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CodaHonor Reg. Apr 2010	Posted 2015-05-05 9:00 PM Subject: Lost a Great One.
Expert Posts: 1368	I had to put my 13 year old barrel horse down this weekend. We'd been battling ringbone with him for months and nothing we did could get him sound enough to give him a quality of life. He was a horse that needed to work and have a job and he couldn't. We had to have a necropsy done on the affected foot and I'm glad I did. It was so much worse than we thought or than any of the tests or his lameness showed. No one can ever tell me that it wasn't the right thing. When I got this horse he was 'crazy' and borderline dangerous and with some great training help from a friend of mine we turned him into one of the best horses I will ever swing a leg over. We were just starting to pick up the speed and pull checks when this all started but I have no doubt that he would have made it to the top. He was all heart and try. By the way he acted the first year I had him I know his life had not been easy. He was not a horse that had known love, or had ever felt good at anything. He got to leave this earth knowing what it felt like to be good at something and to win and be loved and I'm so glad that I got to be the one to love him. R.I.P. Tanyon (Dartanyon) (T.jpg) Attachments ---------------- T.jpg (90KB - 212 downloads)
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FriendswoodKat Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2015-05-05 9:21 PM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Location: Friendswood, Texas	I'm so sorry for your loss. They always take a piece of our hearts with them.
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Southtxponygirl Reg. Nov 2006	Posted 2015-05-05 9:21 PM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
A Somebody to Everybody Posts: 41354 Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas	So sorry....
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HorsesNHarleys Reg. Oct 2006	Posted 2015-05-05 9:54 PM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Buttered Noodles Snacker Posts: 4377 Location: NC	So sorry for your loss....
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hammer_time Reg. Jul 2007	Posted 2015-05-05 10:02 PM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Money Eating Baggage Owner Posts: 9586 Location: Phoenix	Sorry. :(
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Chandler's Mom Reg. Jan 2015	Posted 2015-05-05 10:17 PM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
My Heart Be Happy Posts: 9159 Location: Arkansas	So sorry for your loss. But my my what he gained when he got you for his human. . . .
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Kaycee Reg. Jun 2005	Posted 2015-05-06 12:16 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Texas Tenderheart Posts: 6715 Location: Red Raiderland	So very sorry for losing such a great guy.
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rodeomom3 Reg. Dec 2007	Posted 2015-05-06 5:40 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Shelter Dog Lover Posts: 10277	I am so sorry, it is so difficult to let them go even when it is the right thing to do, it shows just how much you loved him.
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barrelracr131 Reg. Aug 2011	Posted 2015-05-06 6:28 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Hungarian Midget Woman Location: Midwest	I'm sorry... I lost one to ringbone as well. He also had a tough life before I had him. I'm glad he had a good life with you.
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oija Reg. Feb 2012	Posted 2015-05-06 7:02 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Expert Posts: 3782 Location: Gainesville, TX	So sorry for your loss.
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ThreeCorners Reg. Nov 2003	Posted 2015-05-06 7:26 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Tried and True Posts: 21185 Location: Where I am happiest	I'm so sorry.
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fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2015-05-06 7:28 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3314 Location: Jersey Girl	I am so sorry
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hoofs_in_motion Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2015-05-06 8:17 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Undercover Amish Mafia Member Posts: 9992 Location: Kansas
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MS2011 Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2015-05-06 8:50 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Own It and Move On Location: The edge of no where	I'm so sorry....it's tough to let the good ones go.
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stayceem Reg. May 2007	Posted 2015-05-06 8:57 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Not Afraid to Work Posts: 4717	Prayers for comfort
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lindseylou2290 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2015-05-06 8:59 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Expert Posts: 2457	It hurts to lose them ... prayers for you, I am so sorry.
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BabyJ Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2015-05-06 9:21 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Veteran Posts: 173 Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	So sorry for our loss. Sounds like you have a great story to tell about your experience with him. Prayers.
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barrelrider Reg. Jan 2010	Posted 2015-05-06 9:24 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Elite Veteran Posts: 1074	Very sorry for your loss!
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crossspur Reg. Dec 2004	Posted 2015-05-06 9:27 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Roan Wonder Location: SW MO	I'm very sorry HUGS
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CodaHonor Reg. Apr 2010	Posted 2015-05-06 9:52 AM Subject: RE: Lost a Great One.
Expert Posts: 1368	Thank you. He was one in a million. Still hasn't quite sunk in yet.
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