I got slammed into stall door!

JoAnne · 01-14-2007, 09:06 PM

Duh! I got careless with the horse I am leasing...was on auto pilot when leading him into his stall and he barged past me, pinning my arm inbetween the door as it was closing! Finger and arm all swollen and black and blue and cut. oh well. I discplined him after put chain leadshank over his nose and led him around the yard making him stop, back up, etc. He is usually pretty well behaved on the ground so I started taking his decent manners for granted and did not make him stop before entering the stall like I usually do. Sometimes it is the horses we are most relaxed around who hurt us, cause we stop paying close attention. The big warmblood gelding with a biting problem is acting like a perfect gentleman, because I am always ultra careful with him and never deviate from our routine of stopping before entering stall, chain over his nose etc. Moral of the story...stay on top of the easy familiar horses too, as we get so used to them we forget they can forget their manners at time too!

Jadesmygirl · 01-14-2007, 09:09 PM

Good reminder!!
But, I am sorry you had to get hurt to give it!! Hope your arm gets better quickly!

Carri · 01-14-2007, 09:10 PM

I am so sorry! Are you OK? Did you go for X-rays?
Yep, amazingly my daughter fell off of her pony and broke her arm 2 weeks ago, from a standstill, because she was so relaxed on her pony.
It always happens when you drop your guard...

jyates · 01-14-2007, 09:21 PM

I'm sorry to hear that you got hurt. Hopefully it's nothing but some bruising!

I'm not sure we can ever be 100% relaxed on a horse or around a horse. Not meaning we have to be tensed up when we are riding or working with our horses but we should always have an awareness of where we are and what we are doing. I had a deer walk out on a pipeline I was ridng on a while back and one of our geldings I was riding saw it and spun around so quickly that I thought he had turned the saddle around on him. Thank goodness I wasn't off in la la land or I would have been left hanging in mid air where the horse used to be.

Those dang south arkansas horse eating deers.

tuffsmom · 01-14-2007, 09:28 PM

One thing we were told from an old horse trainer was the horse you trust the most will be the one that hurts you the worst. I have never forgotten that advise. It's real easy to take their manners for granted.

recklesshoundog · 01-14-2007, 09:37 PM

Ouch!! Hope it feels better soon. Your right, of course, it's when you think it's just fine, they feel the need to remind you they still can misbehave.

JoAnne · 01-14-2007, 10:01 PM

thanks guys! I think my pride is hurt worse than my arm! It is at worst a mild sprain, mostly bruised up. He moved off me as soon as I yelled. Yes it is true, the horses we trust will hurt us, not cause they want to, but cause we think we have them figured out and get a bit cocky and careless around them...glad my reality check was relatively mild.

Mule Fool · 01-15-2007, 08:15 AM

Thanks for the reminder Joanne. Maybe it'll keep someone else from being hurt.

jkbplay · 01-15-2007, 08:22 AM

Glad to hear you're okay. We all need a reminder every now and then (keeps us on our toes!) Thanks for mine.

b-mark · 01-16-2007, 08:30 AM

Glad, nothing worse happened! And yes, thanks for the reminder.

Technically, the same won't happen to me - I open the gate from the pasture and our 2 mosey off into their stalls by themselves. However, I do make Mark stop at the gate in the morning - before I take the lead off. And now I'll make sure I won't forget!

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Those dang south arkansas horse eating deers.

Ummmmm.....

JoAnne · 01-16-2007, 09:05 AM

Yup- usually I make Charlie stop before entering the stall. But I was in a rush so figured I'd skip it and lead him right in,, he took that as an opporutnity to run into the stall! Duh live and learn, my own advice to others was establish a safe routine and NEVER vary from it. What is the saying, never say never? thanks for good wishes you all sent.

dimpleflirt · 01-16-2007, 12:16 PM

I'm so paranoid of the "Hospital Bill" to trust our Kid horses 100%. The kids call me a "nag", because I get after them about not letting their gaurd down. I normally get the ,"AW mom but they never do anything loosen up". Its so nice to be young and not have to pay the bills!

JoAnne · 01-16-2007, 12:30 PM

Show them my post ! hope your kids wear helmets! If they keep nagging you like that, tell them you'll take away their horses.

Wish I still had the newspaper article, there was a young teenage girl here who died last year on a trail ride, cause she fell off, head hit a rock. She wasn't wearing a helmet. She used to argue with her dad about it. Well she thought she solved it by wearing a helmet when she rode away from the house, then when she was far enuf away she would take it off and hang it on a tree. Her sister, who was with her when she died, admitted that and am sure will regret helping her younger sister outsmart their dad for the rest of her days. In the article, her dad said he used to threaten the girls to take away their horses if their attitudes didn't improve, but he never followed thru, and he wished he did. Very sad.

Kids lack judgment, so do we sometimes! Esp on the ground it is easy to take them for granted too many times, take a shortcut with tying properly etc. best of luck with kids and hoses check up on them with spies when they are out of view!

iris_surreal_euphoria · 01-16-2007, 12:39 PM

I hate to hear you were hurt! That's awful. When we trust our horses so much is when we let our guard down and that's what gets us hurt! I have to keep myself in check since I'm so comfortable around my mare. Although she wouldn't mean to she could always do something that would get one or both of us hurt. You just never know... I've been lucky so far! Like my farrier said... "Trust a horse like you would a drunk!" Poor man got his ribcage bit into by a colt he had raised. He wasn't paying attention and the colt took a chunk out of him. If it hadn't been for the carharts the horse would have broken ribs... scary stuff... you take care and thanks for the "it can happen" reminder!

dimpleflirt · 01-16-2007, 03:13 PM

I tell them horrible stories all the time of what COULD happen to keep them on their toes.My youngest does wear a helment but I have not ordered one for myself. Yes, I have had a pretty nasty concussion yrs ago from a fall breaking in a horse so I should know better. The girls never ride out without me because we are in a neighborhood and ride on public streets and in a public park.I'm more afraid of them being attacked by pitt bulls than the horses doing something.Its happened to me twice on horse back.We don't have the luxury of riding in the country unless we haul out of town to a friends farm of playday.This is why I've said in previous post I went thru alot of horses to find the two personalities that could tolerate living quietly in the suberbs.And if I sell my 3yr old in the furure he's going for a chunk of change grade or not,he never goes out for a ride fresh and uncontrolable..Even with that said you never know when they will jump at something for the first time, they are prey animals after all.
Any how ,,Its good to hear the you were not hurt worse than you were.

JoAnne · 01-16-2007, 03:17 PM

Dimplfirt----what? you don't wear a helmet? The mom? Please wear one...nothing sells like do as I do! and for your own protection too. Your horses you picked for your kids sound real good and your kids are lucky they have you to ride with...neither of my parents rode tho my dad did used to feed my horse!

dimpleflirt · 01-16-2007, 05:04 PM

Lack of money mainly.Every time I think of ordering one there is a lack of funds. Also with my weight I'm normally on foot walking , jogging ,or riding my bike while the kids ride the horses.The only way I'm gonna down size my sexy body is to sweat it off. I'm gong to get one this spring. I should be wearing on while riding my bike tooo... while Going up hills I'm guilty of holding the horse's tails and letting the pull me up.

Your right ...I'm so bad.

b-mark · 01-16-2007, 07:21 PM

... holding horses tails to bike uphill?????

Well, you SHOULD wear a helmet - but then, you know that. I knew it too, and put buying one off for lack of cash. After my big fall (thank God, not on the head) it was my next 'horsie' thing to buy (even before the wormer!)

I really think we have a tendency to forget about what "COULD" happen - until we are less than gently reminded.

dimpleflirt · 01-16-2007, 07:53 PM

I'm going to be able to buy one next month in addition to a padded body protector, Which my daughter needs for jumping.It is easy to get out of the habit of wearing a helment out West.Hardly no one wears them around here.An yes I hitch a pull from the horses by holding on to their tails or the stirrup leather .That is something I get them use to early on,because when we are at the park I'm forever having strange kids running up to us and the first thing they go for is the tail.

Being around the general public we do as much weird stuff to the horses as possible to desensitize them.

Crazy4paints · 01-16-2007, 08:08 PM

Hope you heal okay, and glad you didnt get hurt worse. That is a VERY good reminder for all of us who have "Big" kids. Always know what they are capable of, even though they are gentle with us most of the time.

Take care, and best wishes for a speedy recovery !!

01-14-2007, 09:06 PM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	I got slammed into stall door! Duh! I got careless with the horse I am leasing...was on auto pilot when leading him into his stall and he barged past me, pinning my arm inbetween the door as it was closing! Finger and arm all swollen and black and blue and cut. oh well. I discplined him after put chain leadshank over his nose and led him around the yard making him stop, back up, etc. He is usually pretty well behaved on the ground so I started taking his decent manners for granted and did not make him stop before entering the stall like I usually do. Sometimes it is the horses we are most relaxed around who hurt us, cause we stop paying close attention. The big warmblood gelding with a biting problem is acting like a perfect gentleman, because I am always ultra careful with him and never deviate from our routine of stopping before entering stall, chain over his nose etc. Moral of the story...stay on top of the easy familiar horses too, as we get so used to them we forget they can forget their manners at time too!

01-14-2007, 09:09 PM
Jadesmygirl Started Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,543	Good reminder!! But, I am sorry you had to get hurt to give it!! Hope your arm gets better quickly!

01-14-2007, 09:10 PM
Carri Bombproof Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Alpharetta, Georgia Posts: 10,608	I am so sorry! Are you OK? Did you go for X-rays? Yep, amazingly my daughter fell off of her pony and broke her arm 2 weeks ago, from a standstill, because she was so relaxed on her pony. It always happens when you drop your guard...

01-14-2007, 09:21 PM
jyates Coming two Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: SouthWest Arkansas Posts: 1,504	I'm sorry to hear that you got hurt. Hopefully it's nothing but some bruising! I'm not sure we can ever be 100% relaxed on a horse or around a horse. Not meaning we have to be tensed up when we are riding or working with our horses but we should always have an awareness of where we are and what we are doing. I had a deer walk out on a pipeline I was ridng on a while back and one of our geldings I was riding saw it and spun around so quickly that I thought he had turned the saddle around on him. Thank goodness I wasn't off in la la land or I would have been left hanging in mid air where the horse used to be. Those dang south arkansas horse eating deers. __________________

01-14-2007, 09:28 PM
tuffsmom Seasoned Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 4,247	One thing we were told from an old horse trainer was the horse you trust the most will be the one that hurts you the worst. I have never forgotten that advise. It's real easy to take their manners for granted.

01-14-2007, 09:37 PM
recklesshoundog Started Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NY Posts: 2,549	Ouch!! Hope it feels better soon. Your right, of course, it's when you think it's just fine, they feel the need to remind you they still can misbehave.

01-14-2007, 10:01 PM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	thanks guys! I think my pride is hurt worse than my arm! It is at worst a mild sprain, mostly bruised up. He moved off me as soon as I yelled. Yes it is true, the horses we trust will hurt us, not cause they want to, but cause we think we have them figured out and get a bit cocky and careless around them...glad my reality check was relatively mild.

01-15-2007, 08:15 AM
Mule Fool Started Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Washington State Posts: 2,283	Thanks for the reminder Joanne. Maybe it'll keep someone else from being hurt.

01-15-2007, 08:22 AM
jkbplay Yearling Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 759	Glad to hear you're okay. We all need a reminder every now and then (keeps us on our toes!) Thanks for mine. __________________ K- You grow up the day you have your first real laugh - at yourself. - Ethel Barrymore

01-16-2007, 09:05 AM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	Yup- usually I make Charlie stop before entering the stall. But I was in a rush so figured I'd skip it and lead him right in,, he took that as an opporutnity to run into the stall! Duh live and learn, my own advice to others was establish a safe routine and NEVER vary from it. What is the saying, never say never? thanks for good wishes you all sent.

01-16-2007, 12:16 PM
dimpleflirt Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,120	I'm so paranoid of the "Hospital Bill" to trust our Kid horses 100%. The kids call me a "nag", because I get after them about not letting their gaurd down. I normally get the ,"AW mom but they never do anything loosen up". Its so nice to be young and not have to pay the bills!

01-16-2007, 12:30 PM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	Show them my post ! hope your kids wear helmets! If they keep nagging you like that, tell them you'll take away their horses. Wish I still had the newspaper article, there was a young teenage girl here who died last year on a trail ride, cause she fell off, head hit a rock. She wasn't wearing a helmet. She used to argue with her dad about it. Well she thought she solved it by wearing a helmet when she rode away from the house, then when she was far enuf away she would take it off and hang it on a tree. Her sister, who was with her when she died, admitted that and am sure will regret helping her younger sister outsmart their dad for the rest of her days. In the article, her dad said he used to threaten the girls to take away their horses if their attitudes didn't improve, but he never followed thru, and he wished he did. Very sad. Kids lack judgment, so do we sometimes! Esp on the ground it is easy to take them for granted too many times, take a shortcut with tying properly etc. best of luck with kids and hoses check up on them with spies when they are out of view!

01-16-2007, 12:39 PM
iris_surreal_euphoria Long Yearling Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Somerset, Kentucky Posts: 1,077	I hate to hear you were hurt! That's awful. When we trust our horses so much is when we let our guard down and that's what gets us hurt! I have to keep myself in check since I'm so comfortable around my mare. Although she wouldn't mean to she could always do something that would get one or both of us hurt. You just never know... I've been lucky so far! Like my farrier said... "Trust a horse like you would a drunk!" Poor man got his ribcage bit into by a colt he had raised. He wasn't paying attention and the colt took a chunk out of him. If it hadn't been for the carharts the horse would have broken ribs... scary stuff... you take care and thanks for the "it can happen" reminder! __________________ If wishes were horses this room would need a good mucking! Visit our website: http://www.freewebs.com/lazziassacres/

01-16-2007, 03:13 PM
dimpleflirt Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,120	I tell them horrible stories all the time of what COULD happen to keep them on their toes.My youngest does wear a helment but I have not ordered one for myself. Yes, I have had a pretty nasty concussion yrs ago from a fall breaking in a horse so I should know better. The girls never ride out without me because we are in a neighborhood and ride on public streets and in a public park.I'm more afraid of them being attacked by pitt bulls than the horses doing something.Its happened to me twice on horse back.We don't have the luxury of riding in the country unless we haul out of town to a friends farm of playday.This is why I've said in previous post I went thru alot of horses to find the two personalities that could tolerate living quietly in the suberbs.And if I sell my 3yr old in the furure he's going for a chunk of change grade or not,he never goes out for a ride fresh and uncontrolable..Even with that said you never know when they will jump at something for the first time, they are prey animals after all. Any how ,,Its good to hear the you were not hurt worse than you were.

01-16-2007, 03:17 PM
JoAnne Started Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 2,442	Dimplfirt----what? you don't wear a helmet? The mom? Please wear one...nothing sells like do as I do! and for your own protection too. Your horses you picked for your kids sound real good and your kids are lucky they have you to ride with...neither of my parents rode tho my dad did used to feed my horse!

01-16-2007, 05:04 PM
dimpleflirt Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,120	Lack of money mainly.Every time I think of ordering one there is a lack of funds. Also with my weight I'm normally on foot walking , jogging ,or riding my bike while the kids ride the horses.The only way I'm gonna down size my sexy body is to sweat it off. I'm gong to get one this spring. I should be wearing on while riding my bike tooo... while Going up hills I'm guilty of holding the horse's tails and letting the pull me up. Your right ...I'm so bad.

01-16-2007, 07:21 PM
b-mark Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 700	... holding horses tails to bike uphill????? Well, you SHOULD wear a helmet - but then, you know that. I knew it too, and put buying one off for lack of cash. After my big fall (thank God, not on the head) it was my next 'horsie' thing to buy (even before the wormer!) I really think we have a tendency to forget about what "COULD" happen - until we are less than gently reminded. __________________ Gina & the critter crew http://www.sunshine.gawdproductions.ca

01-16-2007, 07:53 PM
dimpleflirt Long Yearling Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,120	I'm going to be able to buy one next month in addition to a padded body protector, Which my daughter needs for jumping.It is easy to get out of the habit of wearing a helment out West.Hardly no one wears them around here.An yes I hitch a pull from the horses by holding on to their tails or the stirrup leather .That is something I get them use to early on,because when we are at the park I'm forever having strange kids running up to us and the first thing they go for is the tail. Being around the general public we do as much weird stuff to the horses as possible to desensitize them.

01-16-2007, 08:08 PM
Crazy4paints Coming two Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Southern Indiana Posts: 1,699	Hope you heal okay, and glad you didnt get hurt worse. That is a VERY good reminder for all of us who have "Big" kids. Always know what they are capable of, even though they are gentle with us most of the time. Take care, and best wishes for a speedy recovery !!