Hello, and welcome back to the blog. It’s been a sad time of late and also a time of much change. Today, I’m going to share a few words about Harry.
I lost my beautiful horse, Harry, about a month ago to a complicated episode of colic. What initially was considered a reaction to a wormer turned into a much more serious colic scenario. Harry had a displaced colon with a suspected impaction and twist in his gut.
We tried everything we could but he was not responding as we hoped and was in a lot of pain as soon as the painkillers wore off. It wasn’t fair and so we made the call.
I’ve never lost a horse before. I have friends who have but I have only ever viewed it through their eyes and not my own.
It is such a heartbreaking experience and it really hit me hard. It wasn’t just losing Harry, it was losing my lifestyle too. Everything changed.
Harry was such a beautiful soul. He is probably the best natured horse I have ever had, always willing to try his best for you and he never had a malice thought. One of my favourite times of day was going to the field to give Harry his feed because he would come cantering over every time. He loved his food and he loved being fussed over.
We had many challenges throughout our time; cancer of the third eyelid, a serious fungal eye infection, dental issues, falling in the creek, thrush as a result of falling in the creek, abscesses and then colic. He would lose weight at the drop of the hat, I’d spent hours researching feeds and percentages of digestible energy. I felt like giving up many times. But then, Harry would come running and neighing to me when I called and would wait patiently for his treat and it all didn’t seem to matter.
He was one in a million, my Harry Bobs, and I will miss him dearly, always.
BBequines 