Stray horses?? this morning there was a random horse in my front yard

Question

he is a male arabian.. don't know if he's gelded or not

he's pretty chunky and he's really really sweet

checked his teeth looks about 3-6? great feet, and legs and shiny coat! there is no hook

my neighbors have horses all around me so i know who has what horse and so and so, but no one on my street has ever had an arabian... or i for sure would know hah

isnt that weird or what? what would you do? my neighbor found him and she's keeping him in her extra pasture right now, and calling all the neighbors that have lived in the area longer because i'm sure they know who owns an arabian!

so how would you handle this? crazy or what? she's said she'll give him to me if she can't find the owners!! but i just really hope his owner finds him because i know i would be heart broken if my horse was "lost"...you don't think soeone would have just let him go right? he's not that fat... but he's got a chunky but an legs, so someones taking GOOD care of him =)

oh and he drools alot.. lol

Answer 1

haha

that would make my day!

to see a random horse outside my door!

well i dont live that close to barns, so odds are

the only lost animal there would be are dogs!

just put up posters, keep calling people, and make sure the lost horsey isnt flippin out!

Answer 2

i get all kinds of strays all the time but A HORSE! i love horses and it would be great if a horse came to my house but thats crazy you need to put up signs that say lost horse call to identify, don't give any hints like male,bay,age, or breed. dont do that, lots of kids and adults want a horse or more horses so anyone could just call and say thats my horse, but 9 times out of 10 if a stray horse comes wandering up to a house it's because the owner either cant afford it, doesnt wan't it  or had no luck selling it. usually people will only drop off a horse if they see you either own a horse(s) or have the proper place to keep a horse, if that is the case just be thankful he didn't end up at slaughter. if he does end up yours congrats but beware horses arent always trained well.

Answer 3

I wouldnt put up posters. ANYONE interested in him could contact you claiming it was theirs. Call the police. If he has escaped the owners would have contacted someone and the police would have been notified.  

Answer 4

Put up posters!

Answer 5

thats insane! someone must have let him go or lost him or something. there arent any free roaming arabs in the US lol he might be drooling because there might be some kind of grass or clover he was eating. its not uncommon and nothing to worry about. you are handling this exactly how you should! i would put up flyers too.

good luck!!

Answer 6

If you don't know how to tell whether he's gelded or not you have no business with a horse, honey.

With  today's sale prices being rock bottom and feed going sky high he could have been abandoned by his owner in hopes someone will keep him and love him.

I ended up with a pony once that no one claimed - police scanned the area within a 5 mile radius and I even placed an ad. Nobody claimed him, so I kept him - and learned he was a Houdini and could escape any fence except hot wire!!

But please, if you're so inexperienced you can't tell a gelding from a stallion, please pass on this horse.  

Answer 7

I'm hoping someone has a mare in heat, and the Arabian is a stallion who just got carried away trying to find a new girlfriend.  My friend's stallion is notorious for charging and electric fence and busting through it to get to a mare.  It only hurts for a second, right?

Hopefully, someone is frantically trying to locate an escapee, but depending where you live, don't be surprised if no one claims him.  Some parts of the country, particularly the western US, are having some major problems with people unable to feed their horses anymore and just turning them out.  Foreclosures, loss of farms, inability to pay the rent and buy food for their own family and rescue groups are full... not the best thing to do, but some desperate owners can't even give their horses away.

BTW, I've been offered 4 free horses - registered, broken, decent bloodlines - in the past year by owners who could not afford to keep them.  I cannot afford a horse myself, and did find a home for a miniature (who is now spoiled and part of a petting zoo).  But how many other people are in that situation?

I hope he just decided to come for a visit and isn't abandoned...

Answer 8

You need to check him for freez branding or a microchip. Alot of people get there horses micro chipped now so get a vet to do that.

He could be a wild horse decended form a stray one in which case it would be better to leave him alone.

Another thing that would help is to know weather he is gelded or not. If he is, he definatly is not wild but if hes entire, chances are he is wild and probably come to find a mare in season.

Answer 9

I actually had a horse get lose several years ago and we found him 8 miles away!!! He even crossed a high way, I about had a heart attack when I realized the path he had taken. I would post fliers around at Tack shops, etc.

I would keep trying to look for his owner, especially since he doesn't appear to have been neglected.  

Answer 10

i would put up posters and just look for the owner. its not like horses carry a dog colar with them. and if you dont find the owner. congratz on the new horse!!!!!!  

i hope you find the owner!!!

good luck

Answer 11

Oh wow! I would suggest putting up posters and fliers around your local tack shops and feed shops, etc. Somewhere someone who owned a horse would go.

You sound like your doing an excellent job of handling it right now, and I wish you the best of luck with finding his owner. But if you don't, grats on the new horse! lol.

I just hope he isn't there because his owner didn't want him anymore...

But I wish you the best of luck!

Answer 12

I don't understand.

You can check his teeth, but you don't know if he's a gelding?

Answer 13

Consider that maybe someone did not want him and dropped him off just to fight for himself. Post up LOST signs and after a while you might have a new horse! Good Luck!

Answer 14

You should contact the local sheriff/police since the horse could have been stolen and dumped, or may have wandered for quite a distance after escaping containment.  He should be quarantined until the authorities can pick him up, or whatever arrangements are made. Your neighbor has no authority to give him to you since she doesn't own him.

He may have been eating excessive clover, or goodness knows what, to cause the drooling.

Answer 15

There is a lady who lost her Arabian named Charlz recently in Massachusetts. If you live in Massachusetts perhaps you can contact her and see if it is Charlz. Here is the article:

http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx...