I have a tale to tell. I just came back from the doctors visit from a very seroius injuery. On friday 4-27 I came home at 12:00 noon to spend the day riding with my friends and family  ( approx  10 total ). I am a very experienced rider always taking extreme caution on all rides. I have been riding eversense I can remember and I just turned 37 in the same place I was born the HOSPITAL!!! We saddled the horses , groomed them , walked them , Tighten the cincth, and were ready to ride ( we thought ) . I , being the elder made sure everyone was in their saddle and safe when I went to mount. Thats when my nightmare began. Right when I commited to get on the horse I saw the worst thing any rider could imagine fixin to happen my dog Ace an australain cattle dog attacked my horse. He has never been aggressive towards the horses before and I still have no idea why he did this but word to the wise no matter how long you've had you dogs put them up!!! I wound up with a severe attack from the horse that most agree lasted 5-10 mins. When she got me on the ground she then stomped, kicked, and pawed me to a pulp. I am a bodybuilder and the doctors were amazed at just how little injuries I had sustained when they had all the details. I now have an 8 inch plate and 15 pins in my right arm humorus ( right above the elbow ) My inturnal injuries were manageable by tuesday and now the only thing to tell about them is the bruising from my ribcage to the tops of both knees. I spent over a week in the hospital and still have to go back next week to have the staples and stiches removed.The recovery from such an injury is very long and drawn-out 6-8 months if youre lucky.I am not telling any of this to scare anyone but to make you think even when you are very cautious things can still happen.I myself am having to deal with the results of this and trying to make my neice and nephew understand that they (ones 6 the other 5) cannot give up horses bacause of what happened to me .I think the only way my nephew is going to ever ride again is for me to get back on and show him that I am not scared.(which as soon as the doctors and everyone else says its safe i will ride again just have to heal first)Well thats pretty much my story I just wanted to share anything can happed to anybody so please be safe and have fun.

P.S. anybody know of a good insurance company?  just thought I'd ask

WOW, sounds like quite the experience. Glad your here to tell about it. We all need to remember just when we think things are going well, look out!

Hope you mend ok, and enjoy the rest of your riding days ahead.

Wowser Dowser!!!

I hope you are on the mend quickly!! This reminds me that two weeks ago, my lil mare who is the calmest girl on the block, left this 60 ish cowboy flying....where the saddle came up--- and the cowboy came down, they met at the ole saddle horn!!

I'm nursing some real sickly looking bruises and a couple sore "Pelotas"!  The only thing I can imagine is that we were riding with an unfamiliar mare who is hot as hell, and my girls Arabian heritage was stirred to boiling. Both mares were in season, and we had no stallions or even geldings around, so perhaps it was PMS?

( It still hurts like hell!!)

Steve

My advice has always been to WEAR  A HELMET no matter what you are doing, or if your horse is the quitest one in the world!  It is not a matter of if you will fall off it is WHEN you will fall off.  You never know what will set a horse off and there is no such thing as a "bomb proof" horse.  Glad you were allright!

Ps there is no such thing as a good insurance company, lol, they want your money and never want to give it back.  What kind of insurance are you looking for?

A lady from my hometown died last week due to riding injuries.  No dogs involved but scary none the less.  She wanted to get back into riding so her and her daughter could do "horses" together.  Her daughter watched the whole accident.

Blue Cross Blue Shield is the Gold standard in health insurance.

Get well soon.