and it was all my fault. 
has shook me up a bit but all ok.
I was in the field with the horses, my friends were there with their baby- who was meeting Holly over the fence. I had put a rope looped round Rhias neck, well it was the dogs lead. I had been holding her as she can be very in your face, and wanted her back whilst Holly stood there being fussed. She had wondered off munching grass and I had forgotten about it. Then, with Rhi a few feet away, she managed to get her leg through the lead, panicked and lifted her head, with her leg coming up with it and her fighting to get untrapped but by pulling was just getting more and more scared, it was literally her hoof next to her neck. I thought she was going to break a leg or her neck, she was rearing and flying back away from us. She fell to the ground where I ran in and jumped on her holding her legs down, talked to her calmly and unhooked her. She stayed perfectly still when I jumped on her. I knew if I put me in the path of her flying around she would be still. She has always had this thing that she doesn't want to hurt me, and I knew it was the only way to help her. At the same time she trusted me to make things right and fought off her flight instinct. There was a moment between us right then for sure. Although it may be connected to the NH (not very natural to me) thing where a horse is forced to the ground and becomes submissive.
I feel so stupid, I should never have let her wonder off with a lead hanging round her neck. I put her in unnecessary danger, her and my friends and baby so close by. Rhia was a bit shook up after but physically she seemed fine, and she is the kind of horse that will quickly forget it ever happened but I can't stop thinking what if. so I can't get to sleep. No point to the thread just wanted to try and get it out of my mind really.
has shook me up a bit but all ok. I was in the field with the horses, my friends were there with their baby- who was meeting Holly over the fence. I had put a rope looped round Rhias neck, well it was the dogs lead. I had been holding her as she can be very in your face, and wanted her back whilst Holly stood there being fussed. She had wondered off munching grass and I had forgotten about it. Then, with Rhi a few feet away, she managed to get her leg through the lead, panicked and lifted her head, with her leg coming up with it and her fighting to get untrapped but by pulling was just getting more and more scared, it was literally her hoof next to her neck. I thought she was going to break a leg or her neck, she was rearing and flying back away from us. She fell to the ground where I ran in and jumped on her holding her legs down, talked to her calmly and unhooked her. She stayed perfectly still when I jumped on her. I knew if I put me in the path of her flying around she would be still. She has always had this thing that she doesn't want to hurt me, and I knew it was the only way to help her. At the same time she trusted me to make things right and fought off her flight instinct. There was a moment between us right then for sure. Although it may be connected to the NH (not very natural to me) thing where a horse is forced to the ground and becomes submissive.
I feel so stupid, I should never have let her wonder off with a lead hanging round her neck. I put her in unnecessary danger, her and my friends and baby so close by. Rhia was a bit shook up after but physically she seemed fine, and she is the kind of horse that will quickly forget it ever happened but I can't stop thinking what if.
so I can't get to sleep. No point to the thread just wanted to try and get it out of my mind really.
