This was not a good summer for horsing!! In April, I sold Billy. I had been trying to sell him for 2 years. I didn't trust him and he liked to buck out of the blue for no reason. I was glad to sell him, however he sold for so cheap, I lost a lot of money.
The vets came out the first of June to float our other horses teeth and check them over. Joe, my barrel horse for 14 years, age 23 is losing his vision. He has something called uveitis and it comes and goes, but over time it progressivley gets worse. I suspected something was going on and one is is a lot worse than the other. I have tried treating him and even did eye injections, and he is on asprin indefinitely. I was sad to hear all this, but hopeful we could still do some riding. Just last full I was running barrels on him. He has been such a great horse for me. Jake, Mark's horse has degenerative issues in his hind legs, so he is basically out of comission. Dakota, Jayden's pony, has pretty severe heeves and certain times of the year are worse than others. She has coughing fits and we are to treat her with steriods as needed. We have a geriatiric horse retirement horse home.
On top of all this, I was searching for a new horse, something I could actually ride. To make a long story short, I ended up putting too much trust into what people say and I ended up with one bad horse. He was mean and aggressive and even kicked me. In a month I bought a bay named Jag and sold him at a sale barn. I was very upset with myself for not seeing the problems until it was too late.
We are trying to make the best of it ans still find some ride time. The above photo is Jake on the horse Jake.
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