This has been a year many of us would like to forget but it will be for us the year of "Goodbyes ".
In April my wife's young Icelandic mare developed a torsional colic.There was nothing we could do and after 24 hours we made the final decision.
A month later one of our two brother cats was diagnosed with cancer.
In July the older of our miniature donkeys decided she had had enough. Some years before she came to us she had been abused resulting in a neck fracture and arthritis in several vertebrae. Pain medication could only carry her so far.
Yesterday our 33 year old Icelandic had a heart attack and left us. We have been bracing ourselves for this for a couple of years. His teeth were pretty much worn out and arthritis made it hard for him to get around, but he was game. The wife said he held on as long as the grass was good.
My wife is the horse lover and she has suffered much through all this.
There is one bright spot. Last month she bought a young Icelandic mare she has been working with through the summer.
I guess life goes on.
This was the young mare that died unexpectedly. She was to be my wife's 'retirement horse '.
Now we start over.
Best
Les