When Happy the quarter-horse decided she hadn乌鸦传媒檛 had enough attention from a human visitor, she decided to bring the attention to herself乌鸦传媒攂y walking into her owner乌鸦传媒檚 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乌鸦传媒攁 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. 乌鸦传媒淢y friend walked in the house, up the stairs, down the hall and into the living room, and the horse did too,乌鸦传媒� Galloway said.
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Galloway didn乌鸦传媒檛 know what to do about the horse standing in the middle of her living room, so she called 911.
乌鸦传媒淭he dispatcher said is the horse panicked and I said the horse is having a nap. She乌鸦传媒檚 standing right where she came up.
乌鸦传媒淚t was hilarious in a way, but so scary.乌鸦传媒�
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乌鸦传媒檛 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乌鸦传媒檚 place.
乌鸦传媒淣one of the other people in that hall, or even the whole fire department have experience with horses,乌鸦传媒� 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乌鸦传媒檛 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. 乌鸦传媒淪he made it down by herself,乌鸦传媒� Cann said.
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