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Post by Catrin on Jan 2, 2013 16:11:20 GMT 1
Reading this on H&C TV I wondered how many people would know what to do. www.horseandcountry.tv/news/2013/01/02/firecrew-rescue-horse-cast-stableI was shown by a friend's teenage daughter thirty years ago, she learned off her mum, but how many people with horses could get a cast horse back up. I've done it half a dozen times with more than one horse since. Do we need Kelly to do a video and H&C to show it?
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Post by ladyndibs on Jan 2, 2013 16:38:24 GMT 1
I think that would be a brilliant idea.
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Post by companymagic on Jan 2, 2013 17:09:21 GMT 1
Isn't it in stable management hand books anymore ?
I was always told the best way was to loop a rope over the legs near the wall and roll the horse onto it's side. ??
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Post by K8 on Jan 2, 2013 18:24:00 GMT 1
I've luckily only had to do it twice.. We have a rope in a specific place on the yard so were not running about like headless chickens trying to find it in a emergency! But we do the same as company magic. Usually mum on from or back leg and me on the other!
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Post by Lulu on Jan 2, 2013 18:29:25 GMT 1
Easy when you know how, again this was something I was taught from a young age, and I've also taught my children what to do too.
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Post by specialized on Jan 2, 2013 18:30:51 GMT 1
It also depends on where the head is as often it is the head position that stops them naturally rolling free and just pulling the head round so the neck is straight will often allow them to free themselves. I don't think it would be an easy thing to a video - how will you get a horse in a cast position to demonstrate?
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Post by mandal on Jan 2, 2013 18:37:24 GMT 1
A video is a great idea. I've luckily never had to deal with a cast horse. Perhaps include some more unusual scenarios such as described by specialized in the commentary.
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Post by kizi on Jan 2, 2013 18:45:48 GMT 1
Because of working at the vet hospital it was normal (!) to have to pull them over if taking a while to recover from general anaesthetic.. So at least by the time I had my own lot here and one got cast it was second nature to me, I also know that under most circumstances if its do or die I can help up to 15h up single handed.. Unless they are really panicking and it's dangerous.. Obviously.. I've only one old pony who has occasionally gotten cast but oddly enough as soon as I appear and just talk she usually manages to right herself.. Even if she's been down a while.. Seems she just needs moral support.. So now I always assess situation for 30 seconds before I would go running in there in a panic.. Obviously to assess the situation but also just because sometimes having the lights on and knowing I've arrived is enough for my pony to give that little extra and get up! (No amount of beds/banks/wood strips etc make a difference to her.. She's just old and less able!) A very good thing to know how to do though before you need to know!
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Post by Catrin on Jan 2, 2013 18:52:36 GMT 1
Isn't it in stable management hand books anymore ? I was always told the best way was to loop a rope over the legs near the wall and roll the horse onto it's side. ?? This is what I was shown too, but also with someone sitting/kneeling on the horse's head/neck, with a hand over the eye, so the horse didn't panic. Last time Freyr got cast, he was in a seven acre field! He got down to roll with his legs up hill. He hasn't got the athleticism any more, to roll over to the other side. Grayson was on his own when he found him and just used one rope on the front leg to roll him over. Freyr inherited silly–rolling off his mum, the only cure for her was to put an anti–cast roller on her in the stable after a ride. When Freyr goes in the field, we watch him like a hawk until he's finished getting down, rolling and getting up again!
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Post by kafee on Jan 2, 2013 19:02:56 GMT 1
Sunny got himself cast the first night he was here. I'd never seen a cast horse before, and I don't know from where or whom I learned what to do. I managed to roll him over by myself, but I was glad he is only little.
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Post by wabuska on Jan 2, 2013 20:07:45 GMT 1
I had one twitty and very large horse (17h) who regularly cast himself no matter what the banks. He would go into a stupor too if left there, so yes, rope on leg and straightening out the neck/head. With a big horse it can be blimin' dangerous and we always waited a beat to see if he would sort himself out once roused.
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Post by Hazel on Jan 2, 2013 20:28:45 GMT 1
I've never seen a cast horse and wouldn't know what to do. I've always been taught to bank the bedding, as most people have, to help prevent it, but not what to do if it still happens. So some kind of demonstration would be beneficial to me. I don't know how the demonstration would work though. Could they do it with a model, or even drawings? Just something to give people an idea of things they could do and how best to do it.
Most horses I've worked with don't have stables, only field shelters. But it would still be a handy thing to learn if only to be able to pass the knowledge on.
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Post by specialized on Jan 2, 2013 21:00:34 GMT 1
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Post by mandal on Jan 2, 2013 21:16:10 GMT 1
Great find that video specialized. I'm on my own much of the time so a way for me to consider.
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Post by Catrin on Jan 2, 2013 21:45:42 GMT 1
Excellent way to get a horse off a wall in the stable, if you are on your own. Won't work if your horse gets cast in the field though.
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