Goodbye Sweetheart
This is just a reminder to hug your horses, your pets, your friends. You truly never know what will happen.
A beautiful, kind, and young National Showhorse at our barn, Just Call Me Josie, is scheduled to be put down on Monday morning. It was very unexpected and a shock to all who knew her.
She has been a trouble horse health wise since her owner bought her years ago. She rehabbed her twice for a horrid quarter crack that took years and very expensive farrier work to bring her back. She worked patiently with her vet, farrier, and trainer to bring this talented young mare back to unmounted work, showing her very successfully in halter and making wonderful progress undersaddle. She debuted in the showring this past summer. She had the makings of a wonderful child horse. She wanted to work, she loved showing off, but never took a bad step during her training undersaddle and let young children handle and dote on her. Upon having some difficulty picking up a right lead canter in training, she was examined immediately by a veterinarian who determined she had pulled both rear suspensories. She was immediately put on pain medications, ulcer preventatives, and put on stall rest to be monitored while she rested for months.
Jen loved this horse and was doing everything possible for her. The vets and farriers very closely monitored her behavior and everything was done to try and keep the mare who hates being stallbound, happy with her situation. Stem cell therapy had been considered, but with the recent surgery and medical bills that Jennifer has needed herself, that could not be an option.
Unfortunately, things did not go well during her stallrest. After a late night check on the little girl showed her standing on her toes only and shaking from pain, the vet was called and he confirmed that her sitation was worsening and the pain was increasing. Her attitude had changed and she hit a depression. The vet and the owner felt that with her decreasing condition and spirits, and increasing pain, this lovely, magnificent, beautiful and kind hearted mare would be best free of pain.
She will be put down on Monday morning surrounded by those that loved her and pampered every second of every day until then.
Josie is 9 years old. She is very talented, beautiful, spirited, and like most all arabs I have met, kind down to her very soul. She had so much to give and therefore, this loss has hit those that loved her hard.
A beautiful, kind, and young National Showhorse at our barn, Just Call Me Josie, is scheduled to be put down on Monday morning. It was very unexpected and a shock to all who knew her.
She has been a trouble horse health wise since her owner bought her years ago. She rehabbed her twice for a horrid quarter crack that took years and very expensive farrier work to bring her back. She worked patiently with her vet, farrier, and trainer to bring this talented young mare back to unmounted work, showing her very successfully in halter and making wonderful progress undersaddle. She debuted in the showring this past summer. She had the makings of a wonderful child horse. She wanted to work, she loved showing off, but never took a bad step during her training undersaddle and let young children handle and dote on her. Upon having some difficulty picking up a right lead canter in training, she was examined immediately by a veterinarian who determined she had pulled both rear suspensories. She was immediately put on pain medications, ulcer preventatives, and put on stall rest to be monitored while she rested for months.
Jen loved this horse and was doing everything possible for her. The vets and farriers very closely monitored her behavior and everything was done to try and keep the mare who hates being stallbound, happy with her situation. Stem cell therapy had been considered, but with the recent surgery and medical bills that Jennifer has needed herself, that could not be an option.
Unfortunately, things did not go well during her stallrest. After a late night check on the little girl showed her standing on her toes only and shaking from pain, the vet was called and he confirmed that her sitation was worsening and the pain was increasing. Her attitude had changed and she hit a depression. The vet and the owner felt that with her decreasing condition and spirits, and increasing pain, this lovely, magnificent, beautiful and kind hearted mare would be best free of pain.
She will be put down on Monday morning surrounded by those that loved her and pampered every second of every day until then.
Josie is 9 years old. She is very talented, beautiful, spirited, and like most all arabs I have met, kind down to her very soul. She had so much to give and therefore, this loss has hit those that loved her hard.