We had 7 horses when my wife came down with cancer. Even before then
the kids said why do you have them all, especially since we got one 28 year old
mare for free just so we admire her beautiful form. She was a Naborr
daughter and had still had his grace and his great elegance. We sold
3 horses and still the kids didn't understand why we struggled as much as
we did to keep the 4 we kept, but they are the reason my wife survived and I
survived. There is no better escape from the world then cleaning a corral,
brushing a horse, sitting in the shade and admiring one of gods finest
works. 3 years later we still have 4 horses, Deedie died and we had to
enlist a friend to help pay to put her down, but we have a granddaughter and
great granddaughter.
Horses represent life.
As I tell the kids, DEAL WITH IT!!!!!!!
Mark
In a message dated 7/19/2009 8:32:50 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
marv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>If the family can afford to keep them I see no reason to get
rid of >them. I'm constantly being told that I should get rid of some
of my >old mules but I feel like they served me well for years so I
should >let them live out there lives in leisure.. Getting rid of them
would >be worse than selling my kids for they are a part of the
family.and >can not fend for themselves.
When we stopped
competing our show horses came home and mostly went into retirement.
As you said, they did their part and now it is our time to do our
part. We have some pretty old horses here and it looks like they are
going to continue getting old for years to come.
We also have a
large collection of exotic birds, cockatoos, Macaws, African Greys,
etc. We used to raise exotic birds to sell then quit when people
refused to treat them properly. It wasn't the birds' fault. They did
their part and now it is time to do our part.
A good person does
well by his animals.
Marv "Parrots can live a hundred years?"
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