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I had thought about this before when we had the fire at the barn when I boarded at before moving the horses home... but now that I have more horses then space in the trailer, it has me thinking again.
I have ordered tags to put on my halters with my name and number, that why if I have to set horses free- hopefully someone would find them and call me....
Hubby and I have also talked about getting a bigger trailer- at least a 3 horse so that I could load everyone up- even squeeze all 4 in if needed leaving the dividers open. Thankfully all 4 of them are very chill and no one is a bully or kickers.
BUT footing is the top priority soooooooo the trailer will have to wait ha!
Also if I have to grab one what I could carry, my saddle would be the first thing id snatch... alone with other tack if possible and my tack trunk. I have often thought about storing things in the trailer so that it is already loaded up in case of an emergency but haven't done that.. yet.
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So do you have an evacuation plan?
What would you grab if you had to act quick and didn't have time to take it all?
It's definitely smart to have a plan in place! My trailer is actually pretty well stocked since I keep all of my stuff in there to set up at shows. My tack isn't in there though. I think if it was a grab and go situation, I would just take the horses and their meds. I can replace all of my tack pretty easily. My saddle isn't custom or anything.
ReplyDeleteHaving already lived through a barn fire, it wasn't hard to replace the stuff (thanks homeowners insurance!). But the horses that were lost were irreplaceable.
Horses are for sure the first priority... my saddle is custom so I would hate to see it get left 😜
DeleteI have no plan because I have no horses right now but man the fires in our area were scary this year. Our local area has a FB group where people can ask for and offer help like trailering out or taking in animals. What I learned the BEST thing you can do is make sure your animals load easily because you can’t waste an hour trying to get a horse in a trailer when there’s a fire. It risks horse and human lives.
ReplyDeleteDude remember when the fire was at DH and that was crazy chaos 😣
DeleteJust the horses. In a real emergency, we'd be getting them out and then going back for me since everyone at our barn does not have a trailer. The tack would all have to get left behind.
ReplyDeleteOh man that's hard... I feel no bueno since I only have a 2 horse trailer 😣
Deleteat LTS our ultimate fire plan (since in between two wildlife ridges that could burn fast) was let the horses out and drive down road because no way to get 40-80 horses loaded fast enough because of the way trailers were kept, and we didn't have ever more than one stock load trailer. Local Fire knew that though and EBPD would be there too as they fought all the ridge fires we did have.
ReplyDeleteThese last fires where people only had one way in/out and roads got blocked made me think you really need to assess the property you buy for daily function and worst case scenarios. You have enough horse neighbors, I'm betting there would be help handy, and I wouldn't put too much in trailer as I feel people break into them more.
Yeah we have two ways in and out of our place, one is an unused extra road- and I guess that the train tracks are a way to get out too.
DeleteDid you have tags or any identification on the horses at LTS?