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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | This is something I would NEVER do. I there is a younger(but old enough to know better) girl I work with at our local plywood mill. We work from 615 am ish to 330 pm ish. The other day I noticed her horse trailer and truck was in the parking lot. I am known for doing this if I plan on leaving right after work to ride as well so I didn't think anything of it. Then while in our morning metting a close friend of ours said that the girl had bought her horse to work so that she could leave right after work to go riding. UMMMM WTF...... She lives about 20-30 mins away from work, our job is about another 35-40 mins away from the indoor arena we all like to ride at. So her horse sat in a two horse trailer from around 530 am to 4-430pm. With out be taken out. I don't even know how to approach this situation with her. Is there some articles or something along those lines as too why we shouldn't be leaving our horses in trailers that long? Ugh it makes me sick |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I would have thought she would have unloaded the horse during her lunch break.
Sounds like shes a bit on the lazy side, I would not want my horse standing in a small two horse trailer for all those hours. Whats the matter with going out of your way to just go back home and pick up your horse? |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | she spent her lunch break in the break room. I am on the same page. You GO HOME and pick up your **** horse, or hell she could of asked to keep it at my house if she didn't want to go all the home before heading out. Since I live 3 miles from the mill |
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| I would call the Sheriff and lodge an anonymous complaint. They'll come out to check on the horse. Having to visit with the popo might shake her up so she doesn't do that crap anymore. |
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  Warmblood with Wings
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Location: Florida.. | call the sheriff.. does horse even have water? |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | If I would of known the horse was in the trailer that day I would of called in complaint and I also would of notified one of our plant supervisors, since we are not allowed to bring "pets" to work. I am hoping someone will post some articles on why it is bad to leave your horse in the trailer for extended periods of times so I can post them on my facebook or send them too her
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | classicpotatochip - 2016-01-08 8:41 PM I would call the Sheriff and lodge an anonymous complaint. They'll come out to check on the horse. Having to visit with the popo might shake her up so she doesn't do that crap anymore.
My thoughts too, sounds like a dumb a** bit**  |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-08 6:47 PM
classicpotatochip - 2016-01-08 8:41 PM I would call the Sheriff and lodge an anonymous complaint. They'll come out to check on the horse. Having to visit with the popo might shake her up so she doesn't do that crap anymore.
My thoughts too, sounds like a dumb a** bit**
100% you hit the nail on the head with that statement. ugh....but she's a barrel racer too. ugh. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Bibliafarm - 2016-01-08 8:46 PM call the sheriff.. does horse even have water?
I bet no water, people like this dont think about stuff like that, to much trouble for them to go out of their way to make a horse comfy. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | stock trailer or slant? To me that would make a difference, but of course the horse should still have water. I used to work 30 minutes south of home and my vet was another 30 minutes south of that. So I have been known to take my horses to work with me-leave the house at 6:30 am and they had the run of a 22ft stock trailer during the day. Bigger than most stalls. They of course did have water and hay. By the time they got home that night at 6ish. They were no worse for the wear. They were not tied so could move around and I never had to do it when it was hot. I couldn't get off work and this was literally the only way I could get them to a vet appt. It obviously wasn't just to go ride and play. |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-08 6:50 PM
Bibliafarm - 2016-01-08 8:46 PM call the sheriff.. does horse even have water?
I bet no water, people like this dont think about stuff like that, to much trouble for them to go out of their way to make a horse comfy.
My guess would be NO water, since there is NO water available where we park and she doesn't have a water tank in her truck or trailer |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I bet that poor horse was stiff, I can see being in a open livestock trailer they can move around a bit and get freash air blowing threw but being in a two horse trailer, will that just sucks poor horse, she needed her butt kicked. |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | wyoming barrel racer - 2016-01-08 6:53 PM
stock trailer or slant? To me that would make a difference, but of course the horse should still have water. I used to work 30 minutes south of home and my vet was another 30 minutes south of that. So I have been known to take my horses to work with me-leave the house at 6:30 am and they had the run of a 22ft stock trailer during the day. Bigger than most stalls. They of course did have water and hay. By the time they got home that night at 6ish. They were no worse for the wear. They were not tied so could move around and I never had to do it when it was hot. I couldn't get off work and this was literally the only way I could get them to a vet appt. It obviously wasn't just to go ride and play.
smaller two horse slant load. |
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Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | cowgirl_3207 - 2016-01-08 7:56 PM wyoming barrel racer - 2016-01-08 6:53 PM stock trailer or slant? To me that would make a difference, but of course the horse should still have water. I used to work 30 minutes south of home and my vet was another 30 minutes south of that. So I have been known to take my horses to work with me-leave the house at 6:30 am and they had the run of a 22ft stock trailer during the day. Bigger than most stalls. They of course did have water and hay. By the time they got home that night at 6ish. They were no worse for the wear. They were not tied so could move around and I never had to do it when it was hot. I couldn't get off work and this was literally the only way I could get them to a vet appt. It obviously wasn't just to go ride and play. smaller two horse slant load.
that's too small :( Even my situation was not ideal. But I was at vet by 3:30 and so they did get unloaded then and since town is so far from home I usually made a grocery run and back home. |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | Southtxponygirl - 2016-01-08 6:55 PM
I bet that poor horse was stiff, I can see being in a open livestock trailer they can move around a bit and get freash air blowing threw but being in a two horse trailer, will that just sucks poor horse, she needed her butt kicked.
I am sure she was stiff. My other friend was up at that arena for a lesson, she was shocked that the girl had made it up there before her. Since she only lives 3 miles away from work and her boyfriend already had her horses caught and loaded up when she got home. She said that girl was zipping around here and there and racing her horse with other people and finally the mare stumbled super bad and almost went down and started limping. The girl told my friend it wasn't a bad limp and kept riding her |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | All of our co workers with out horses were asking me about and they all knew it was wrong! you would think this girl would of known that too ugh |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | You need to leave a unmarked note on her window telling her that shes the type that gives barrel racers a bad name. And that she sucks, lol. |
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A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | LOL I plan on doing alot more then that next time I see her. Which will probably be monday night or tuesday at work
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 No Tune in a Bucket
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Location: Texas | My granddaughter was using a friend's 20+ calf horse to breakaway and tie goats on. They had had the horse for a couple of years and took very good care of him, having him on Previcox, supplements, senior feed--you name it. He looked like a million bucks. To look at him, you would not have quessed his age. 2 months before her year end finals the owner took him back. His horse, his decision. She was winning the goats at the time and heartbroken. They asked if they could get him back for the finals and he agreed to meet them halfway. What they didn't know was that the horse stood in a trailer with no water all day while the owner was meeting with his divorce attorney. When my husband met him late that afternoon, he looked like hell. I felt so bad for the horse and granddaughter. |
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I don't agree with it and I certainly don't condone it... BUT... Horses on the road are often in the trailer for HOURS on end without a break. Doesn't seem much different than that to me. She definitely could have been more attentive to him, but as long as it isn't something she does often, then I probably wouldn't confront her. If she does it again you could maybe mention something to her during lunch. Something like "Hey, I'll walk out with you to give Trigger some water." Sometimes people are more receptive to a kind word. ;)
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