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Approved 12/12/16 <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 10/10/16 Page 12 of 113 <br /> <br /> <br />LeAnne Brown: And then, Mr. Petesch asked you an interesting question about your horses tolerance of 1 <br />other rural sounds, like guns shots and that sort of thing, would you explain how a horse owner in a rural 2 <br />area helps a horse learn to deal with those kinds of sounds? 3 <br /> 4 <br />Gleta Carswell: I’m so glad you asked. So what we did to get our horses used to the sound of gunshots is 5 <br />we actually started out with lower caliber guns and to be fair Rene Quadt is the marksman, not me, so we 6 <br />actually started out with lower caliber and we acclimated the horses to it and over time they’ve gotten used 7 <br />to it. There are constantly gunshots out there. There’s not a weekend that goes by that there are not 8 <br />gunshots so gunshots are something that horses hear a lot. What horses react to isn’t what they’re used to. 9 <br />It’s the things that happen that they’re not used to that you can’t predict. So it’s the unpredictability that is 10 <br />actually the most damaging thing when you have horses that are easily aroused. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Karen Barrows: I think Matt had a question. 13 <br /> 14 <br />Matt Hughes: I do. I just have a few questions. What do you do with your horses at night? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Gleta Carswell: They have what’s called an open run in shed. So they have shelter that they can go into if 17 <br />they wish and if not they can wander around all night long. 18 <br /> 19 <br />Matt Hughes: But do you ever put them in stalls or anything? 20 <br /> 21 <br />Gleta Carswell: I do if the weather is bad or they’re injured or something likes that. But normally they have 22 <br />free range of the pasture. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Matt Hughes: That’s all I have. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Karen Barrows: Any other questions? 27 <br /> 28 <br />Barry Katz: I have a question. Just so I understand, to clarify, we’re listening to you describing the 29 <br />circumstance. We’ve established that you have standing. Is that the whole purpose? 30 <br /> 31 <br />LeAnne Brown: Yes, that’s the purpose of the first line of questioning I have of all the number. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Barry Katz: Ok, fine. So we’ve established that you have standing and I assume you may challenge 34 <br />whether they have standing or not. It’s one of those things. Ok, so that’s what we’re doing? 35 <br /> 36 <br />LeAnne Brown: That’s what we’re doing first, yes. 37 <br />Barry Katz: Ok. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Karen Barrows: No further questions for Ms. Carswell? 40 <br /> 41 <br />Gleta Carswell: Thank you. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Karen Barrows: You’ll have to be sworn in. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Michael Harvey swore in Rene Quadt. 46 <br /> 47 <br />Michael Harvey: State your name and that you’ve been sworn in. 48 <br /> 49