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Message: <blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 404331" data-attributes="member: 12827">There are several horse pastures in this area and NONE have shelter for the horses. The same for cattle pastures. It is not unusual to see a horse laying on its belly to rest, but you do upon occasion see one laying on its side. I am no horse expert, far from it, but I do know this is normal if they do it for 15 minutes or so to rest but will once again stand once they start to compress their rib cage, but more than that and can certainly be a danger sign. In this particular instance this animal had been like this for at least 45 minutes between when I passed it the first time and then the second time going the opposite way. This animal may have either been in the process of dying or was already dead. Was it just old and it was just its time? Who knows, but the temperature was in the low 20's and it was not long after dawn.</blockquote>