Life rolls on

Winter here feels likes it's winding down. My ewes are fat and loving their pampered barn life. Our goats look like they will be kidding in the late spring and our horses are fuzzy.

This week we experienced the reality of colic. It happens to most horse owners at some point. Sometimes you get lucky with minor colic but the week that wasn't the case for us. 

Our family horse, Holly, had a displaced colon and we had to euthanize her yesterday. It was a sad day with many tears. Our kids had a hard time understanding the suddenness of it. We just rode her. She was just running around her field. And then on top of it, we had a gelding winter really badly and it was finally to the point where he couldn't sustain life either.

It's been a rough horse week!

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of their soul remains unawakened"

Anatole France