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Nileyears 71F

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1/9/2016 10:24 pm

A Little Excitement After Christmas

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hermitinthecity 70M

1698 posts
1/9/2016 11:05 pm

Glad you went with your gut. Good on you. It could have been terrible if he'd got in.

Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.

Nileyears replies on 1/10/2016 8:22 am:
Thanks Hermit, my horses being upset about a human was very unusual, they smelled, or sensed trouble. I was really in no mood to put up with some creep, and he was creepy!

Maudie1 74F

8151 posts
1/10/2016 1:03 am

You could have done without excitement like that I'm sure. Well done to you for running the bugger off. You are a brave lady indeed

Nileyears replies on 1/10/2016 8:26 am:
Thanks Maude, lol, I don't know about brave, but I do know I was a tad P-oed!

Robyn363 83F

3475 posts
1/10/2016 7:43 am

You never know what to expect. Very faithful horses looking after you.

Nileyears replies on 1/10/2016 8:46 am:
No, we sure don't! Drifter is my faithful horse, he was alert to this guy, but not panicking like the other two, he kept watching him, head up, ears forward and snorting. Romeo is the horse who went through the fence, cut his leg, and Hope would runaway and then back again, she was actually still shaking after this creep left. I now keep the front gate closed and locked day and night.

spiritwoman45

1/10/2016 10:07 am

Horses are extremely sensitive animals which is why they can be so skittish and unpredictable. I am assume they pick up on the energy field of a person quicker than most. This man must have been a real threat for them to react as they did. I always say I never trust a person my animals don't like no matter what they do or say or how I might react to them myself.

Your story is a great example of why we need to have adequate home defense. At our ages that means a gun or similar weapon since we would not do well in hand to hand stuff. You reminded me I am overdue for a session at the range.

Glad you and your horses are OK

Spiritwoman ^i^

Nileyears replies on 1/10/2016 2:37 pm:
Yes Spirit, they sure are! I had one friend tell me he could have been on drugs, and another, an ex=police officer tell me her horse could sense evil. I've learned to listen to my animals, including one of my dogs who saved me from a man who tried to walk through my front door years ago.

Get to the range, practice makes perfect!! While you do that, I'm thinking of getting another big dog, a German Shepherd would be nice!

spiritwoman45

1/10/2016 5:51 pm

You are right about animals smelling out drugs. I had 2 dogs I inherited from my sister, a pit and a rott. When I would wank them they were fine with everyone and anyone until they smelled out a person on drugs. Once they did they automatically went into attack mode. One of the neighbors had a son who was a druggie and their reaction to him was what gave me the first clue. If he had any drugs on him the rott would immediately go right to his pocket and sniff and growl. No one trained them to do this so I am assuming they had a bad experience in the past with a druggie.

Spiritwoman ^i^

Nileyears replies on 1/10/2016 8:43 pm:
I think it may have been the smell of drugs, because my son in law was always on some kind of meds, dialysis patient, and 3 months ago he just received a new kidney. He also has a defect in his back which causes severe pain at times and add the pain pills to all the other meds he was on. He offered a carrot to my horse Drifter, Drifter took a sniff, but refused the carrot. I offered him the carrot and he ate it, no problem. He either didn't like the smell of the sickness, or the drugs. My horse's nickname is the Galloping Gourmet, he never turns down food, that was the first time, ever!