Goodbye, Major
by Kim Sweeney on
When I had originally posted about Dakota, I was considering posting about Major crossing the rainbow bridge at the same time. However, I felt that they each deserved their own post.
Major was 30+, according to our equine dentist, and an ex-reining horse. Major came in last June with his buddy Dusty, who was adopted two weeks ago. Major was missing nine teeth, had issues with sweet itch, was severely underweight, and had DSLD. Over the past seven months, Major gained over 250 pounds and his sweet itch cleared up.
However, about a month ago he was sitting down a lot. When our awesome Ferrier Camp came out to trim him the last time, we could not even trim his back feet. I knew it was time. I had Dr. Knowles examine him and he agreed, so we let him go the same day as Dakota. Losing one horse is hard, but two on one day is unbearable. But I know they are pain free and I did right by them. I will always listen to the horse and do what’s best, no matter how my heart hurts.
Run free, sweet boy.