>>> It was so heartbreaking when our children's young friend's horse somehow >>> got out of a safely fenced pasture and was struck by a car that I >>> still remember his name: Snoop.
I had the scare of the year last night when the phone rang about 10:30pm, since we rarely get calls that late. It was a neighbor, telling us that a horse had been hit down the road from us, asking if all of our horses were accounted more. I turned into jello as I grabbed a big flashlight and headed out. We'd just opened up a couple of pastures that we hadn't been using yesterday. Cary had changed out a couple of electric fence gates yesterday, and I was horrified that maybe we'd forgotten to turn the charger back on. As I ran past the charger, I could hear it clicking normally, but I didn't see any horses. Thankfully, they were just over the crest of the hill, and all of the light colored ones were lying down, sleeping - normally I can see the light ones at a distance. All of ours were fine. The horrible part is that the horse wasn't killed but left the scene, leaving the car pretty messed up. I still haven't heard whose horse it was, or if he has been found. Scary... Karen Thomas, NC
