Real estate can be a tough business. But sometimes it’s a real beast, Erika McKinney has learned.

McKinney won a trip to the hospital when a horse bit her and knocked her into a tree during a property showing Nov. 10.

McKinney and her client were standing by a fence at the property in Bedford, Ind., about 65 miles south of Indianapolis, when the horse leaned over and bit McKinney’s hand, then head-butted her into a tree.

McKinney, who suffered bruises to her hand and chest, was treated and released from a local hospital