Safety around large animals

Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

Back before WWII, my family farm had at team of black Percherons and a team of lighter horses (for things like the hayrake, the driving of which was my mom's specialty). One day my uncle was grooming one of the Percherons when it merely shifted its weight from one hind leg to the other, pinned said uncle against the wall and cracked his pelvis.

This is exactly the kind of thing I am afraid of.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

I think I've got you all beat (some of you may already know this). I've been thrown off more than 50 times, kicked, bucked, rolled over, bitten, stepped on...etc. etc...then again, I am fearless and always liked the problem horses and young horses. I have suffered from broken wrists, broken ribs, broken hips, broken nose, broken pelvis, punctured lungs, broken shoulder, and a broken right foot, nerve damage, not to mention countless broken toes, and a few broken fingers. The way I look at it is that you can get seriously hurt or die just from doing simple everyday things as driving a car or taking a misstep and falling. I am going to be feeling all of my mishaps when I get older though, and I'm sure there are a lot more mishaps with horses to come. It is all part of the game. If you love it enough, you just get back up and keep going no matter what happens.

Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay

I think I've got you all beat (some of you may already know this). I've been thrown off more than 50 times, kicked, bucked, rolled over, bitten, stepped on...etc. etc...then again, I am fearless and always liked the problem horses and young horses. I have suffered from broken wrists, broken ribs, broken hips, broken nose, broken pelvis, punctured lungs, broken shoulder, and a broken right foot, nerve damage, not to mention countless broken toes, and a few broken fingers. The way I look at it is that you can get seriously hurt or die just from doing simple everyday things as driving a car or taking a misstep and falling. I am going to be feeling all of my mishaps when I get older though, and I'm sure there are a lot more mishaps with horses to come. It is all part of the game. If you love it enough, you just get back up and keep going no matter what happens.

Punctured lungs. That is really not good. Out of all the other maladies you have mentioned... punctured lungs... very bad. You dont want your lungs full of blood.

[kentuckyrosesinmay]

Originally Posted by pgardn

Punctured lungs. That is really not good. Out of all the other maladies you have mentioned... punctured lungs... very bad. You dont want your lungs full of blood.

That was like four years ago when that happened. I was on oxygen for quite a few days but my lungs weren't punctured bad enough to put a chest tube in. I hope that I never get injured again like I was that day.