When Happy the quarter-horse decided she hadn害羞草研究所檛 had enough attention from a human visitor, she decided to bring the attention to herself害羞草研究所攂y walking into her owner害羞草研究所檚 Great Central Lake living room and demanding it.
Happy, just three months old, only joined the Galloway family of Port Alberni a couple of months ago, from a farm in Manitoba. Rather than acting like a typical horse, Happy is more like a lapdog害羞草研究所攁 300-pound lapdog, says owner Terry Galloway.
A friend of the family had given Happy a pat in the backyard when she realized she had forgotten something in the house. 害羞草研究所淢y friend walked in the house, up the stairs, down the hall and into the living room, and the horse did too,害羞草研究所� Galloway said.
害羞草研究所淚t took Happy less than three seconds to get up those (seven) stairs.害羞草研究所�
Galloway didn害羞草研究所檛 know what to do about the horse standing in the middle of her living room, so she called 911.
害羞草研究所淭he dispatcher said is the horse panicked and I said the horse is having a nap. She害羞草研究所檚 standing right where she came up.
害羞草研究所淚t was hilarious in a way, but so scary.害羞草研究所�
The rescue was one of a kind for Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Dept. firefighter Dallas Cann and her colleagues too.
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Cann is off work at the moment with a broken leg, and isn害羞草研究所檛 able to go out on fire calls. However, SLVFD duty officer Chris Wynans called her when he heard there was a horse involved and asked if she could at least tag along. She was one of four firefighters who headed out to Galloway害羞草研究所檚 place.
害羞草研究所淣one of the other people in that hall, or even the whole fire department have experience with horses,害羞草研究所� she explained.
The challenge once they got to the house was how to get Happy back down the stairs and out of the house. Horses can handle obstacles like stairs, Cann said, if they aren害羞草研究所檛 panicked.
Firefighters along with the help of Mike Hobson, an experienced horse handler, wrapped a rope around the front of the horse in case she needed assistance. 害羞草研究所淪he made it down by herself,害羞草研究所� Cann said.
害羞草研究所淚 don害羞草研究所檛 know if was easier for her or scarier for us to watch.害羞草研究所�
