I boarded at a 'stable' with a barn built for cattle. I'm on the place and the only present worker comes running up talking a barely intelligable mix of english and Mixtec indian. I finally figured out a stallion with a odd sleep disorder had fallen over into the cement slurry feeder and was stuck upside down. My niece called my DVM, who called her Nevada ranch raised husband. I managed to hobble the stallion, halter his head and wrap a protective saddleblanket over his eyes. My DVM and husband arrived, tranqued the horse and we secured the halter to a comealong and got doubled up leadropes around his heartgirth. In short order he popped out like a cork. We walked him to a nearby roundpen and started followup care. MEANWHILE, the mixtec ran to the stable operator's house. Without actually coming out, he had the tree service company who leased vehicle space there drive a cherry picker INTO the barn to lift the stud. He also called 3 other DVMs, the Fire Department, Animal Control, Ventura Sherriff's Office and an animal Psychic <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />. WE were quietly working on the horse on one side, when this flying circus descended on the other. In the general melee' the crane operator had manuevered his truck inside the barn and raised the crane to secure said horse. The owner finally showed up, decided to lower the crane- and flipped the switch UP, taking out his barn roof. Later he told the owner ( after demanding payment for damages caused by her stallion) I had pushed the horse over so I could "play the hero" There are times when training, talent and a cool head make utterly no difference <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />