in love with the horses, but haven't had permission to go out with them,
wonder how long this has been going on?..."
.
I hear ya! :-) When I boarded in the city, we had a problem with the
kids from the apartments (across from the private home with pasture, where
I rented) ... they would hop the fence and help themselves. They had to go
over a fence, cross a 1 acre empty pasture, to get to my horses' pens. In
other words, going out of their way, to reach my guys (not just reaching
over a fence.)
.
Only they weren't just petting - they were trying to RIDE them! And going
into my feed locker, leaving the gate open. One day, I was worried sick -
almost a whole 50# bag of chicken feed (VERY bad for horses!) and a 50#
bag of alfalfa pellets, plus what they could ransack of the grass hay stack
(that part was a mess but not near as dangerous.) All this between 2
horses and 1 pony!! I was furious. Police said unless we caught them red
handed, and could hold them there till the police arrived - there was nothing
we could do. One even said, it was OUR fault for having an "attractive
nuisance" (he said, the legal term!)
.
We moved after that time ... but always galled me - "our" fault for 13-15
yr old trespassing?? As if they didn't KNOW better?? You can tell - I
never forgave almost killing my herd through trespassing and gross
negligence!!
.
Sher in CO
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