Wow I cant believe this is still here... I dont know why I tortue myself with googling old new media on what happened to my mare. She was an 8 y/o Morgan mare, registered with the AMHA as SRS Here to Eternity. Everyone called her "ET" or just "T."
Just for the record... The reason she fell in is because she, along with other horses, got out because the fences were ALWAYS down. They all travled up to the house where the grass is VERY green. They got in to a kicking contest and she got backed up to the well pump house. It only had a piece of old ply-wood covering it... she tried to walk over it to get away from teh kicking horses and of course, the ply-wood gave way. And she wasnt stuck on anything in the well pump housing. She was stuck IN the housing because it was a 6-7ft deep, 4x5ft cement block hole in the ground. And, she was no small girl - 16hh and well pushing 1100lbs. She simply had the inability to get out.
She fell in shortly after 4:00pm on Friday, October 10th, 2008. I was just getting off work in DC at that time... I didnt even know it had happened until I got off my commuter bus around 5:00pm. My boyfriend was waiting for me at my park-n-ride in Dunkirk, which he never did. He was just very quiet and told me to "Get in the car. ET fell in the well."
I got to the barn around 5:30pm (from Dunkirk to Lusby in 30 minutes...we were flying). My parents, other boarders, the St Leonard Fire Dept and Calvert County Animal Control were all there. We had the Fire Dept and Animal Control put out an emergency vet call - all able-bodied vets in the immediate are that were not already on an emergency run were mandated to report to the scene. Dr. Liasis (sp?) of Tidewater (I think? I dont normally use them) arrived first. She sedated ET with everything but ketamine because she wouldnt be still and we had a back-hoe coming in to tear out part of the cement block and try to lift her out. My vet, Dr. Murphy of Southern MD Equine arrived (I called her personally...) She had known ET since I had gotten her as a yearling. She was in Bowie at the time. She made it to Lusby in just over an hour. She was flying. The two vets together decided to try ketamine on top of what was already given to ET. Now I know that sounds like a lot, but like I said it was a 4x5' area that ET was stuck in. We were bringing in heavy machinery to clear out a wall. If ET had spooked and gotten tangled in the machinery, things could have gone downhill very quickly.
So ET was drugged. The ketamine caused her to have small seizures, but it stopped her from flailing like she had been. Around 8:00pm, roughly 4 hours after falling in the well, the wall was removed, we got some straps under her where we could (she was very cramped in the space and we were not able to get a proper equine sling under her), and the back-hoe lifted her out and to higher ground. Everyone looked her over... we were expecting broken bones, etc. Nothing. She had a scratch on her knee where she had rested it against the concrete. That was IT. But, she has been sitting in cold water for 4 hours, and so she was unable to move her back legs. We kept her under light blankets and began rubbing her legs (hell, her entire body) to increase circulation (when I say "we," I mean everyone from 10 y/o lesson kids to Senior firefighters... everyone was helping in a way Ive never seen). Dr. Liasis had another emergency call come through, and so she left. After about 45 minutes, ET began trying to stand up. She never did make it all the way up, but she tried and tried until about 10:00pm... when she went in to cardiac arrest. My boyfriend tried compressions, I tried to get some kind of response out of her and Dr. Murphy gave her adrenaline. But to no avail. After 6 hours of fighting, her heart couldnt take it anymore
So in a nutshell, thats what happened. I know the original thread is like two years old but I just came across it again today and felt the need to clear up what really happened.
To this day the lady that owned the place refuses to accept any responsibility for what happened. I've never even heard the words "Im sorry for your loss" come out of her mouth. And yes. I am still a little bitter about it.
I understand you trying to give me another perspective and I hope you dont take my tone as "snappy." Im just explaining the background to it all
There was never a boarding agreement signed. My Mom and I had our horses there for years as a "self-care" thing. We cleaned 20+ stall and took care of 20+ horses (including our own two) 4 nights a week for over 2 years for free board. Then it switched to we took care of our two and the rest of the boarder's horses (about 10 total) and paid like $150/mo. It was just a verbal agreement regarding the cost/labor. There was never anything put in writing saying she wasnt held liable. Trust me, I pulled all records.
And the lady wasnt even there during the incident. She was at the Morgan Grand National in Oklahoma. She came back and all she had to say was "accidents happen."
Four days after my mare died, two more horses were put down - both resulting from injuries sustained on that farm due to human error. Injuries that never should have happened in the first place.
Wow I cant believe this is still here... I dont know why I tortue myself with googling old new media on what happened to my mare. She was an 8 y/o Morgan mare, registered with the AMHA as SRS Here to Eternity. Everyone called her "ET" or just "T."
Just for the record... The reason she fell in is because she, along with other horses, got out because the fences were ALWAYS down. They all travled up to the house where the grass is VERY green. They got in to a kicking contest and she got backed up to the well pump house. It only had a piece of old ply-wood covering it... she tried to walk over it to get away from teh kicking horses and of course, the ply-wood gave way. And she wasnt stuck on anything in the well pump housing. She was stuck IN the housing because it was a 6-7ft deep, 4x5ft cement block hole in the ground. And, she was no small girl - 16hh and well pushing 1100lbs. She simply had the inability to get out.
She fell in shortly after 4:00pm on Friday, October 10th, 2008. I was just getting off work in DC at that time... I didnt even know it had happened until I got off my commuter bus around 5:00pm. My boyfriend was waiting for me at my park-n-ride in Dunkirk, which he never did. He was just very quiet and told me to "Get in the car. ET fell in the well."
I got to the barn around 5:30pm (from Dunkirk to Lusby in 30 minutes...we were flying). My parents, other boarders, the St Leonard Fire Dept and Calvert County Animal Control were all there. We had the Fire Dept and Animal Control put out an emergency vet call - all able-bodied vets in the immediate are that were not already on an emergency run were mandated to report to the scene. Dr. Liasis (sp?) of Tidewater (I think? I dont normally use them) arrived first. She sedated ET with everything but ketamine because she wouldnt be still and we had a back-hoe coming in to tear out part of the cement block and try to lift her out. My vet, Dr. Murphy of Southern MD Equine arrived (I called her personally...) She had known ET since I had gotten her as a yearling. She was in Bowie at the time. She made it to Lusby in just over an hour. She was flying. The two vets together decided to try ketamine on top of what was already given to ET. Now I know that sounds like a lot, but like I said it was a 4x5' area that ET was stuck in. We were bringing in heavy machinery to clear out a wall. If ET had spooked and gotten tangled in the machinery, things could have gone downhill very quickly.
So ET was drugged. The ketamine caused her to have small seizures, but it stopped her from flailing like she had been. Around 8:00pm, roughly 4 hours after falling in the well, the wall was removed, we got some straps under her where we could (she was very cramped in the space and we were not able to get a proper equine sling under her), and the back-hoe lifted her out and to higher ground. Everyone looked her over... we were expecting broken bones, etc. Nothing. She had a scratch on her knee where she had rested it against the concrete. That was IT. But, she has been sitting in cold water for 4 hours, and so she was unable to move her back legs. We kept her under light blankets and began rubbing her legs (hell, her entire body) to increase circulation (when I say "we," I mean everyone from 10 y/o lesson kids to Senior firefighters... everyone was helping in a way Ive never seen). Dr. Liasis had another emergency call come through, and so she left. After about 45 minutes, ET began trying to stand up. She never did make it all the way up, but she tried and tried until about 10:00pm... when she went in to cardiac arrest. My boyfriend tried compressions, I tried to get some kind of response out of her and Dr. Murphy gave her adrenaline. But to no avail. After 6 hours of fighting, her heart couldnt take it anymore
So in a nutshell, thats what happened. I know the original thread is like two years old but I just came across it again today and felt the need to clear up what really happened.
To this day the lady that owned the place refuses to accept any responsibility for what happened. I've never even heard the words "Im sorry for your loss" come out of her mouth. And yes. I am still a little bitter about it.
go figure...
There was never a boarding agreement signed. My Mom and I had our horses there for years as a "self-care" thing. We cleaned 20+ stall and took care of 20+ horses (including our own two) 4 nights a week for over 2 years for free board. Then it switched to we took care of our two and the rest of the boarder's horses (about 10 total) and paid like $150/mo. It was just a verbal agreement regarding the cost/labor. There was never anything put in writing saying she wasnt held liable. Trust me, I pulled all records.
And the lady wasnt even there during the incident. She was at the Morgan Grand National in Oklahoma. She came back and all she had to say was "accidents happen."
Four days after my mare died, two more horses were put down - both resulting from injuries sustained on that farm due to human error. Injuries that never should have happened in the first place.
Thats what I heard, too. The people who live there (or at least manage the place) let me come down every once in a while to leave some flowers and a glazed doughnut for ET... she loved glazed doughnuts
I havnt been down in a while... I guess its time to take a trip to Lusby
Awwwwww, I didn't know horses like doughnuts!
Couldnt get nothin past her when it came to food!
