I wish that same thing!!! You're great jacks!

*hugs to AubreyMo*

aww thanks jacks. that was sweet and unexpected.

*hugs to AubreyMo*

thanks to you too marci. you guys are great.

i know how sad it is to lose a treasured pet

yea i know. how did you wind up losing that blue roan again?

he coliced on us, actually we got the call he was at the vets on our way back from our anniversary

Aw sad!!

yeah but his little brother is cute it helps some

aww that is sad. On your anniversary? jeeze. horses really are the most accident prone animals I've ever met.

my boyfriend had a mare he LOVED from the Fort Ranch, she was 9 when he bred her last year, and somehow she got torn open

they are i'm amazed they survive at all so many things go wrong with them

and got infection on the inside and had to be put down, then his brothers horse coliced. its crazy.

yea cats and dogs will go through hell and still live, not so much for horses. they wouldn't be safe in a padded room i'm afraid!

yeah your right i almost lost my mare i raised from birth the mother of my blue roan and paint foals to colic this year

my dad lost his favorite horse her mom a couple years ago

we almost lost our other mare as well...while she was pregnant. its tough. They die from anything and nothing at all.

dales had them flip over and break a shoulder, colic, get Herda, infections, founder, get some weird disease I cant remember...

Wow I better tell my sister about horses being so fragile, she lost a horse this year and had a really hard time with it

our friend lost both a 3 year old and that mares mom this year. the 3 year old had the saddle turn under her belly, freaked out, jumped

yeah they do, and yet some of them seem to be invincible my first horse lived to be 23 andfinal just got too much arthritis to move

into a panel, which cut up her leg so she couldn't walk. glad chaos isn't dying that graphically.

yeah its hard

but they are worth it in the end i think

totally and completely. wouldn't trade them for anything.

yeah they are so cute

and perfect listeners

and they don't tell secrets. Its just neat to be up there, RIDING an animal.

yeah, and training them is one of the most amazing experiences

and frustrating

but yes, amazing.

very frustrating, but when they finally come to trust you and that bond is there where they will go anywhere you ask its unbelievable