A Morgan is about the most obliging horse a carer can be handed: hardy, friendly, and usually an easy keeper who thrives on modest rations. The emergency sheet for a Morgan should reflect both halves of that. The carer needs the standard chain of contacts and vet details, set out so a midnight problem can be handled without guesswork, and they also need the feeding rules written as firmly as the phone numbers, because the commonest way a Morgan's stay goes wrong is not a dramatic accident but a week of generous feeding by someone who thinks he looks like he could use it.
The calling order, on one page
Put yourself first, with the times you will be unreachable honestly marked, then a local backup who knows the horse and can come to the yard and decide on your behalf. Your equine vet practice comes next, with the out-of-hours route written separately from the daytime number, since the two are rarely the same path. Then your farrier, with a note of when he was last shod or trimmed and what he wears, and your transport contact if he would need to travel, plus the hospital your vet uses for referrals. Finish with practical helpers: the yard owner, a neighbour who can hold a horse or open a gate at short notice.
Vet details specific to this Morgan
Leave his normal resting temperature, pulse, and breathing rate, and a short description of his ordinary self: how he eats, what his droppings look like, how he behaves at turnout. List his current feed by weight and type, his forage, and anything being given for an existing issue, together with any condition your vet is actively monitoring and the signs they have asked you to report. Morgans as a breed can be prone to gaining weight and to metabolic trouble that goes with it, so if your vet has set a weight target or grazing restriction for this horse, that instruction belongs on the emergency sheet where the carer sees it daily, not buried in a notebook.
The feeding rules are safety rules
Write the ration down exactly and add, in plain words, that nobody is to add feeds, swap forage for richer hay, or hand out treats beyond what is listed, however hopefully the horse looks at them. Morgans are charismatic beggars, and a carer softening the rules is a welfare issue, not a kindness. Note his grazing arrangement, whether that is a muzzle, a track, or limited hours, and what to do if he gets out onto richer grass: that is a call to the vet for advice the same day, because overeating on rich grass is a recognised route to laminitis in an easy-keeping breed. Note also where spare rugs, his muzzle, and his first-aid kit live.
What the carer may decide alone
State clearly that the carer may call the vet at any hour and approve the first emergency response, and notify your practice in advance that the carer speaks for you while you travel. Name the decisions the backup contact can make if you are unreachable, and leave the sheet signed and dated. If the horse is insured or the practice keeps a card on file, say where those details are. Confidence matters: a carer who knows their authority will act at the first sign of colic or injury rather than spending an hour trying to reach you while a problem grows.
Records that travel with the responsibility
The contact sheet, the feeding rules, and the vet history belong together, in the carer's hands, for the whole stay. KinsLe's Pet Passport keeps your Morgan's records and key details together in one portable packet, so whoever is caring for him is working from the same complete picture you keep yourself.