ask the man about the cow. He had already promised the cow to somebody else, but the horse he still had. When Marty inquired about how much he was asking for the horse the man told him he would give it to him. Larry and Marty came home and was excited about getting the horse for nothing. My first question was "is it sway back? No, ok is it crosseyed, blind?" No, in fact the horse is a good looking quarter horse, as you can see by the pictures, and seems to be gentle. She comes when we call her, she can be petted and led with a halter. A man next to the horse owner, said he rode her and she does real good. Not much of a story you say...... Well, now begins the story.....
A friend of ours and her husband were excited Marty and Larry was getting a horse. She loves horses, rides, and knows quite a lot about them. They brought over their horse trailor so Marty could get the horse home, as we didn't know how well the horse was with riders, and not wanting to just take someone's opinion. It was misting rain and the horse was out in the pasture with the cow. So our friend's husband went out in the field to see about getting the horse, WITHOUT A HALTER OR ROPE. He went right up to the horse and was petting her, but didn't have a rope to put on her to lead her to the trailor. In the next pasture, was three other horses belonging to someone else. Those horses started running the fence line and got our horse to running. Marty and our friend was in the upper part of the field and her husband was in the lower part of the field. One of the horses in the other pasture was running toward the fence and either slid when trying to stop or was going to jump the fence and didn't make it, in either case it got caught in the fence and fell down entangled in the fence. Our friend was going to try to get it loose but it was scared and kept trying to get up and finally pulled free, but cut it's leg bad in doing so. Now the race was on to find out who owned the horse and get them to call a vet and get that horse taken care of, before it bled to death. After going here and there, calling this one and that one, the owner was notified. The horse is ok but the vet said it cut a legiment in it's leg and the horse just wouldn't be the same anymore :( We don't know why those other horses went crazy like that. No one was anywhere around them.
Marty got our horse home and put her in the pasture with our 4 heifers (cows who have not had babies) and Buddy our bull. We thought it would be fine because she, the horse, was in a pasture with a cow. Well, were we ever wrong!! Our herd was scared of the horse and I guess she knew it because she chased them through the fence! Larry's brother called us and said " your cows are running out behind my house". We thought he was funning with us. haha on us! Larry's brother was on his porch with another neighbor and they saw the horse chasing the cows and then Larry's brother-in-law told Marty he saw the horse chase the cows around the pond 2 times and thought to himself "where did that horse come from". Well, the cows went through the electric fence and across Marty's back yard, Larry's brother-in-law's property, Larry's brother's property and two went up the road to the church. A neighbor on his 4 wheeler cut them off (at the pass, LOL) and drove them back to where the others were. Marty, with a bucket of feed, went through the woods and pastures of our neighbor behind us, to try to find them. Larry and I were in the T-rex (a side by side 4 wheeler type vehicle), going up and down the rode looking for the cows, looking for the neighbor with a key to unlock the gate so we could get in the pastures behind our house. Marty had to go on a work call (his own air conditioning business) so it was up to Larry and me to get the cows home. The cows followed Larry across the neighbor's pastures until they came to the ditch, and they didn't want to cross the ditch. We finally got them across after Larry talked his brother into putting his dog up. The dog was wanting to chase the cows and they weren't about to turn their backs on that dog. We led the cows home (bribing them with sweet feed all the way). While I was leading them the last little way home, Larry went to open the fence up to put them back in the pasture and put the horse in the other pasture away from the cows. THE HORSE, BY THE WAY, DIDN'T LEAVE THE PASTURE, even with the fence down!!! Maybe the horse wanted the pasture all for herself. After at least 5 hours, maybe more, the cows are home, Larry and I are wore to a frazzle, and ALL the neighbors have heard Marty's free horse caused Larry and I to have to chase down our run away cows!! It might not sound like much, but if you have ever had to round -up runaway cows, well......let's just hope you don't ever have too!
Marty got our horse home and put her in the pasture with our 4 heifers (cows who have not had babies) and Buddy our bull. We thought it would be fine because she, the horse, was in a pasture with a cow. Well, were we ever wrong!! Our herd was scared of the horse and I guess she knew it because she chased them through the fence! Larry's brother called us and said " your cows are running out behind my house". We thought he was funning with us. haha on us! Larry's brother was on his porch with another neighbor and they saw the horse chasing the cows and then Larry's brother-in-law told Marty he saw the horse chase the cows around the pond 2 times and thought to himself "where did that horse come from". Well, the cows went through the electric fence and across Marty's back yard, Larry's brother-in-law's property, Larry's brother's property and two went up the road to the church. A neighbor on his 4 wheeler cut them off (at the pass, LOL) and drove them back to where the others were. Marty, with a bucket of feed, went through the woods and pastures of our neighbor behind us, to try to find them. Larry and I were in the T-rex (a side by side 4 wheeler type vehicle), going up and down the rode looking for the cows, looking for the neighbor with a key to unlock the gate so we could get in the pastures behind our house. Marty had to go on a work call (his own air conditioning business) so it was up to Larry and me to get the cows home. The cows followed Larry across the neighbor's pastures until they came to the ditch, and they didn't want to cross the ditch. We finally got them across after Larry talked his brother into putting his dog up. The dog was wanting to chase the cows and they weren't about to turn their backs on that dog. We led the cows home (bribing them with sweet feed all the way). While I was leading them the last little way home, Larry went to open the fence up to put them back in the pasture and put the horse in the other pasture away from the cows. THE HORSE, BY THE WAY, DIDN'T LEAVE THE PASTURE, even with the fence down!!! Maybe the horse wanted the pasture all for herself. After at least 5 hours, maybe more, the cows are home, Larry and I are wore to a frazzle, and ALL the neighbors have heard Marty's free horse caused Larry and I to have to chase down our run away cows!! It might not sound like much, but if you have ever had to round -up runaway cows, well......let's just hope you don't ever have too!
