On Tuesday morning when I left for work, my 70 gallon rubber maid trough was full. When I came home it was dislodged and empty with a large muddy area in front of it . Four of my horses must have had no water for a period of time ranging from minutes to 7 hours. My daughter’s horse has a penchant for playing in the trough, so I’m sure he’s the culprit. I have graduated from several smaller, less sturdy tubs in a effort to mitigate this, but sometimes he really likes to play in the water. I also have had loose horses in the last few months, one of my “old enough to know better” teenagers forgot to latch a door on a run-in shed. I was notified of this fact when four spooked TB’s galloped past my bedroom window at 5:30am. They were in full flight mode and were finally caught at a local farm stand, which is on a heavily traveled, two lane, yellow lined state road. I also have electric tape fence because my entire 7 acres is ledge so I can’t set fence posts deep enough to have board fence. I have six horses, two dogs and five cats. Based on my posts here on COTH, I am a hoarder, neglectful, have unsafe horse keeping practices, and don’t deserve to keep horses. None of which is true, but one could make that assumption based on facts, if one chose to.
In regards to PP’s situation, I’m sure the truth will come out, it always does…until then I’m certainly in no position to judge. I’m sure she’s suffering enough emotionally over all of this, I prefer not to add to someone else’s pain, deserved or not.
