Re: Something for Tumbleweed
I've got a couple of old horses I've put out to pasture quite a few years ago. The oldest is 33 years old I think and that's really old for a horse. The other one is close to that age too. I've been many a mile with them in all kinds of weather checking on and tending cattle. They, like many others have been my helpers through the years.
I don't think these two will make it through the winter because they're both pretty thin even though they've had the best of feed and plenty of it. I might have to put them down but I sure hate to have to do that. I don't want them to suffer.
Thanks for the horses prayer. It's pretty good. I spent the day last Sunday horseback trailing cattle with my red roan horse "Spud". I named him Spud because he's the color of a red potato.
Andrew Marlin wrote this song below and his wife sings it with him in this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-BbgZvkcDA
Calvary
Mandolin Orange
Well, I've carried the world on my back with no more to obtain
The fire in the sky-- a dim light in my eye that's long faded
And I've stood where heroes have fallen their names turned to stone
Yet I remain nameless, the best friend the hero has known
Now I'm saving my strength for running
These days I'm saving my strength for running
From the age of kings when pride decided all fate
Long before war machines took charge and I was still 'wake
It was blind hope and blinders, with young men to carry between
All the death and the glory; believin' they're one and the same
Now I'm saving my strength for running
These days I'm saving my strength for running
Yes I've carried the world on my back with no more to obtain
The sword and the shield perched upon saddles and reins
But the stampedes of thunder, the cavalry's charge leaves me now
Your last war will come but I can not follow you down
No, I'm saving my strength for running
These days I'm saving my strength for running
I said these days I'm saving my strength for running
Re: Something for Tumbleweed
Even though that 33 y.o. horse was a working animal I’m sure he has been your beloved pet as well. I suggest you prepare your emotions, send him out on a high note and give him the needle of mercy at the first indication you need to do so. Myself, I will do so at the first sign of distress at the end of my pet’s life. Our beloved animals deserve mercy and it’s our responsibility to show them that.
Re: Something for Tumbleweed
BTW, 30 years is a very long life for a horse that was worked, so for your horse to live to 33 years old indicates you took really, really good care of him.
Re: Something for Tumbleweed
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midnight rambler
BTW, 30 years is a very long life for a horse that was worked, so for your horse to live to 33 years old indicates you took really, really good care of him.
Loosing an animal after that long would really be tough. You kind of grow together.
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midnight rambler
Even though that 33 y.o. horse was a working animal I’m sure he has been your beloved pet as well. I suggest you prepare your emotions, send him out on a high note and give him the needle of mercy at the first indication you need to do so. Myself, I will do so at the first sign of distress at the end of my pet’s life. Our beloved animals deserve mercy and it’s our responsibility to show them that.
Yesterday I saw that old horse looking at me and my intuition hit me that he doesn't have long to live. This afternoon he was laying down and couldn't get up so I helped him on over to the other side with my .357 sig. This evening I've been thinking about all the places we've been together and the things we've done. I'll miss that old horse and I'm getting old and stove up too. I was horse back this morning gathering and working cattle with another horse I've spent a lot of time with. We all just go until we can't go anymore and then it's time to cross over to the other side.
There's a photo of me and that horse when he was young in a book put out by a photographer. The book is getting old and doesn't sell for much on amazon anymore.