Barrels&Babies - 2014-04-29 9:31 AM Tuesday night we seen nothing out of the ordinary. On Wednesday my dad and I went out to fix some fence. Mama (mare who died) was picking at some grass. Another mare came over and started pin her ears to push her away. When Mama went to move quickly we noticed she was a little wobbly. We got a halter on her and started leading her up to the house. We have a pretty steep hill and she was having a hard time getting up it. We called my mom as the horses are at my farm, and told her to get out here. Called an emergency vet out. He gave dex and a feed through antibiotic. I checked on the mare throughout the night she still had an appetite. Thursday morning I noticed her being unable to urinate. Her wobblyness had increased. Our local vet refused to come put a catheter in her.... she also wouldn't show us how to do it. Our normal vet (1.5hours away) said to bring her up and he would but a catheter in but she couldn't get out of the trailer and risk the horses he had at the clinic. The odds of her making the trip weren't the best. ... what else were we suppose to do? We couldn't let her bladder burst...... at least we would have known that we tried to help her. She went down before the trip could be made and we made the decision to put her down. She had the look in her eyes. She had no fight left in her, she tried getting up a couple times and it was apparent. We couldn't help her anymore. Everybody gave her a pat and said our goodbyes. Symptoms the 23rd. Euthanized the 24th Positive test The 26th

Barrels&Babies - 2014-04-29 9:31 AM Tuesday night we seen nothing out of the ordinary. On Wednesday my dad and I went out to fix some fence. Mama (mare who died) was picking at some grass. Another mare came over and started pin her ears to push her away. When Mama went to move quickly we noticed she was a little wobbly. We got a halter on her and started leading her up to the house. We have a pretty steep hill and she was having a hard time getting up it. We called my mom as the horses are at my farm, and told her to get out here. Called an emergency vet out. He gave dex and a feed through antibiotic. I checked on the mare throughout the night she still had an appetite. Thursday morning I noticed her being unable to urinate. Her wobblyness had increased. Our local vet refused to come put a catheter in her.... she also wouldn't show us how to do it. Our normal vet (1.5hours away) said to bring her up and he would but a catheter in but she couldn't get out of the trailer and risk the horses he had at the clinic. The odds of her making the trip weren't the best. ... what else were we suppose to do? We couldn't let her bladder burst...... at least we would have known that we tried to help her. She went down before the trip could be made and we made the decision to put her down. She had the look in her eyes. She had no fight left in her, she tried getting up a couple times and it was apparent. We couldn't help her anymore. Everybody gave her a pat and said our goodbyes. Symptoms the 23rd. Euthanized the 24th Positive test The 26th