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Joe's Winter Home


Joe, my barrel horse for 14 years is going down hill in a hurry. He was diagnosed with Uveitis in the spring. We tried lots of medication and even steriod injections to try to save his vision. At this time we think he is about 95% blind. He has lost his vision so fast and in the past 2 months, the gelding and pony are really being mean to him. They push him away from the feeders and he runs into things. He is all banged up on his legs . He stays outside in the cold even in storms as the other horses chase him out. We shut him in in bad weather, but don't have a practical place for him. After talking with my brother and Carina, they were willing to take Joe for the winter. They arrived to pick him up in their trailer. It took us an hour and a half of calmly trying to guide a blind horse into a trailer. With Carina's patience we got him in. It was so wonderful to know that he will have his own quarters. Carina and Wade were happy to tell me he has been happily sleeping on corn stalks. I am so glad they are caring for him. He deserves it.

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