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Location: Kentucky | That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? |
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Location: Bandera, TX | Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be??
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window. |
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Location: stray dump capital of the world | I'm too much of a wimp to click the link, so I'll just send up prayers. Poor horse and owner. |
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| sophiebelle - 2015-08-04 7:51 AM
I'm too much of a wimp to click the link, so I'll just send up prayers. Poor horse and owner.
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Location: Kentucky | NJJ - 2015-08-04 9:28 AM
I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window.
That is tragic. How horrible. |
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Location: NC | NJJ - 2015-08-04 9:28 AM
I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window.
One more reason for me to stick with my little steel slat side.
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| NJJ - 2015-08-04 8:28 AM
I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window.
I feel bad for the owner but if I have a horse on the trailer that is willing to jump through the bars on the window, while going down the road, maybe it's a good thing that it's not around. I wouldn't want to be on that sucker when it decided to have another freak out moment. That's crazy!! Poor owners, to have to go through that. I'm curious as to why the horse tried to go through. Maybe there was bee's in the trailer?? |
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| FlyingJT - 2015-08-04 9:29 AM
NJJ - 2015-08-04 8:28 AM
I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window.
I feel bad for the owner but if I have a horse on the trailer that is willing to jump through the bars on the window, while going down the road, maybe it's a good thing that it's not around. I wouldn't want to be on that sucker when it decided to have another freak out moment. That's crazy!! Poor owners, to have to go through that. I'm curious as to why the horse tried to go through. Maybe there was bee's in the trailer??
I know a horse who tries to jump out the windows on a regular basis. I couldnt deal with that horse if it were mine but shes been hauling it for years. They've come up with some tricks so they rarely have an issue but still...
FB also states she had just bought the horse... new owner was claiming it was drugged. |
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| stayceem - 2015-08-04 9:36 AM
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NJJ - 2015-08-04 8:28 AM
I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window.
I feel bad for the owner but if I have a horse on the trailer that is willing to jump through the bars on the window, while going down the road, maybe it's a good thing that it's not around. I wouldn't want to be on that sucker when it decided to have another freak out moment. That's crazy!! Poor owners, to have to go through that. I'm curious as to why the horse tried to go through. Maybe there was bee's in the trailer??
I know a horse who tries to jump out the windows on a regular basis. I couldnt deal with that horse if it were mine but shes been hauling it for years. They've come up with some tricks so they rarely have an issue but still...
FB also states she had just bought the horse... new owner was claiming it was drugged.
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Location: North Dakota | Oh geez what a cluster. I can't imagine how devastating that must be. |
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Location: CTX | Wow, that is scary!! So sorry for everyone involved.
I don't have bars on my current trailer, so I bought those screens you can put on there. The trailer has mangers and they can only get their heads out a little bit (mostly nose) but I will not haul without anything on the windows.
I know it will not hold them, if they want to go through, but at least it is a visible barrier for them. And hopefully that will be enough.
Wonder what happened to have the horse react like that. Maybe bees or wasps in the trailer. Which reminds me to check ours... we remove at least 3 or 4 nests a week around the house this time of year... and the trailer is parked nearby.... |
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Location: Gainesville, TX | We had a gelding try this once. Sometimes it's just a freak thing. So sad. |
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Location: Phoenix | FlyingJT - 2015-08-04 7:29 AM NJJ - 2015-08-04 8:28 AM I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window. I feel bad for the owner but if I have a horse on the trailer that is willing to jump through the bars on the window, while going down the road, maybe it's a good thing that it's not around. I wouldn't want to be on that sucker when it decided to have another freak out moment. That's crazy!! Poor owners, to have to go through that. I'm curious as to why the horse tried to go through. Maybe there was bee's in the trailer??
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| FlyingJT - 2015-08-04 9:38 AM stayceem - 2015-08-04 9:36 AM FlyingJT - 2015-08-04 9:29 AM NJJ - 2015-08-04 8:28 AM I was just reading in one of the groups on FB and the driver of the vehicle posted a comment that the bars were not down but broke off when the horse jumped through the window. I feel bad for the owner but if I have a horse on the trailer that is willing to jump through the bars on the window, while going down the road, maybe it's a good thing that it's not around. I wouldn't want to be on that sucker when it decided to have another freak out moment. That's crazy!! Poor owners, to have to go through that. I'm curious as to why the horse tried to go through. Maybe there was bee's in the trailer?? I know a horse who tries to jump out the windows on a regular basis. I couldnt deal with that horse if it were mine but shes been hauling it for years. They've come up with some tricks so they rarely have an issue but still... FB also states she had just bought the horse... new owner was claiming it was drugged. oh man, People are so crooked!!!
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Location: Phoenix | The article just shows a picture of a horse trailer surrounded by cars --no graphic pics. |
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Location: Millington, TN | Wow. How sad. This has me rethinking if I should leave the just the bars up or leave the bars and window up with the window open????? My bars are not the sturiest of all bars. All you have to do is pull down on a wire and it releases. It gets hot in the trailer so that is why I let the window down but keep the bars up! |
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Location: USA | GoMistyGo - 2015-08-04 8:19 AM Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? ..... That ....
I wouldn't be so quick to judge. A friend had one try to jump through the bars when they were up and another whose horse tried to go through the CLOSED drop down!
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Location: In The Land of Cotton | BLM - 2015-08-04 12:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2015-08-04 8:19 AM Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? ..... That ....
Yep - a horse is an animal afer all. We also have had friends who's horses have gone through the bars while they were up and tied in.
However, those who purposely leave their bars and windows down are stupid and are just waiting for an accident to happen. |
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Location: Kentucky | 3canstorun - 2015-08-04 12:15 PM BLM - 2015-08-04 12:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2015-08-04 8:19 AM Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? ..... That ....
However, those who purposely leave their bars and windows down are stupid and are just waiting for an accident to happen.
I'm not judging. I'm saying if you are driving down the road with your windows and bars down then you are asking for trouble. That should really be common sense. |
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| 3canstorun - 2015-08-04 11:15 AM
BLM - 2015-08-04 12:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2015-08-04 8:19 AM Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? ..... That ....
However, those who purposely leave their bars and windows down are stupid and are just waiting for an accident to happen.
I had my colt try to jump through a glass window in our indoor arena... it is a really thick glass, no opening whatsoever... luckily I got him down before he was successful. The window was clear above his reach but he was on his tippy toes pushing on the glass. Mine was throwing a temper tatrum. You just never know. |
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Location: USA | Murphy - 2015-08-04 11:20 AM 3canstorun - 2015-08-04 12:15 PM BLM - 2015-08-04 12:10 PM GoMistyGo - 2015-08-04 8:19 AM Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be?? ..... That ....
However, those who purposely leave their bars and windows down are stupid and are just waiting for an accident to happen.
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| Murphy - 2015-08-04 7:52 AM
That is horrific. Not sure on the details of this incident but I never haul with my bars down. I see so many people hauling down the interstate with their horse's heads hanging out the window.... how dumb do you really have to be??
I have hauled more miles in our hog trailer with no top at all than I have in my nice three horse trailer. Heck, when I first started riding my dad back in a ditch and loaded my horse in the back of the truck with cattle racks on it. Actually, I felt lucky to be able to go. I guess we were not as affluent as others.
Did anyone even think that maybe the horse was being stung by wasps???? I got stung about a week ago and it hurt like h3ll. I always check my trailer but since that happened I really do a serious inspectíon
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Location: Southern Oregon | Very horrific! I never haul with out my bars up!!!! I have passed several horse trailers this summer on our freeway with their windows down and the horses in the back had there heads all hanging out the windows. ugh It makes me SICK!!! |
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| I'm confused after reading the article. It said it's head was dangling out the window when they pulled over? So it didn't make it on to the road? |
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Thistle2011 - 2015-08-04 2:07 PM I'm confused after reading the article. It said it's head was dangling out the window when they pulled over? So it didn't make it on to the road?
The horse apparently "bled out".....My thoughts are that when he broke the bars down, he may have cut himself on the sharp metal. |
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Location: where ever my L/Q trl is parked | the link is just a areial shot of the truck/trailer and police around it nothing more.
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| A wise horse person told me many years ago, " If a horse can get their head through it, they can get through it." It is ashame ignorance about hauling causes such tragedy. |
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Location: North Dakota | This scares me!!!!!! I have a gelding that is a total butt-head in the trailer. If you sit at a red light for an extended period of time he will start rearing up and the entire trailer bounces all over the place. I had to have RHINO LINING sprayed up the sides all the way to the windows!! You can still see the damage he causes! He has been checked for everything a horse could have so it is just pure bad behavior!! I have had locks put on the drop down windows and they are NOT opened because I know he would try to crawl out, absolutely!!! I also have some nice kick marks all over the side he is tied on outside. He is just a jerk unless he is loose. He can't be stalled either without destruction! He is lucky he is loved dearly LOL! |
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| NJJ - 2015-08-04 2:12 PM
Thistle2011 - 2015-08-04 2:07 PM I'm confused after reading the article. It said it's head was dangling out the window when they pulled over? So it didn't make it on to the road?
The horse apparently "bled out".....My thoughts are that when he broke the bars down, he may have cut himself on the sharp metal.
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| What I don't really understand about this happening, regardless of if the window is down or not, how did it make it out the window if it was tied up?
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Location: Displaced Iowegian | Buckles - 2015-08-05 6:10 AM What I don't really understand about this happening, regardless of if the window is down or not, how did it make it out the window if it was tied up? I've seen elsewhere where are horse had jumped out the side window (wasn't tied). Injured his hip when they were getting it out, but otherwise okay.
From the group discussion that I read, the driver (and I think she is the "new" owner) said that he was tied "long" by the seller. He did NOT make it out of the window. He "apparently" cut himself and "bled out". |
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I think the answer to that is this: Horses are huge and extremely strong and POWERFUL animals...for the most part, tying one up only restrains a willing horse...if a horse goes nuts and really,really wants to get lose or get away they will succeed or hurt themselves trying. This one didn't succeed in getting away but he certainly succeeded in getting himself killed. If he hadn't of died, he would probably of needed euthanization afterwards. I suspect whoever was hauling this horse will be traumitized for a long time after witnessing this happen.
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| runs4fun - 2015-08-05 6:27 AM I think the answer to that is this: Horses are huge and extremely strong and POWERFUL animals...for the most part, tying one up only restrains a willing horse...if a horse goes nuts and really,really wants to get lose or get away they will succeed or hurt themselves trying. This one didn't succeed in getting away but he certainly succeeded in getting himself killed. If he hadn't of died, he would probably of needed euthanization afterwards. I suspect whoever was hauling this horse will be traumitized for a long time after witnessing this happen.
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Location: Louisiana | barrelracincrazy - 2015-08-04 11:06 AM Wow. How sad. This has me rethinking if I should leave the just the bars up or leave the bars and window up with the window open????? My bars are not the sturiest of all bars. All you have to do is pull down on a wire and it releases. It gets hot in the trailer so that is why I let the window down but keep the bars up!
That's the type of bars she had as well. Although I saw the graphic pics and the pony actually busted through and broke te bars off. Her trailer has mangers and this was a pony. It jumped. She said she was on the bridge when she noticed the pony's nose picking through the bars. She new something was wrong bc it wasn't tall enough to reach past the mangers. She tried stopping but if you've ever been on the MS river bridge in Baton Rouge it's crazy. There were 18 wheelers flying by. By the time she got to the bottom of the bridge the bars had broke and the pony had it's front legs out. She took the first exit and stopped as soon as she could. She said the pony wash thrashing and fighting and there really wasn't much she could do but try to pull it out. She said it took 30 minutes for police to arrive, who then accused her of hauling around a dead pony. They forced her to watch the autopsy right there in the parking lot, which proved it had just died (as did the FRESH blood) due to broken ribs puncturing it's lungs, then made her load and haul the cut-open dead pony home. She reapeatedly told the reporters the bars were up, and even had someone retrieve them off the road.
They had been traveling for 2 hours and hadn't felt any movement, when she felt the pony moving around is when she first saw it's nose. Thank goodness they didn't release her name bc people have trashed her on FB. She said she was treated terribly, with people standing around taking pictures the whole time. She thinks the pony was drugged bc it rode quietly for 2 hours. Some have said the horse was tied too loose, well it was a pony and her tie rings are at the ceiling of the trailer. Yes that leaves a pretty loose rope. It's just a bad deal all around. Maybe it could've been prevented, but maybe not. The seller may have known the pony didn't haul well, but who expects one to try and jump out? Perhaps it had never been in a trailer like that. Stories that involve real people who you actually know remind you not to judge!!
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| dashnlotti - 2015-08-05 2:58 PM
barrelracincrazy - 2015-08-04 11:06 AM Wow. How sad. This has me rethinking if I should leave the just the bars up or leave the bars and window up with the window open????? My bars are not the sturiest of all bars. All you have to do is pull down on a wire and it releases. It gets hot in the trailer so that is why I let the window down but keep the bars up!
That's the type of bars she had as well. Although I saw the graphic pics and the pony actually busted through and broke te bars off. Her trailer has mangers and this was a pony. It jumped. She said she was on the bridge when she noticed the pony's nose picking through the bars. She new something was wrong bc it wasn't tall enough to reach past the mangers. She tried stopping but if you've ever been on the MS river bridge in Baton Rouge it's crazy. There were 18 wheelers flying by. By the time she got to the bottom of the bridge the bars had broke and the pony had it's front legs out. She took the first exit and stopped as soon as she could. She said the pony wash thrashing and fighting and there really wasn't much she could do but try to pull it out. She said it took 30 minutes for police to arrive, who then accused her of hauling around a dead pony. They forced her to watch the autopsy right there in the parking lot, which proved it had just died (as did the FRESH blood) due to broken ribs puncturing it's lungs, then made her load and haul the cut-open dead pony home. She reapeatedly told the reporters the bars were up, and even had someone retrieve them off the road.
They had been traveling for 2 hours and hadn't felt any movement, when she felt the pony moving around is when she first saw it's nose. Thank goodness they didn't release her name bc people have trashed her on FB. She said she was treated terribly, with people standing around taking pictures the whole time. She thinks the pony was drugged bc it rode quietly for 2 hours. Some have said the horse was tied too loose, well it was a pony and her tie rings are at the ceiling of the trailer. Yes that leaves a pretty loose rope. It's just a bad deal all around. Maybe it could've been prevented, but maybe not. The seller may have known the pony didn't haul well, but who expects one to try and jump out? Perhaps it had never been in a trailer like that. Stories that involve real people who you actually know remind you not to judge!!
I'm glad to see there hasn't been any bashing going on here like FB.
Most of the people that reply negatively on the owner, more than likely have no experience with horses. They are suicidal animals. I'm sorry to hear that she was treated poorly for something that was so out of her control. If the pony was for a child however, it may be a good thing it showed its colors before something happened. It also may have been just a freak accident. Bad deal all the way around! |
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Location: CTX | FlyingJT - 2015-08-05 3:16 PM dashnlotti - 2015-08-05 2:58 PM barrelracincrazy - 2015-08-04 11:06 AM Wow. How sad. This has me rethinking if I should leave the just the bars up or leave the bars and window up with the window open????? My bars are not the sturiest of all bars. All you have to do is pull down on a wire and it releases. It gets hot in the trailer so that is why I let the window down but keep the bars up! That's the type of bars she had as well. Although I saw the graphic pics and the pony actually busted through and broke te bars off. Her trailer has mangers and this was a pony. It jumped. She said she was on the bridge when she noticed the pony's nose picking through the bars. She new something was wrong bc it wasn't tall enough to reach past the mangers. She tried stopping but if you've ever been on the MS river bridge in Baton Rouge it's crazy. There were 18 wheelers flying by. By the time she got to the bottom of the bridge the bars had broke and the pony had it's front legs out. She took the first exit and stopped as soon as she could. She said the pony wash thrashing and fighting and there really wasn't much she could do but try to pull it out. She said it took 30 minutes for police to arrive, who then accused her of hauling around a dead pony. They forced her to watch the autopsy right there in the parking lot, which proved it had just died (as did the FRESH blood) due to broken ribs puncturing it's lungs, then made her load and haul the cut-open dead pony home. She reapeatedly told the reporters the bars were up, and even had someone retrieve them off the road.
They had been traveling for 2 hours and hadn't felt any movement, when she felt the pony moving around is when she first saw it's nose. Thank goodness they didn't release her name bc people have trashed her on FB. She said she was treated terribly, with people standing around taking pictures the whole time. She thinks the pony was drugged bc it rode quietly for 2 hours. Some have said the horse was tied too loose, well it was a pony and her tie rings are at the ceiling of the trailer. Yes that leaves a pretty loose rope. It's just a bad deal all around. Maybe it could've been prevented, but maybe not. The seller may have known the pony didn't haul well, but who expects one to try and jump out? Perhaps it had never been in a trailer like that. Stories that involve real people who you actually know remind you not to judge!!
I'm glad to see there hasn't been any bashing going on here like FB. Most of the people that reply negatively on the owner, more than likely have no experience with horses. They are suicidal animals. I'm sorry to hear that she was treated poorly for something that was so out of her control. If the pony was for a child however, it may be a good thing it showed its colors before something happened. It also may have been just a freak accident. Bad deal all the way around!
Sooo true! I always say you can bubblewrap them and put them in a padded stall, yet they still know how to get hurt!!
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Location: Arkansas | sophiebelle - 2015-08-04 8:51 AM
I'm too much of a wimp to click the link, so I'll just send up prayers. Poor horse and owner.
I started not to even open the thread cause I was afraid the first thing I saw would be pictures. . . . So prayer sent up without looking at the link
ETA now that I've read the whole thread I feel even worse for the driver. She will probably be traumatized by this for a long time. And shame on the authorities for how they acted towards her. And towards the general public if all that was done out in the open. . . . I know if I drove by and saw them doing that to a horse I would be sick, literally. And possibly show my rear end. A roadside or parking lot isn't the place for an autopsy. (If I read that part right)
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