silly Wickee or my bad ??

[fantasykiger]

I don't know whether or not to call Wickee a silly girl or blame myself for being careless. Maybe it was a bit of both this afternoon.
Anyway I bring Wickee in the barn to feed grain everyday, as a matter of fact I bring in a few horses. Wickee does not get a stall to eat her grain, just gets tied against the wall next to her mom and gets grain so her lead rope is long enough so her head can reach the ground to eat her grain. Normally no big deal I do other chores while she eats and when she is done I put her back out.
On this afternoon her mom finished her grain I put her back in the pasture and proceeded to do a much needed fence line check on the elcetric fence around my pasture, while the other horses including Wickee finished eating their grain. There was a few repairs that needed my attention on the fence and I returned to the barn 20 min. later
OOPs there is Wickee rope halter around her neck leadrope wrapped around one foreleg and snorting. I had to laugh ;D..I wish I had the camera to show the perdicament she was in but she was very calm as I unhooked the lead rope and put her halter back on to lead her to the pasture. I don't know how long she was there. She was not sweaty or freaked out just standing there snorting but she had to of pulled and made some effort to get out of the sirtuation which was why the rope halter was around her neck but it was not on snug to begin with. Usually I am pretty careful about the length of rope when feeding horses tied up so this does not occur but I must have slacked off not paid to close attention ..worried about completing all chores before dark. I will attempt to do better, no one is perfect.
I am however VERY proud of my Wickee who used her brain and just hung out and waited for me to rescue her.

[nrly]

she sounds like a good girl, and you are right we all make mistakes and I make plenty myself. I was trying to give my husbands mare her bran, the paddock was so muddy so i was trying not to slip or sink up to my knees. I pulled the gat shut put the chain around it thought I had it secure enough, well she went to the gate, with her lips lifted the chain and then pushed the gate open and got out, what a mess I ended up being cause i had to spin around and get the gate closed before shooter got out, get myself out and go after her. I had mud all over myself, and she was just wandering talking to all the other horses, and the ran down to a corner and I was able to get her, i know she was laughing at me, cause I was laughing at myself, and saying you idiot this is what you get when you don't do it right.
nola

[Michelle Clarke]

I think we all do it! I have to remind myself daily to shut the gate behind me and secure it, even if I am only going in for a second cuz' sometimes I get sidetracked and go out another gate or get busy. Even the two new Kigers play with the chains on the gates already!

Sounds like Wickee is a nice minded filly, bet you can't wait to start riding her!

[fantasykiger]

While Wickee is on my website for sale I have not other wise been actively promoting her for sale. As I am really interested in how she does this spring undersaddle as a 3yr old. I really do want to try her out myself undersaddle. I just may change my mind, who knows. I have been known to change my mind alot...LOL. So if she does not sell in a hurry I do not mind keeping her around for awhile, I am having fun with her.

[nrly]

good for you tiffany, that is how I feel about my paint she is for sale but if not sold no big deal. We will be selling her baby after it is weaned.
nola

[kigerfan]

We all do silly things, keeps us humble so we don't go trying to walk on water and drown ourselves