New One on Me! (Warning-Buckets & Big Heads Don't Mix)

[Pan Zareta]

Actually, all the blonde jokes flooded into my head...

All the y chromosome jokes too.

[briarhalo]

oh sheesh........lighten up. Someone was there, there was nothing close to a tragedy. You should have resisted........

[Marli]

Clyde,

Relax - his air wasn't being cut off as there was ROOM in the bottom of the bucket (believe me, it was the FIRST thing I checked!). At the most, it was on his head for 1/2 hr., 45 minutes. And believe me, if I hadn't been able to get it off, my vet would've been here on an emergency call. Now, I'm not saying I totally disagree with you as *if* this had happened and nobody was around, there could be the *potential* for more serious incident. He has since been given a rubbermaid tub.

[adrienne]

<<Yes - but it was so close to being a tragedy that there was little humor in it. The distress was there and I cannot in good faith ever laugh at something so close to being heart breaking. Their air was being shut off and it is lucky the handle did not cause a great deal of damage. Perhaps I have seen more near catastrophies than you have. >>

How was his air being shut off? Or - do you mean his airway constricted? I don't see that in the pictures. The mere fact that the handle got stuck on him is incredible to me... how could it have caused a great deal of damage? It was smooth and unbroken. Really, thank goodness he had the bucket stuck on his nose because if it was only around his neck - then the worse would have occured.

It sounds like you have seen more near catastrophies than us because you see near catastrophies EVERYWHERE.

After years in this business I can say that if you can't LAUGH you're SCREWED!



BTW - you sound like a troll because your grammar and writing style are so poor. For example, you cannot use "their" as a subject to avoid sexism in your language. You MUST uses His or Her or His/Her. The internet judges you by your writing - so if you show poor writing, it's like walking around in wrinkly clothes.

And if you're just new - I can't think of one person on this board who doesn't take excellent care of their horses. I also can't think of anyone who doesn't love and respect their horses. This board is for enthusists - so if you want to preach, you're preaching to the choir here.

~Adrienne

[ClydeK2]

Whoa! I did not say anyone here did not take good care of their horses or that I was a major in computer English. What I did say was I thought this situation too potentially dangerous to be funny. A lot of people who have not been around horses for too long may not have realized the possibility of something very serious here. So - to me, it was sad and not funny. That's what we do isn't it - post opinions?

[BJ]

Thanks for the pics Marli (and NYBreeder for the imagery haha)--classic...I swear that's hysterical. Reminds me of when my cat got a plastic Walmart bag hung on the end of his tail somehow and he hears it, freaks out totally, and goes flying through the house in a panic thinking he's being chased by a monster. When he first took off, he was on a rug and it started to slip out from under him and it looked like one of those cartoons where the character runs in place for a few seconds before he gets enough traction to take off. We were crying we laughed so hard. He was so ashamed too which made it funnier.

LOL! I had a cat run through the house with one of those plastic grocery bags around her shoulders (both front legs...don't ask me HOW she did it!) It looked like a parachute She kept hissing at it and what I call growl-howling. Almost as funny as when my partner taped a ruler to her tail and she played beaver all over the house... Yell at him...not at me! He did it! Have you ever seen a cat slap its tail onto the floor repeatedly, just like a beaver packing mud???

Marli...

Must have been something really good at the bottom of the bucket Next time, add a little corn oil or grease his nose before meals

[BJ]

TROLL ALERT . . . . . . . .

Just wondering - I am new here. Does TROLL ALERT mean we have a new member and perhaps . . . . . welcome?

Some people use that to welcome new folks. Most just use it to point out "suspiciously similar to banned troll's posts".

In any event...we all have our perceptions. Some will find what Marli's horse did funny. Others will find it cause for alarm. But, IMO, none should find it cause to accuse one of being neglectful. IF it was neglectful, the bucket would be banned and recalled as a danger to horses. So...while tragic accidents do sometimes happen...this instance is one of a very caring person, enjoying every precious moment of her horses' existence, including those truly "blonde horse moments"

[ClydeK2]

Well - I can guarantee you I have not been baned as this is the first day ever I have posted here. So I am not a TROLL! Manure baskets are just a utility item around a barn too but I saw a terrible injury from a horse stepping into the rope handle of one when it was turned over by his stall in a race horse barn. He went runing across the parking lot with the basket draging behind. Having spent many years with horses, all kinds, I do know how many silly things they can get into - just like kids.

[BJ]

Well - I can guarantee you I have not been baned as this is the first day ever I have posted here. So I am not a TROLL! Manure baskets are just a utility item around a barn too but I saw a terrible injury from a horse stepping into the rope handle of one when it was turned over by his stall in a race horse barn. He went runing across the parking lot with the basket draging behind. Having spent many years with horses, all kinds, I do know how many silly things they can get into - just like kids.

They are like perpetual toddlers...they find a way to get into trouble, even when trouble is locked away.

[nferro9925]

Oh my god, those were great pictures! I am still laughing at him!


ClydeK2 - There is humor in a situation that turned out for the best.
Read some of the other posts here and you will see the wealth of knowledge that the people here have, as well as the tragedies they have shared and heartfelt symphathies for those situations that did not turn out well.

And yes, welcome to the forum.

[nferro9925]

Oh my god, those were great pictures! I am still laughing at him!


ClydeK2 - There is humor in a situation that turned out for the best.
Read some of the other posts here and you will see the wealth of knowledge that the people here have, as well as the tragedies they have shared and heartfelt symphathies for those situations that did not turn out well.

And yes, welcome to the forum.

[skeenan]

ClydeK2 - There is humor in a situation that turned out for the best.
Read some of the other posts here and you will see the wealth of knowledge that the people here have, as well as the tragedies they have shared and heartfelt symphathies for those situations that did not turn out well.

And yes, welcome to the forum.

Yes, ClydeK2, welcome!
Wasn't trying to pick on you, being a newbie to the forum! Nferro says it best above... when a moment of (safe) humor comes along, it's worth sharing!

[ClydeK2]

Thank you! I am sure it is as you say. In my experience I have found that there are many levels of experts in the horse world. And, the higher your level the quicker you recognize potential danger. Just like in training an ambulance attendant - the higher his/her level of training the faster and more knowledgable he/she is in assessing the problem. The assessment of this incident as humorous was not without question and those that thought it hilarious were innocent of knowing the pitfalls. Let's go on to a new one!

[Lei Owen]

Thank you! I am sure it is as you say. In my experience I have found that there are many levels of experts in the horse world. And, the higher your level the quicker you recognize potential danger. Just like in training an ambulance attendant - the higher his/her level of training the faster and more knowledgable he/she is in assessing the problem. The assessment of this incident as humorous was not without question and those that thought it hilarious were innocent of knowing the pitfalls. Let's go on to a new one!

[henthorn]

Welcome, Clyde. I hope you came to the forum for sharing information and drama and humor. Life itself is rough enough.

What sorts of experience do you have with horses, since we don't know you yet?

And by the way, folks, this reminds me of the time my Labrador Retriever got into a predicament that could have been dangerous, but just turned out to be a bittersweet lesson for his "mom". He was in the back yard, making odd noises, so I went to check him out. He sounded like he was gagging, but he wasn't vomiting. He just repeatedly gagged as though he had the "dry heaves".

I couldn't see anything in his mouth, so I swept it with my finger. Nothing there! So I searched again with a flashlight, and saw a reddish object in the groove between his tongue and side of the mouth. When I pulled on it, out came a wrapping from around a slice of bologna. He had swallowed part of it, and the other end of the loop was wrapped under his tongue; so he couldn't swallow it, and just kept trying to no avail. Apparently we had given him a somewhat stale slice, but forgot to remove the wrapping. Needless to say, that never happened again at our house.