Good morning, y’all – hope you’re having a good weekend. Or – better – are still asleep since it’s Saturday!
Yesterday was a rough day for us here in the Deatherage household. And it sorta knocked the stuffing out of me and put a pretty huge damper on my creative mojo.
So – I’ll ask for your forgiveness for no card. And your indulgence.
One of our family left us today. Our big Bo – went to the Rainbow Bridge.
We knew the day was coming – and had “made an appointment” for the vet to come. The day started as usual as I fed everyone, kissed three noses, scratched three faces and six ears. Cleaned stalls.
But – in the back of my mind, I knew it was not normal.
When I pulled dinner feed – I only filled two buckets. I knew there would only be two noses. Two faces. Four ears.
Bo was almost 30 years old – which is REALLY old for a horse. He was my kid. He’d lived with us since he was 18 months old. He was my first driving horse. He was…wonderful. One of the sweetest horses I’ve ever known – with the possible exception of his brother, who we’d had and lost long ago.
He was…HUGE. Tall and gangly. And colored like a giraffe. So – he had a lot of pet names.
Giraff-a-galoopigus.
Gihugicus.
Big Man.
He wasn’t built very well so he had mechanical issues most of his life. He had Cushings Disease – which is a problem with his pituitary gland. But – he was being treated with medicine for that and he’d done very well for three years.
He considered himself the herd stallion – and the girls let him pretend to tell them what to do.
Even today – as we tried to catch him, with the vet watching from the barn – he treated us to his wild-stallion persona.
Head in the air, ears pricked, nostrils flaring and blowing a trumpet challenge to…no one. Make no mistake – bad conformation or no, the horse was spectacular – especially when he was being all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips.
Dad couldn’t get him.
I got some peppermints and a catch rope and…he decided to let me walk up to him and then take him to “the spot”.
Where I told him good-bye. And fed him lots of peppermints. Kissed that nose for the last time. And left him with his Dad and our kind vet.
So. An era has ended. No more Gigantor in the barn. He’s at the Rainbow Bridge with the others who have gone before him. Where, I am sure, there are Peppermint Fountains and all the deep green grass and alfalfa he can eat.
It was a gorgeous day. Bright and sunny. His adrenaline was high from fun and excitement – and the thrill of besting his humans in a game of chase. And, of course, peppermint after peppermint after peppermint. It was, all in all, a good day to go to the Bridge. Hard only on his humans.
Rest easy, Big ‘un. You’ll be missed every day.
If you made it this far – thanks for indulging me today. 🙂
TTFN
P.S. I promise I’ll be back tomorrow, with a sneak peek for our Sunday night video! 🙂
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