This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 4/26/03 8:12:06 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> It seemed like everything was going so well. When the vet left around 5:00 > PM > Hardy was doing pretty good. But an hour later he was breathing faster > again. > He just got steadily weaker and his breathing harder. He went down around > 9:30, tried a few times to get up but didn't have the strength to stay up. > By > 10:10 Eastern Time it was all over. > To The Joe Glick Family, Please accept our heartfelt sympathies on your loss! When we moved to the Willamette Valley here in Oregon, we found that strangles was pretty prevalent. We had not routinely given strangles inoculations when we lived in MT. since it was fairly rare there. After hearing horror stories from my vets about strangles raging through barns in this valley, we decided to make that one of our routine requirements for any horses entering our barn. We give the nasal strangles rather than indictable, since those shots tend to cause abscesses. It is not the easiest thing to administer the nasal vaccines, but considering the alternative, guess it is worth the struggle! I think most of us who own horses have experienced a loss at one time or another. It doesn't make it easier, but know that there are a lot of us out here who 'feel your pain' and will uphold you in our thoughts and prayers. Gayle Ware Field of Dreams Eugene, OR www.fjordhorse.com
