Good bye my sweet lil Lady........

Unfortunately, with horses there are no guarantees of any kind. They can seem in perfect health one minute and be in critical shape the next.  On a regular week day morning, the owner noticed that the fencing in one of the runs was mangled to a degree - like a horse had laid down and had trouble getting up.  Then he noticed that Lady was ignoring her hay and looking unlike herself.  He immediately called JoJo and shared with her his concerns.  She, of course flew over and checked out her mare.  After some time and no change - the vet was summoned and arrived in the morning.  Lady had moved her bowels - great sign if you think your horse colicked
( a term in the horse world for twisted intestines that can be fatal ).  The vet checked her over and administered meds in hopes of curing what ailed Lady.  Many hours passed and Jo could not stand to see her in such pain.  The vet was called back and Jo was told she was in great distress and they decided to  humanely put Lady out of her misery. The end result was it was  a huge tumor that Lady had probably had for a while that went unnoticed til now.  Needless to say JoJo was in shock and sad beyond belief.

When the owner called me that night - I was sure he was prepping me about Piedmont who was close to 30 and not Lady who JoJo had enjoyed for only about 6-7 months.  .
 The following Saturday I took along a box of Kleenex and we all shed tears for both Lady and JoJo.  We had a wake of sorts in the barn .....Jo shared in the tears and laughter as we all shared our memories of her lil Lady.  Her stall was empty as we all stood in front of it and yet.....we all waited for her to pop her head around the corner of her run as she had done every Saturday since she's been there.

                The last few pics of JoJo and Lady that I took.