Just a day in the park trail ride and Missouri Fox Trotters rescued their fellow fox trotters.<\/p>\n
Many hero\u2019s appeared today during a drama at James A Reed Wild life Park in Lee\u2019s Summit.Sonny will be <\/span>nominated for Hall of Fame. <\/span>Many hero humans were involved without their names being recorded.<\/span><\/p>\n Sonny, Sharon, Tenor and I went on a trail ride today \u00a0at James A. Reed Wildlife Park.\u00a0 <\/span>We rode a total distance of 1.3 miles.\u00a0 <\/span>Trail riders might sneer at this minuscule miles, but Hero Sonny was born and Missouri Fox Trotter drama is saved forever in this story.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharon and I pulled into the horse trailer parking lot today and we\u2019re prepping Sonny and Tenor for a trail ride.\u00a0 <\/span>A car drove by and stopped to talk to Sharon.\u00a0 <\/span>The report was as follows:\u00a0 <\/span>Two horses were attacked by a dog or dogs.\u00a0 <\/span>Their riders fell off and the horses ran off.<\/span><\/p>\n Sharon told me and I immediately decided which trail was probably the furthest and safest trail to take to avoid dogs.\u00a0 <\/span>After we had warmed Sonny and Tenor up, another group of riders showed up.\u00a0 We told them what was told to us and they\u00a0<\/span>immediately decided to try to find the horses and help.\u00a0 <\/span>As Sharon and I rode on the \u201csafe\u201d trail, I wondered about being brave or embracing caution. \u00a0My thought was to avoid being attacked, not help with rescue.<\/span><\/p>\n About a half mile on my \u201c safest\u201d trail choice, we spotted two horses standing with no humans. \u00a0One horse had one rein on the ground with no other rein. \u00a0The other horse had a looped rein around a front leg. \u00a0Since there were no humans present, we decided these must be the runaway horses. \u00a0They were standing quietly.<\/p>\n I called 911 and was connected with the Lee\u2019s Summit police. \u00a0I repeated the dog attack, bucked off riders and runaway horses story and reported that my friend and I had just discovered the run-away horses. I told the person we were on the south side trail in the park when I saw a car on a nearby road. \u00a0I told the emergency guy this was the south side paved road that goes around the park. \u00a0I was wrong, but it didn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n Sharon and I stayed where we were for a short time. \u00a0I yelled, \u201cHelp\u201d several times, but no one responded. \u00a0We waited. \u00a0Here is where Hero Sonny emerged. \u00a0Tenor and Sonny were urged \u00a0to get closer to the runaway horses. \u00a0The runaway didn\u2019t move. \u00a0We all waited. Hero Sonny decided he could leave the herd and get close to the road so Sharon could flag down some help. \u00a0Sonny left the runaway horses and his best friend Tenor. \u00a0It takes a brave horse to leave the herd. \u00a0(Sonny\u2019s value is now $2 billion!) \u00a0Sadly, even though Tenor was with the run-away horses, he got upset. \u00a0His herdmate Sonny left him! \u00a0He made a deep distress cry and moved. \u00a0He moved backwards. \u00a0His amazing rider tried to turn him from left to right, but Tenor stayed anxious and moving. \u00a0The amazing rider, me, thought about the two women who had been bucked off and decided she didn\u2019t want to be #3. \u00a0She rang a cry of distress to Sharon, \u201cCome back! \u00a0I need you!\u201d<\/p>\n Sonny headed back and with some urging from his rider (me), Tenor was able to move forward, leave the runaways and get close to Sonny. \u00a0Tenor\u2019s anxiety subsided. \u00a0Sharon and I decided to get back to the road to get help. \u00a0The two horses slowly followed us. \u00a0Sharon dismounted and after some quiet patience, caught the bay one rein horse. \u00a0It took a few more minutes and she was able to get the palomino looped rein horse. \u00a0 I was holding Sonny\u2019s reins.<\/p>\n A few cars passed by without stopping for my emergency distress waving. \u00a0What the heck? \u00a0They waved back at me. \u00a0Finally a truck stopped and the driver and his son-in-law got out. \u00a0It took a while for them to understand Tenor and Sonny were not the problem. \u00a0The son-in-law took the bay one rein horse. Another car drove up and I was able to stop them. \u00a0The woman got out of the passenger seat and agreed to take the palomino looped rein horse.<\/p>\n I asked the pickup truck driver if he would drive Sharon to the trailer parking lot as she (nor I) can mount these tall horses from the ground. \u00a0Instead he boosted Sharon up on Sonny. \u00a0He boosted her wrong leg first, but Sharon got him to boost the offside leg, not the inside leg that needed to be in the stirrup.<\/p>\n Sharon and I were mounted. \u00a0We had two people leading two horses a half mile! \u00a0The palomino horse had blood running down a back leg. \u00a0How had that happened? \u00a0 \u00a0I noticed some anxiety with this horse and a few horse beats of a gaited horse. \u00a0I wondered if the palomino could be a fox trotter.<\/p>\n (Both runaway horses are fox trotters! \u00a0I told one woman that we had a local Fox Trotter club.)<\/p>\n Our hero\u2019s and their vehicles made it back to the parking lot. \u00a0The one reined horse was tied to a wooden tie-out. \u00a0The other horse needed a tie rope so Sharon loaned Sonny\u2019s lead rope. \u00a0I dug out a multitude of halters and lead roles from the trailer. \u00a0Sharon put one of those on Sonny and it fit better than the halter she was using. \u00a0Another set of horse people descended upon us. \u00a0They must have just arrived in the parking lot. \u00a0Explanations were given and suddenly the women owners of the horses showed up! \u00a0We probably all needed a Zanex calming pill by this time. \u00a0I remember taking my first calm breath much later when Sharon and I were driving back.<\/p>\n A fire truck and ambulance arrived. \u00a0Thank goodness they didn\u2019t use the siren. \u00a0We heard sirens from afar, but assumed they were going somewhere else when we no longer heard them. \u00a0I did not notice them drive into the parking lot until they were right beside us. \u00a0My attention was fully on the horses and two women.<\/p>\n Gradually, the riders us the story. \u00a0It was a pit bull and Mastiff. \u00a0I also heard they were German Shepard and Mastiff. The dogs were running loose and far away from the owners. \u00a0The dogs had to run a distance to catch the horses. \u00a0 They attacked the horses who fought and bucked and the two women went to the ground. \u00a0 The women were both attacked and bitten. \u00a0Then they took off after the horses. \u00a0The first people who arrived to help the women were the dog owners. \u00a0When told her dogs had bitten the women, the owner said, oh it\u2019s all right, the dogs are vaccinated. One of the women told the rescuers that her friend just had a recent knee replacement and falling off a horse was awful. \u00a0The medical responders told her she needed to go to her doctor, but she was walking around. \u00a0Both women went to a doctor. \u00a0The palomino ran up a $1000 vet bill his first day at the vet and had to stay overnight.<\/p>\n While we were both there, the owner of the dog called. \u00a0(The dog has no future.)<\/p>\n Both women hugged me and thanked me for getting the horses back to the parking lot. \u00a0We got Sonny\u2019s rope back and decided we could leave. \u00a0Sonny and Tenor did their amazing loading job. \u00a0Oh, I forgot to mention that when we arrived at the parking lot, Tenor was peeing a 5 lb bucket of pee on the floor. \u00a0The trailer floor has some flakes, but nothing to withstand a 5 gallon pee bucket. \u00a0Sonny is loaded first which requires only Sharon to enter and exit the trailer. \u00a0I just send Tenor in and don\u2019t tie him. \u00a0So Sharon\u2019s boots suffered from about a half inch of pee during both loading\/unloading sessions. \u00a0I need a deeper layer of flakes to cover the floor with some depth.<\/p>\n Sharon stated maybe we should only ride at the park on a weekday afternoon. \u00a0This was a Sunday afternoon. \u00a0Many horse and dog people work during the week. \u00a0Work keeps them out of the park!<\/p>\n What a day. \u00a0I decided a huge Margherita at out local Mexican restaurant was necessary for dinner tonight. \u00a0I might be sobered up now. \u00a0It was tough to ask Sharon if she wanted to ****. \u00a0My voice could not say the word trail ride. \u00a0But tomorrow is Monday and I don\u2019t want to get James A Reed PTSD. \u00a0We are riding tomorrow!<\/p>\n Note: \u00a0If anyone knows these women, please let them know my name or tell me. \u00a0I want to pay for their membership in our local fox trotter club.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just a day in the park trail ride and Missouri Fox Trotters rescued their fellow fox trotters. 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\nThe blood on the palomino\u2019s back leg was from a dog bite. \u00a0(Good Lordy!) \u00a0Both women were bitten. \u00a0One had a blue medical \u00a0band around her lower thigh. \u00a0This was protecting her dog bite. \u00a0The dog chased one horse and then returned to attack the other horse. \u00a0(Good Lord!)<\/p>\n