RE: Fair Acres Knute
This message is from: Deb Logan Brigid - I have read many posts from you over the years - so sorry for your loss. What a great human companion you were for Knute!! What a great life you two shared. What a hard, selfless decision you made for him. Really enjoyed the video - thanks - Deb in NW Washington > Date: Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:23:18 -0800 > From: epona1...@verizon.net > Subject: Fair Acres Knute > To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com > > This message is from: BRIGID WASSON > > Hi Everyone- > > I am broadcasting from Colorado Springs, Colorado where I am > visiting my good friend Holly. We just got back from a chilly walk with her > Scotty "Duffy" and are thawing out with hot tea. > > Some of you will remember > Knute, the fiery young Fjord gelding I purchased from Denise Delgado 10 years > ago. We had a special connection from the time we met, and each month and year > the bond grew stronger and we did more and more amazing things. I hoped to > have him with me for another 10 years, but it was not to be. All the time I > had him, he had minor digestive problems: loose stool, some weight loss, that > always resolved itself. The last two years, he lost significant weight and > always had diarrhea, and none of the prescribed treatments did any good. In > February he colicked, and an endoscope revealed a huge hair ball in his > stomach. The vet removed it and he perked up, but still wouldn't gain weight > -- and we all know if a Fjord doesn't gain weight on alfalfa and Equine Senior > twice a day, something is terribly wrong. Last month he colicked again, and it > was a bad one, down and rolling. The vet pulled him through, but I started to > wonder if I was > doing what was best for him. He was thin, lethargic, and slowly and > mysteriously dying. The most heartbreaking part is that he was always my > willing companion, even when he must have felt very unwell; I was riding him > up until the last colic, going way out into the mountains with my mule colt in > tow. > > I decided I didn't want to wait until the next colic and have to call > the vet out in the middle of the night when Knute is in agony, so I scheduled > an appointment to have him humanely euthanized. My vet was awesome, calling me > on my cell as soon as she got the message from the office staff and discussing > it with me. She agreed with my decision and said it was a "dignified" way to > go. Working at the animal shelter, I help people with this sort of thing all > the time, assuring them that they are doing the best thing for their animal > and they shouldn't second-guess themselves, but how hard it is to be on the > other side! The week before, I came home and cried every night. On the > appointed day, I groomed Knute, loaded him up, and dropped him off at the > vet's office. He was actually cheerful, recognizing the staff and the place > where he'd been pampered during his February hospitalization. I'd swear he was > smiling when I left, and that's what I'll always > remember. > > Necropsy results showed an abnormal stomach with a stricture > preventing food from exiting, which explains everything. I imagine as he got > older the walls thickened further/became less elastic so that he was no longer > able to self-resolve the frequent blockages. My vet assured me that I did the > right thing, as this is not fixable and another mass was building up in the > stomach, so the next colic was just around the corner. > > I've lost a good > friend. Horses enrich our lives so much, causing us to go places we wouldn't > have gone, do things we wouldn't have done. Love and appreciate your Fjords... > I made a memorial slide show which is here > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP3FFrwUe_4 > > Brigid Wasson > SF Bay Area, CA > Rafael and Johanna (more on her in another post) the Fjords, and Druid the > mule > > Important FjordHorse List Links: > Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e > FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f > > _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Fair Acres Knute
This message is from: BRIGID WASSON Hi Everyone- I am broadcasting from Colorado Springs, Colorado where I am visiting my good friend Holly. We just got back from a chilly walk with her Scotty "Duffy" and are thawing out with hot tea. Some of you will remember Knute, the fiery young Fjord gelding I purchased from Denise Delgado 10 years ago. We had a special connection from the time we met, and each month and year the bond grew stronger and we did more and more amazing things. I hoped to have him with me for another 10 years, but it was not to be. All the time I had him, he had minor digestive problems: loose stool, some weight loss, that always resolved itself. The last two years, he lost significant weight and always had diarrhea, and none of the prescribed treatments did any good. In February he colicked, and an endoscope revealed a huge hair ball in his stomach. The vet removed it and he perked up, but still wouldn't gain weight -- and we all know if a Fjord doesn't gain weight on alfalfa and Equine Senior twice a day, something is terribly wrong. Last month he colicked again, and it was a bad one, down and rolling. The vet pulled him through, but I started to wonder if I was doing what was best for him. He was thin, lethargic, and slowly and mysteriously dying. The most heartbreaking part is that he was always my willing companion, even when he must have felt very unwell; I was riding him up until the last colic, going way out into the mountains with my mule colt in tow. I decided I didn't want to wait until the next colic and have to call the vet out in the middle of the night when Knute is in agony, so I scheduled an appointment to have him humanely euthanized. My vet was awesome, calling me on my cell as soon as she got the message from the office staff and discussing it with me. She agreed with my decision and said it was a "dignified" way to go. Working at the animal shelter, I help people with this sort of thing all the time, assuring them that they are doing the best thing for their animal and they shouldn't second-guess themselves, but how hard it is to be on the other side! The week before, I came home and cried every night. On the appointed day, I groomed Knute, loaded him up, and dropped him off at the vet's office. He was actually cheerful, recognizing the staff and the place where he'd been pampered during his February hospitalization. I'd swear he was smiling when I left, and that's what I'll always remember. Necropsy results showed an abnormal stomach with a stricture preventing food from exiting, which explains everything. I imagine as he got older the walls thickened further/became less elastic so that he was no longer able to self-resolve the frequent blockages. My vet assured me that I did the right thing, as this is not fixable and another mass was building up in the stomach, so the next colic was just around the corner. I've lost a good friend. Horses enrich our lives so much, causing us to go places we wouldn't have gone, do things we wouldn't have done. Love and appreciate your Fjords... I made a memorial slide show which is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iP3FFrwUe_4 Brigid Wasson SF Bay Area, CA Rafael and Johanna (more on her in another post) the Fjords, and Druid the mule Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Jeanne M Miller/PNCAdvisors/SCP/PNC is out of the office.
This message is from: jeanne.mil...@pnc.com I will be out of the office starting 11/24/2009 and will not return until 11/28/2009. I will be in Alabama during this period. Contact my administrative assistant Ms. Young @ 717 534 3265 or Holly O'Hara @717 730 2335. You can reach me on my cell @ 717 808 2056 The contents of this email are the property of PNC. If it was not addressed to you, you have no legal right to read it. If you think you received it in error, please notify the sender. Do not forward or copy without permission of the sender. This message may contain an advertisement of a product or service and thus may constitute a commercial electronic mail message under US Law. The postal address for PNC is 249 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. If you do not wish to receive any additional advertising or promotional messages from PNC at this e-mail address, click here to unsubscribe. https://pnc.p.delivery.net/m/u/pnc/uni/p.asp By unsubscribing to this message, you will be unsubscribed from all advertising or promotional messages from PNC. Removing your e-mail address from this mailing list will not affect your subscription to alerts, e-newsletters or account servicing e-mails. Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Rescue Fjords, Free Fjords
This message is from: pedfjo...@aol.com I want to thank all of the people who wrote me about re-homing the Fjord mare in CA. I was amazed by all of the responses and was very careful to pick a new home for her. The lady I chose had lost a beloved Fjord one week earlier. I actually tried to talk her out of this placement, but it truely was meant to be, for both. She picked up the mare last Mon. and she is doing well with her change of senery to N. CA. and a great life with this experienced Fjord owner. She lurks here so I will let her post about this new girl. How about another one ? As I have mentioned here, I have taken 2 Fjords out of a WA pasture where they specialized in being pasture puffs. Anvil's Stellalite has done well here learning new things like manners and hoof care. Anvil's Sander, her brother is not going to work out as a therapy horse at the National Ability Center. He is afraid of being in their noisy indoor and trying to work him outdoors right now is impossible as Park City is in full swing of their opening of ski season with lots of snow outside. The lean staff for winter is also making it harder to find time for this wonderful project Fjord. Jan is bummed, as his full sister, Anvil's Rebekka remains one of the NAC's " rock stars " and she has offered Sander to any great home who wants to spend the time with him in warmer climate ( ??? ) to get him going under saddle again. Sander, 19, is HUGE, a true 15+ hands and a yellow dun. He is sweet, friendly and sound and healthy. Contact me for more information and Jans contact numbers. Lisa Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
