This message is from: "Peter & Deb Coggiola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It is very hard to lose a friend, no matter if they are horse or human, and no matter how old they are.Our sympathies go out to you. We too had this happen to an 11 year old Fjord mare. She was fine in the morning when we did chores. Eating, drinking and socializing as usual. The vet happened to drive by and look in on the horses about 11am as Hauglinda was in with two other mares who were ready to deliver momentarily.Everything was fine. At 3pm when our son got off the bus from school, he went directly to the barn and Haugy was dead in the pasture. The vet came back and did a field autopsy and could find no reason for her death. There was no sign of struggle, gun shot, twisted gut or anything. The heart looked good. Lungs were good. Gut was good. Tongue was good. Haugy had simply died. Two weeks before she'd had her annual spring health check-up and vaccinations. She had passed her check-up with flying colors. It was a heatbreaking loss as our younger son was very attached to her. She was the only horse he would ride. We had to wait for her yearling filly to "grow-up" before he would ride again. Sometimes there just are no explanations for what happens. We just have to adjust the best we can. Deb
