Nesikep
Well-known member
OK, so yesterday I had a horse from the indian reserve break through the drift fence and ended up on one of our fields.
Yes, I need to fix that fence, with the number of beetle kill pines around it's going to have to be completely rerouted, and the terrain is miserable to work in.. all rock about 1' in diameter with some sand between them.. it's basically the tailings of the 1800's gold mining.
So anyhow, This little horse is a 2 year old filly, absolutely skin and bones, probably 500ish lbs? (I'm not so good at judging weight of horses), I chased her off, and she went back down to the spot she came in. As she went through it, the lowest HT wire was against the upper part of her front leg, and she didn't have the energy to jump over it. I stopped, and slowly approached her, then gave her a bit of a petting.. she is COVERED in ticks.. 2 kinds, one I think may be a ked, though only know of them on sheep. I picked off a couple hundred of them, and you know it must be bad when a wild horse LOVES you for giving it some attention, then I pushed the wire down and got her over it, and kept pushing her on her way to where she belongs, about a mile down the road.
My dilemma is that I hate the SPCA/Peta, but this is a terrible case of neglect.. there's not a blade of grass to eat.. as I was moving this horse along, it was eating sage brush. If I say anything to anyone local and the SPCA does eventually get involved, we'll be the bad guys. Also, the horses around here belong to a couple different people, and each is going to say it belongs to someone else... Being indian reserve probably will only complicate matters because of legal jurisdictions, etc
Going back down the river to patch the fence together until spring when I might get a post in in at least a couple places.
Yes, I need to fix that fence, with the number of beetle kill pines around it's going to have to be completely rerouted, and the terrain is miserable to work in.. all rock about 1' in diameter with some sand between them.. it's basically the tailings of the 1800's gold mining.
So anyhow, This little horse is a 2 year old filly, absolutely skin and bones, probably 500ish lbs? (I'm not so good at judging weight of horses), I chased her off, and she went back down to the spot she came in. As she went through it, the lowest HT wire was against the upper part of her front leg, and she didn't have the energy to jump over it. I stopped, and slowly approached her, then gave her a bit of a petting.. she is COVERED in ticks.. 2 kinds, one I think may be a ked, though only know of them on sheep. I picked off a couple hundred of them, and you know it must be bad when a wild horse LOVES you for giving it some attention, then I pushed the wire down and got her over it, and kept pushing her on her way to where she belongs, about a mile down the road.
My dilemma is that I hate the SPCA/Peta, but this is a terrible case of neglect.. there's not a blade of grass to eat.. as I was moving this horse along, it was eating sage brush. If I say anything to anyone local and the SPCA does eventually get involved, we'll be the bad guys. Also, the horses around here belong to a couple different people, and each is going to say it belongs to someone else... Being indian reserve probably will only complicate matters because of legal jurisdictions, etc
Going back down the river to patch the fence together until spring when I might get a post in in at least a couple places.
