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Doug Oldiges breaks the ice around his horse, Pencil, as firefighters and members of the Northern Kentucky Large Animal Rescue Team arrive at the scene after Pencil fell through the ice on a pond on Oldiges’ farm in Melbourne, Ky, on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Patrick Reddy)
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keithincda on February 04 at 5:35 p.m.
geez, he doesn’t need to chop his head off fer crying out loud…;)
Liz on February 04 at 6:01 p.m.
poor guy. glad this never happened to either of mine.
Cindy_H on February 04 at 10:38 p.m.
For gosh sakes, who names their horse Pencil? I’d hate to see what kind of predicament ol` Ballpoint is in.
Bob on February 05 at 7:35 a.m.
You can lead a pencil to water but you can’t make him sink.