I am Free!!!!

soccer mom · 06-14-2007, 09:12 AM

Last night at the barn, put my 2 boys out to graze. When it was time to bring them in, my daughter ( who is wearing flipflops) decides to take her horse in. Ok, he is 18 years old and knows there is a treat waiting in the stall for him. She goes ahead and I call my boy Zeke. I am delayed by helping another boarder catch her 3 year old (who thinks it is play time). Starting back to the barn, I hear the unmistakable clatter of hooves on cement and look up to see Cheerio flying out of the barn.....no halter or lead rope attached! Panic sets in as I don't know whether to go to see if my daughter is ok or chase Cheerio down the driveway (which he is making a beeline for the road). I also have Zeke so I do my best impression of deer in the headlights stare and stand there. I finally come to my senses, my daughter walks out of the barn (in tact) and I yell Cheerio!. He slides to a stop and turns around but goes barreling past me. At least this is away from the road. He ducks into the pasture from which my daugher had just removed him. Comes to me, drops his head into the halter and gives me a look like What's wrong with you. I think my heart is beating normally now!

Appylover · 06-14-2007, 09:16 AM

Nice, glad everyone was OK and I bet that was fun!

Nikknock · 06-14-2007, 09:20 AM

Horses...gotta love them!!!! They are such butts.

Hopefully your heart is out of your throat by now. Glad no one was hurt.

gbarmranch · 06-14-2007, 09:21 AM

Aren't they fun to deal with some days

Glad it had a happy ending

Sassy · 06-14-2007, 09:38 AM

Boy horses sure have neet ways of getting the old blood a pumping. Whew...so glad that turned out ok and nobody got hurt!!!

dixie · 06-14-2007, 10:39 AM

At least he decided he knew his name when you did not have a bucket of food in you hands.

Glad it turned out for the best and your heart rate was able to return to normal

Gotta Love Duns · 06-14-2007, 02:42 PM

Isn't it fun to see if your blood pressure works?
I'm glad nothing went seriously wrong and everyone is where they should be!

06-14-2007, 09:12 AM
soccer mom Yearling Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Huber Heights OH Posts: 853	I am Free!!!! Last night at the barn, put my 2 boys out to graze. When it was time to bring them in, my daughter ( who is wearing flipflops) decides to take her horse in. Ok, he is 18 years old and knows there is a treat waiting in the stall for him. She goes ahead and I call my boy Zeke. I am delayed by helping another boarder catch her 3 year old (who thinks it is play time). Starting back to the barn, I hear the unmistakable clatter of hooves on cement and look up to see Cheerio flying out of the barn.....no halter or lead rope attached! Panic sets in as I don't know whether to go to see if my daughter is ok or chase Cheerio down the driveway (which he is making a beeline for the road). I also have Zeke so I do my best impression of deer in the headlights stare and stand there. I finally come to my senses, my daughter walks out of the barn (in tact) and I yell Cheerio!. He slides to a stop and turns around but goes barreling past me. At least this is away from the road. He ducks into the pasture from which my daugher had just removed him. Comes to me, drops his head into the halter and gives me a look like What's wrong with you. I think my heart is beating normally now!

06-14-2007, 09:16 AM
Appylover Long Yearling Join Date: May 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 1,373	Nice, glad everyone was OK and I bet that was fun! __________________ *I work hard so my horse can have a* better life....

06-14-2007, 09:20 AM
Nikknock Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Fruitland Park, FL Posts: 1,131	Horses...gotta love them!!!! They are such butts. Hopefully your heart is out of your throat by now. Glad no one was hurt. __________________ [COLOR="DarkOrchid"][B]When life gets complicated and full of s**t...go clean a stall and rid the world of some of it!!![/B][/COLOR]

06-14-2007, 09:21 AM
gbarmranch Pasture Pet Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mayberry Posts: 32,635	Aren't they fun to deal with some days Glad it had a happy ending __________________ http://home.earthlink.net/~vpgann Quality Foundation Quarter Horses If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself." Augustine of Hippo

06-14-2007, 09:38 AM
Sassy Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Northern Alberta, Canada Posts: 2,338	Boy horses sure have neet ways of getting the old blood a pumping. Whew...so glad that turned out ok and nobody got hurt!!! __________________ A horse which stops dead just before a jump and thus propels its rider into a graceful arc provides a splendid excuse for general merriment. ~ DUKE OF ENDINBURGH ~

06-14-2007, 10:39 AM
dixie Long Yearling Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southwest TN Posts: 1,455	At least he decided he knew his name when you did not have a bucket of food in you hands. Glad it turned out for the best and your heart rate was able to return to normal

06-14-2007, 02:42 PM
Gotta Love Duns Bombproof Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Dixonville, Alberta Posts: 10,798	Isn't it fun to see if your blood pressure works? I'm glad nothing went seriously wrong and everyone is where they should be! __________________ A penny saved is a penny you can spend on your next horse. http://nightfireranch.webs.com/index.htm