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 Hummer's Hero
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Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | I'm just needing a little outlet right now, and it is too hard to speak to anyone yet. I'm heavy hearted a teary eyed today as heaven gained one of my babies last night. I lost my great little mare very suddenly last night. I've lost good horses before, but never actually watched one die. We were at a barrel race yesterday, where she worked so good! She was 6th out of 72 and had worked fantastic. There was a team roping after that my husband entered, so it was after 9:30 before we were loading up. I loaded my mare first and she staggered a little. I noticed she was a little sweaty and shivering. Her heart was racing and she was breathing fast and shallow. I told my husband that something was wrong and got her back off the trailer. Loaded the other 3 and put her back on last, all the while trying to call vets that were on our route home. Got ahold of a friend who lived 10 miles from the arena and stopped to give her banamine. She was unable to back off the trailer and ended up collapsing and falling under my gelding in the stall In front of her. My husband and his friend had to use the friends pickup to drag her off the trailer. She was not breathing and they tried to hot shot her into trying, but she died about 10:10pm in the road. I sat with her until after 11:30 when my dad got there with a trailer to load her on. He took her to my parents house and we will bury her in the morning next to her daddy.
She was a neat, very special little horse that my mom and I raised, and I trained from the start. She had appy papers and had earned 43 lifetime points and 5 world show qualifications. She beat EPM and made an unbelievable comeback. Last weekend she made 2 1D runs (20th and 15th overall) at our state NBHA finals.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPehF1Mcak&feature=youtu.be
She was a slick pole horse too and I'd had hoped she'd be part of my son's future rodeo lineup. And I hoped to get a baby from her someday. Now...I'm just lost. She was my baby girl...the kind you had that special bond with. She was just 9 years old.
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Oh no I am so sad for you, what a shock for something like this to happen on the road and so fast, I feel really bad for you, I have you in my thoughts and prayers..  |
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 Shelter Dog Lover
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| Oh, so heart breaking, I just can't imagine going through that. I am so sorry. Hugs and prayers. |
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  Angel in a Sorrel Coat
Posts: 16030
Location: In a happy place | Bless your heart. I know how you are feeling. She was absolutely gorgeous and that was a smoking run. Prayers and hugs for you. |
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The Advice Guru
Posts: 6419
| Sorry for your loss, it is never easy.
I do suggest getting a post mortum done so you know what the cause is. |
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Posts: 554
| I am sorry for your loss. |
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 Own It and Move On
Location: The edge of no where | My heart hurts for you. I'm so very sorry for your loss, she was so beautiful....I'm just so sorry. |
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 Fact Checker
Posts: 16575
Location: Displaced Iowegian | So sorry for your loss......it is incredibly hard to lose the "good" ones! |
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 Elite Veteran
Posts: 899
| I'm so very sorry to read this. She was an awesome horse!!! What an awful experience for you to deal with. I hope you find some comfort knowing how special she was and how well you treated her for her to pull through her EPM and to try so hard for you. I know she knew she was loved!! |
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Location: Montana | I am so sorry, many hugs. |
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Hummer's Hero
Posts: 3071
Location: Smack Dab in the Middle | My vet is suspecting a pulmonary embolism, or maybe cardiac failure. I don't plan to post her...it won't change what happened. I want her to be pretty in her final resting place. Perhaps that's foolish, but that's what my heart wants. Knowing will not make it hurt less. |
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 Party Gal
Posts: 3432
Location: fun meter pegged OK |   |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 1131
| I can not even imagine how you must feel, I've never lost a horse like this before. I'm so sorry for your loss! |
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 The Vaccinator
Posts: 3810
Location: Slipping down the slope of old age. Boo hoo. | Hugs. So sorry.... I lost my great show gelding to a heart condition -- he presented the same way your mare did. And it all happened - and was over - quite suddenly. (He was an Appy, too -- and one I definitely had forged an extremely special bond with.) |
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Elite Veteran
Posts: 762
Location: NC | So very sorry!!!! |
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 Quiet Riot
Posts: 2568
Location: North Dakota | so sorry for your loss  |
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 Texas Taco
Posts: 7499
Location: Bandera, TX | Oh how very sad. I am so very sorry for you. |
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Rad Dork
Posts: 5218
Location: Oklahoma | I'm so sorry for your loss. Take peace in knowing that you gave her a good life while she was yours. She was very beautiful!! I will keep you in my prayers. |
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 Duck Duck Goose
Posts: 1280
Location: Ohio | So sorry for your loss. It's never easy to loose one, especially under those circumstances.
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Posts: 3782
Location: Gainesville, TX | So sorry for your loss. We had a mare years ago that did something similar, only in the middle of riding. It was a heart issue. I hope the lord can provide you some comfort. It's never easy, especially when you're so close and she was so young. Many prayers. |
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