Country Life - A Field and a Dead Horse - KOD

THE KOD · Oct 28, 2015

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THE KOD · Oct 28, 2015

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THE KOD · Nov 1, 2015

female dog is verified pregnant. she has gained 6 lbs

this is the male. he has won many awards, is healthy with hips etc and has a excellent temperment.

what a blockhead. I am thinking of naming the dog RAYMOND

THE KOD · Nov 3, 2015

Eddie Haskell · Nov 3, 2015

THE KOD said:
That's Leo on the right. The horse on the left is blind.

Leo took care of her for alot of his 33 years. She followed him around to the stable and found the feed buckets and the best hay, with Leo by her side.

This is my neighbor writing the above. You can see that many people were affected by Leo's passing. So many neighborhood kids had their first ride on Leo's broad back in that same pasture.

So how was I involved in this you might ask. Why is this any of my business. We have only lived in this countryside neighborhood for less than 2 years now.

To begin with I do not care much for horses. I have been thrown, stepped on , kicked, leg dragged against trees and obstacles ... by horses in my life. And that was when I tried to stay away from them most of the time.

This past weekend , I am relaxing watching Sunday night football. A call comes in to my wife from the neighbor that lives 3 houses down the country road, with no street lights to speak of.

She was on her back deck. She is hearing loud noises. Like thrashing in the woods. She asks if I can come over to investigate.

I jump up and my first thought is to take a gun. I hesitate and decide its not a good idea. But on the way out I grab the axe handle we keep in the closet in case that census worker guy comes back. I also got my strongest flashlight and shoved it in my pocket.

I screech tires out of the driveway and I am there in minutes. Its real dark.

I look over and the neighbor, from the house, points to the woods. I walk down there and shine the light. As I am looking there is very loud noises, something pushing on the fence and branch's breaking.

It was Leo

I walked up to him slowly. He was breathing so hard his nostrils were flaring and he was caught up in the underbrush something terrible. He had pushed up against the barbed wire fence and was caught in wire, vines and picker bush's. He thrashed his head andy body around trying to free himself.

With the flashlight shining to space, I grabbed Leo under my right arm & shoulder and held on. Leo jerked his head violently and lifted my off my feet. He set me down hard and I told him to settle down now. It was ok. I stroked his head and neck. He was still breathing hard.

He finally stopped moving around so much. I reached out and grabbed the vine and picker bush and pulled as hard as I could. After several efforts the vine released around his neck, and Leo fell down hard on his right side. He was 10 ft from the pine tree they had planted so many years ago.

Now I couldn't see Leo. I was still thinking in my mind there would be a good outcome.

I stopped and got a pair of clipping shears from the neighbor's garage, who was standing there in her bathrobe. She was at the end of the driveway looking like she was in shock.

I jumped the white vinyl fence and ran to the back of the pasture. Leo had for some reason, decided he was going deep into that thicket. It took me some time to cut a path to get to him. The horse lay in his final resting place. I sat next to him and he was still breathing but quietly now. There was nothing more I could do but sit there in the darkness and wait.

The owner had been called. Tom was not home. She was away from home but told the neighbor she would be there in 15 minutes.

I see headlights of her Ford truck, coming down the long drive. I shine the flashlight so she could see where I was.

She opened the farm gate and I could see her walking swiftly. She was crying.
She said where is he ?

We walked down the 4 ft wide path I had cut through the bush's.

Leo was 33 yrs old she told me. A exceptional age for any horse. She said he was not going to get up and she would have to put Leo down.

I consoled her as much as I could. She called the vet down the road and they would soon come down with the put down shot mixture.

I left her the flashlight to use and walked to my truck and left.

The next day they got a friend with a tractor to come and dig the hole to bury Leo.
She buried him under the pine tree .

She called me the next day thanking me for the help of being a neighbor in Leo's time of need. She said horses being such large animals, can really struggle when they get to that death stage. It can be dangerous to be around them.

She said that it had to be God that had sent me to help Leo and help him to the place near his tree.

To me in my way of thinking about life, maybe God did send me.

But with my history with horse's it would be hard to understand.

I remember that horse on the left. I bet her across the board at Golden Gate Fields last year. Never did find the finish line.

Eddie

Construct Carl · Nov 4, 2015

THE KOD said:
female dog is verified pregnant. she has gained 6 lbs

this is the male. he has won many awards, is healthy with hips etc and has a excellent temperment.

what a blockhead. I am thinking of naming the dog RAYMOND

jeebus. someone shoot this fuk bafore it eats a kid

hammer1 · Nov 4, 2015

THE KOD said:
This is Gabbi

She is pregnant and I have second pick of male in the litter.

When I told her I was taking her second born male puppy , she got pissed.

Should have puppy in February sometime.

Can't wait.

Abs love Rotties.. Socialized with people and other dogs since 5 mos old. Had him for 11 years never had a collar or leash on him. Always free to roam. Never let me out of his sight. Took him all over the United States. Friendly as cd be but protective. Never an incident. "Theodore" Alias " The Munster"

THE KOD · Nov 4, 2015

Construct Carl said:
jeebus. someone shoot this fuk bafore it eats a kid

Has a huge head, beautiful deep mahogany markings, pitch black mouth pigment, perfect conformation and a 1A for eye color.

Solid bone structure with a massive chest line and a proper rear end angulation. His temperament is friendly and can be handled by anyone. His prey drive is moderate.

He comes from 2 awesome German parents with a strong Champion/ ADRK & SchH III throughout his pedigree.
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First time I met the two parents they totally ignored us in a large back yard.

have no fear carl.

you rat bastid

THE KOD · Nov 4, 2015

Eddie Haskell said:
I remember that horse on the left. I bet her across the board at Golden Gate Fields last year. Never did find the finish line.

Eddie

ha ha

funny Eddie

THE KOD · Nov 4, 2015

hammer1 said:
Abs love Rotties.. Socialized with people and other dogs since 5 mos old. Had him for 11 years never had a collar or leash on him. Always free to roam. Never let me out of his sight. Took him all over the United States. Friendly as cd be but protective. Never an incident. "Theodore" Alias " The Munster"

thanks hammer

I am going to take him to Good Citizenship Award training

it takes two years and starts around 3 mths

I have alot of fenced land this dog can patrol

THE KOD · Nov 12, 2015

Construct Carl · Nov 12, 2015

THE KOD said:
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i have been round horses my hole life and never ever been kicked by a horse. most people dont know what to do. kod have you ever been kicked by a horse. hope not cause it sucks.

THE KOD · Nov 13, 2015

THE KOD · Nov 13, 2015

saint · Nov 14, 2015

KOD, nobody here gives a fuck. Keep on bumpin, though.

Betone · Nov 14, 2015

saint said:
KOD, nobody here gives a fuck. Keep on bumpin, though.

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THE KOD · Nov 15, 2015

saint said:
KOD, nobody here gives a fuck. Keep on bumpin, though.

sorry your pussy still hurts from the trooper thread

:142smilie:142smilie

saint · Nov 15, 2015

THE KOD · Nov 16, 2015

Construct Carl said:
most people dont know what to do. kod have you ever been kicked by a horse. hope not cause it sucks.

I have been around them when they kicked and that was enough for me to stay away from that ass end.

Skulnik · Nov 16, 2015

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