Yesterday, I was on my way to work and our neighbor's mini horse was on the road.  I stopped and lured him out of the road, but he wouldn't follow me and I wasn't really dressed to handle a horse.  So, I went up to their house and honked.  She was still home thankfully.  (She is a vet and was getting ready to leave for the office.)  She said she'd take care of it.

Well, this morning the little snot was out in the road again.  Vic got out and got him out of the road while I went to their house and honked.  However, this morning no one answered the door.  I went back to follow while Vic walked him back to their house and put him back in the pasture where he always is.

I noticed that she had fixed a couple of places in the fence, but I think he is coming out under the fence in a gully along the road.  He is in a big pasture with several other horses with a big pond and plenty of hay.  She has had him a year or more.  But I guess he has decided that he needs on the other side of the fence for some reason.

Vic wondered if she would be mad because we put him back in.  I don't think so, but...  Would you be mad if someone stopped to get your horse out of the road and take them back home?

You definitely did the right thing. Our QH decided that the middle of the night was an appropriate time to go for a walk down the road, thankfully we have good neighbours (who also have horses) and he was caught and brought home safely. I think I'd be a lot madder if someone (especially someone who knew anything about horses) didn't bother to try to catch him and put him back where he obviously belongs.

VicAndChoctaw:

Vic wondered if she would be mad because we put him back in.  I don't think so, but...  Would you be mad if someone stopped to get your horse out of the road and take them back home?

I don't think she would be mad. I sure wouldn't. But if you put the horse back where he was she won't know he got out. And he will probably get out again. If you can't secure the horse in a barn or shelter that would make it obvious something happened while the owner was away, it might be a good idea to call or leave a note letting her know she has a repeat offender. ~FH

I did think about that on the way to work.  I called her office, but she wasn't in yet.  I left a brief message with her answering service to let her know he was out again this morning, but that I put him back in.  Hopefully, she will get and understand the message.

I didn't see any unoccupied pens and frankly, felt awkward messing about on someone else's property.  She has the big pasture, a round pen that is down in the big pasture, and the stallion's lot.  So, I put him back where I know he usually is.  He may have been out again before I got to work though.  He is so cute, but obviously a stinker.  I know her and her family, been to her house before, and have used her as a vet several times, but still not familiar enough to feel comfortable waltzing around her place alone.

Choctaw, aka Houdini, opened the yard gate and was grazing in the yard about 2 AM one morning.  The phone rang and caller id showed 911 (nothing like an adrenaline kick start to the morning).  Anyway, someone coming in from working a late shift saw her and called 911 and they called me.  I was thankful for the heads up and immediately raced out in my PJs to find the horse calmly munching next to the driveway.  Choctaw was like "What??  Did I do something wrong?"  Smart-aleck horses!  I was just thankful she was safe.

You certianly did the right thing. At our boarding barn there is a small pasture that has a wooden fence up by the road, its been normal for the horses to knock down the middle board and slip right out and graze outside their paddock. once the bus driver stopped and honked to let the BO know that a horse was loose.

Another time a passer by stopped and came to the BO's door. there was a little black pony across the street in the grape field, we didn't know whose it was and it was getting dark so we put her in one of our stalls and waited till daylight to go to all the barns nearby to find the owner. We assumed she came from about 3 miles down the road from a large barn, nope. The neighbor next door never told us he got a small pony and the first night he had her she came to visit all our old men lol. its pretty normal for atleast once a month for this pony to come visit.

Well, I guess she got my message.  When I came in from work last night, the horses were all in the round pen.  I presume she fastened them up until she can find where he is getting out and fix the problem.