Time to go to the big pasture
Just put one of my Pards down.
”Little Man” a coming 25 year old Qtr, Foxtrotter cross, foaled at home and died at home.
He was a great horse, broke easy, never had a buck in him and one of his endearments to me was that I roped and doctored a calf on his third ride and he acted like he’d been working a calf on a rope for years.
There was horses that were faster and some that could pull more, but He had a great travel, smooth lope, reined like he had power steering, great attitude and a warped sense of humor.
He had been off a little of late and this last cold snap of -20, he was having trouble getting up, like his hips and stifles were bothering him, so I decided not to let him be in pain. I bedded him in looking to the sunrise and the mountains that had a lot of his hoofprints in them.
Adios Little Man, enjoy that belly deep grass and cool water, you earned it.
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Sounds like he was a great horse and a great friend. Sorry for your loss
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That had to have been hard to do. I’m sorry for your loss.
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Sorry for your loss, Dave.
Sure is dusty in here...
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That’s tough, David ,,,,,,
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Thanks for the kind thoughts acknowledging a dang good Horse.
Mule
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Thats very sad. Sorry for you loss
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So sad. What wonderful memories.
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Sad news indeed. 😪
Kinda dusty in here all of a sudden...
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Dang. Just dang.
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That's why we hung horse thieves years ago deservedly so, we consider them life savers and family. Sorry for your loss.
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Sorry for your loss.....
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Sorry for your loss, Dave.
Sure is dusty in here...
Oh yeah, here too for some reason. Little Man go meet up with Rae's Fairy Queen in that belly deep grass.
Sorry for your loss, Dave. They're all family.
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I'm just seeing this... My thoughts and prayers are with you. Hopefully Little Man runs into the Fairy Queen. RIP🐎 🙏❤️🙏🐎
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dpmule, so sorry for your loss. A wonderful tribute to your old friend. ----------------Ray
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So sorry for your loss
I shared this post with my wife who truly loves all animals, she also developed some dust in the air syndromes.
we both feel your sorrow
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When we bought this farm and moved here, the seller asked that I look after his last remaining work horse(maybe gives you an idea of how long ago that was?). I did as asked and the poor old beast lived 2-3 more years. I buried him under the cottonwood tree where he spent most of those final years. RIP old Joe.
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Sorry to hear this, I have had to do it 3 times and it just breaks our hearts, Ride on lil Man, say howdy to Mama Ria, Kika and Bo Bo. They will share some water and good hay with you.
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