Lulu2. It's so hard

My friend's horse died last week. She went out to him and he was down, looked maybe colicky, spasming and flailing. Her and the farmer (who owns the grazing) managed to get him to his feet and page the vet but he went down again before they could get him walking and he just died, right there. He was 29. The vet said, maybe colic, maybe something neurological (rythmic kicking out didn't sound like colic to him) but in a lot of ways, though it was traumatic, it was easier for her than having to make the decision. He was otherwise old but healthy.

I guess i'd tell the truth, the horse is very old and is sick in a way that won't ever get better, and hurts a lot, so the vet is going to come and make it not hurt anymore but that means Razz can't be here anymore. As a very small child my mother used to tell me when horses died they went to be the foam on the waves in the ocean (she also told me the northern lights was the angels singing and the moon eclipse was perhaps (she was raised evangelical but didn't practice anymore) God blinking. I don't know where you stand on such things. SHe never lied to me and she never stated them as fact she KNEW, but she allowed my natural sense of wonder at that age to comfort me, if that makes sense. I still love to watch the ocean horses race to the beach even now i'm a grown-up who knows better

allgirls i too would have ridden through PG if i'd had a horse. I have tips for teaching a horse to stand while mounted if you're interested. Taught a 14 year old once (who used to rear, walk off, spin his quarters out, you name it) so it should work on any age.

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