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I feel fortunate that my horses have never been that trustworthy.  In six years I have never given one thought to letting them off lead/off hand.  I know they would leave me in a New York minute!  So, I have that going for me...

 

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> > Amber - 
> > You'll never be judged by me. Several years ago, after 
> > a four hour ride and what we thought were fairly tired 
> > horses, hubby and I let them graze. I let mine loose 
> > and he had his on a 20 foot lead. He let go of his 
> > horse for 5 SECONDS to go grab a soda, and his horse 
> > took off. My horse looked at his buddy leaving, looked 
> > back at me (I yelled my feeding call in the hopes of 
> > getting him to come back) then made his decision and 
> > followed. We tracked them for 12 miles through forest 
> > and meadow, across and around fences (including barbed 
> > wire), hoping at each corner or hill that we'd find 
> > them peacefully grazing. They were caught by a farmer 
> > right before they reached the highway. He said they 
> > looked like they were just looking for someone to stop 
> > them. 
> Hubby's horse had a cut on his leg and rope 
> > burns that did heal fine; my horse had a severe tie up 
> > from the exertion of keeping up with a horse born with 
> > the intent to run until he dropped. We consider 
> > ourselves lucky that both were found alive, and that 
> > no people were injured. But I full well know the fear 
> > and guilt and panic that comes when a horse disappears 
> > over the hill and you have no idea what the outcome is 
> > going to be. My heart goes out to anyone who has to 
> > experience it and then get hit with the double whammy 
> > of never finding the horse or knowing what happened. 
> > Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com 
> > 
> > Life's a journey, so enjoy the ride (and try not to fall off) 
> > 
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