Reason 342 not to own a horse...

[unclebilly]

When people find out I live the country, they always ask if we have horses... While horses are beautiful, I have no plans to have any. My buddy's predicament compounds my argument against horse ownership.

On Thursday, his daughter's horse died unexpectedly.

What do you do with a dead horse?

The ground is frozen and will be until late March or April so burying it won't be easy without bringing in a big excavator or having a large fire first. Their acreage isn't big enough to just drag it off into the corner for the coyotes (and it was a pet so this isn't really kosher).

He was planning to wrap it in a tarp and bury it in snow until the spring. This seems like a bad idea to me...

What would you do!

[porsche4life]

Rent a backhoe for the day.... Get it done now....

[pwd72s]

Here they go off to a pet food rendering plant...just burying them can have nasty results if there are wells nearby.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Rent a backhoe for the day.... Get it done now....

This makes perfect sense. A backhoe should break through the frosty ground. Make sure it is deep or the critters will get it......

[unclebilly]

Originally Posted by porsche4life

Rent a backhoe for the day.... Get it done now....

It is a major pain in the arse to get through the frost with a backhoe. I have an old John Deere backhoe and have done this beforE, not fun... Still better than dealing with a rotton carcass in the spring.

[porsche4life]

Fire then backhoe then.....

[ZOA NOM]

two words: dynamite

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by ZOA NOM

two words: dynamite

Yeah that'll work! Just ask the state of Oregon.
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[drcoastline]

OMG, Did you ever smell a dead horse in the summer? Make sure that that thing is buried 20 feet deep. That stench permeates and you can smell it for miles.

The only smell worse than a dead horse is a dead whale or maybe 20,000 cans of chopped clams rotting and bursting in the summer sun.

[MMiller]

The last horse I had die on me....we called a service to have it hauled off and disposed of properly. There are people in that business.

That was in TX but I would assume other parts of country would offer similar.

[pwd72s]

I wasn't kidding about the well....I'm surrounded by horsey set idiots. One buried her "pet" horse. Even had a headstone. Ended up polluting another neighbor's well. He sued her and won...a large enough settlement nearly 6 figures.

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Here they go off to a pet food rendering plant...just burying them can have nasty results if there are wells nearby.

This is the greenest solution. Do they do anything this civilized in Calgary? Not having buried anything lately I don't even know if they do it here!But I can find out.....

[Crowbob]

Call Burger King and use an English accent.

[pavulon]

crows and coyotes gotta eat too!

[ZOA NOM]

Originally Posted by crowbob

call burger king and use an english accent.

hahahahaha!!!!

[sc_rufctr]

Originally Posted by Panerai

The last horse I had die on me....we called a service to have it hauled off and disposed of properly. There are people in that business.

That was in TX but I would assume other parts of country would offer similar.

This is the best advice. I'm sure you could find someone locally.

[Jrboulder]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Call Burger King and use an English accent.

Why did I use the laptop today?

[fastfredracing]

Have any enemies ?

[Rick V]

Originally Posted by Crowbob

Call Burger King and use an English accent.

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[URY914]

Chain saw like in Animal House.