I wasn't sure what forum to post this on, but I had a crazy thing happen last week. My parents had called out a farrier to trim the hooves on a horse at their house last week. They are on vacation so I told the guy to call me and I would meet him over at the house. Sunday afternoon he called and I ran over and got the old girl penned up. The farrier showed up and we got a halter on her and he moved her to the driveway next to his truck where his tools were located. I went inside and looked for a better lead rope. When I got outside, the farrier had trimmed 2 hooves already and was working on the third. I spoke to him for a minute and patted Ms. Cocoa on the nose. She was calm and seemed perfectly fine at this point. I took about 8 or 10 steps away from her to go look in another shed for a better lead rope and I heard her move on the driveway. When I turned around, she was standing straight up on her hind legs with her front feet up in the air. She did a pirouette and fell over backwards right next to me and was dead when she hit the ground. She never took another breath and had that far off stare in her eye. She never made another sound. Quite a bit of blood then started running out of her nose and mouth. I'm guessing she had a massive heart attack????
The farrier was freaked out. He said he's been doing that stuff for 40+ years and never had anything even close to that happen. He told me he had turned his back on her for a second to grab something out of his truck. He heard her too and turned and she had sat down on her butt and then stood straight up, which is when I turned around to see her.
The farrier was freaked out. He said he's been doing that stuff for 40+ years and never had anything even close to that happen. He told me he had turned his back on her for a second to grab something out of his truck. He heard her too and turned and she had sat down on her butt and then stood straight up, which is when I turned around to see her.