A few days ago I got a threat from someone that lives down the road about one of my ponies being on his property. Not even on his lawn. In the brush along the treeline. Ground was frozen. She caused NO damage. Then when my grandfather went over to get her, he parked behind the guy's truck and was accused of trying to block him in and that he had somewhere important to go. Even though when my grandfather left, the guy was still sitting in his truck for quite a while. Both Animal Control AND the Sheriff were called. Now if ANY of my horses get loose, we will be charged with a summons. I don't know what to do! And there was a threat of the loose horse being caught and taken away. This is a country area. We live in Hermon on a dead end road. Woods and fields. We have a farm. Animals can and will get loose from time to time. What if I fell off one of my horses and they got loose? How do I handle this?
It's just like a dog unfortunately. It's your responsibility to keep your animals secured on your land. If they are out you can be fined and responsible for any and all damage. Posted via Mobile Device
If you fall off your horse and someone finds a loose horse all tacked up, they'll come looking for an injured rider, not likely to be too pissy about the loose horse. But if your animals are constantly escaping your fences, you need to do something to fix that, it is your responsibility to contain them. I have had up to 40 horses on my property and not 1 got loose.
it wasn't the fence either. My grandfather went to move the horses and took my mini filly and thought that Ruby, my older mini would follow. BS. If I would have been home (I was at work) it would have never happened. if anything I would have either taken them both at the same time or taken Ruby by the halter. He has a bad arm so I can see why he would only want to take one by the halter
Ya, it's a drag when you have intolerant neighbours. We have one (no, actually two) of those here. Thankfully, everyone else is of the same opinion of them so if push ever came to shove I would have support. There is nothing you can do about that. The neighbour is in the right, legally speaking -- he's just being an a$$ about it. Chalk it up and remember that when something goes wrong for him. That's what I'm waiting for with the No. 1 "perfect horse owner" on my road. (Her self-characterization, no one else's.)
If your fences are secure and the only reason this happened was because your grandfather was irresponsible/naive about moving the animals, then you need to educate him or tell him he's not to move them EVER.
Miserable neighbors! So now you know what could happen if your animal gets loose, make sure you have the best fencing you can afford & maintain it otherwise miserable neighbors are going to cost you. Yes it's true animals escape from time to time, twice last winter my horses did. I have good fencing but when someone (forgetful hubby) leaves the bottom gate open when he is plowing snow, horse's will eventually discover it and leave. This year when we do get some snow, I won't trust him, I will check gates after snow removal. Posted via Mobile Device
maybe to keep peace, you could go over to your neighbor and explain that it was a simple 'accident' the horse got out, a mini at that, and you are sorry the horse was on his land. That no one meant to block him in . Maybe the neighbor will be nicer if it ever happens again this way.
We've had our horses escape 3 times in just over a year. Twice because the fence came down. Once because the gate wasn't latched right. The first time, a neighbor 2 miles away captured them. The second time, they came running back just after I pulled up in the morning. The last time, we found them wandering around about a mile away.
People know us now as "Oh, you're the ones with the horses that got loose." Luckily, no one got upset about it and no harm was done. Posted via Mobile Device
My horses got out three times in two weeks late last summer. Was not happy as I board my horses. The farmer (I board at a private farm) ended up just shutting them out of that pasture. Too many problems have risen over the past year or two so I moved Linus to a new place a week ago and Cheveyo will follow next spring. Nice place with sucker rod continuous fence.
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