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| Ida (1976 - 2009) | |
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| Topic Started: Sep 4 2009, 08:26 AM (65 Views) | |
| Delia | Sep 4 2009, 08:26 AM Post #1 |
Is the meadow on fire?
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Ida was my boy Jesse's retired pasturemate, who passed last Sunday. Here's a lovely tribute from her owner, Fran. Photos were embedded in her email to me, but unfortunately I can't figure out how to display them here. It's a lovely testimony to the bond we have with our horses and the joy they bring to our lives. RIP Ida, you are much loved and greatly missed.  :On Sunday, August 30, 2009, my beloved horse Ida had to be euthanized. She was 33. In the beginning of July, she came down with a salmonella infection and had to be in the equine hospital for 10 days. She recovered and returned home and slowly regained her appetite and started to gain some of the 150-200 lbs she had lost while hospitalized. However, she had developed a thrombus at the catheter site on her neck while in the hospital. She was kept on antibiotics. The site of the infection improved, but weekly blood analysis continued to show that a low grade infection persisted. Despite this Ida was herself and enjoyed life up until that Sunday morning when she fell in the field and could not get herself up. We were able to finally get her up after much time and struggle. She was exhausted but was able to return to the barn and her stall, eat some hay, and a few carrots. But, in a short time she fell again in her stall and could not rise. A blood analysis showed that her infection had spiked and other important values as well. We then knew that a probable undetected cancer was at the bottom of her ensuing infection. Her death will leave an enormous hole in my life because of all of the tremendous enjoyment that I’ve had with her in the past 17 years that I’ve owned her. I bought her about 5 years after learning to ride for the first time. She came with a lot of training and skills. She was a dressage queen, and I was very proud of her. In her earlier life she competed quite successfully at the Prix St. Georges level of dressage. She was a beautiful unusual mocha color, called dark liver chestnut, with eyes to match. She had a personality that indeed made her the perfect horse for me. Together, we embarked on a journey where she patiently attempted to make me into a dressage rider. This, of course, turned out to be a journey of a thousand miles for me, and I’m not sure how many miles I actually covered. But, I am sure it is more than I would have covered with any other horse. I want to thank all of you for your friendship and your thoughts for me as I adjust to this new life without Ida. I’m not sure what role horses will be playing in my future right now. I know that I need a little time to figure this out. I know that Ida is in a better place now, and I will always remember her as being a great horse and fun to ride. She was my dear friend and teacher. And, indeed she has made the past 17 years a treasured time of my life. Edited by Delia, Sep 4 2009, 08:31 AM.
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| MissBri | Sep 4 2009, 09:17 AM Post #2 |
Cead Mile Failte ! ! SLAINTE!
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Godspeed little Ida! Hugs to you Delia  you two shared quite a long life together....
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| Delia | Sep 4 2009, 09:23 AM Post #3 |
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Is the meadow on fire?
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Thanks Miss Bri -- Ida wasn't mine. For the past five years her owner boarded her at our little 4-horse coop barn. Ida was my gelding's pasturemate and best girlfriend. |
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| Copper Leaf | Sep 6 2009, 05:46 AM Post #4 |
Off visiting Candy Cave, be right back.
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