My husband called me from the ranch where I have my horses boarded in California. I found out that the daddy (stallion) of my filly (Izzy) died from colic earlier today. He was always such a special boy.....not the typical stallion. I would walk into the field to take care of my mare & he would always come up to me & nuzzle my sholder. He was a huge 17'3" hand high horse (1 hand = 4 inches).

When the owner of the ranch decided to purchase Allisando, I became a part owner & had several breedings from him. Izzy was my last successful breeding. He turned out the sweetest babies. All the foals out of him have been awsome, with the nicest personalities.

I just can't believe he's gone. I know things like this happen with horses & it's just part of the farm life, but I get so personally involved with all the critters....maybe I'm really not cut out for this farm thing since I get so attached to all the critters....it's hard to loose anyone.

I remember last year when Izzy coliced. I was trying so hard to keep her from laying down & rolling (that's when the intestines get twisted & causes them to die....especially if it's too late to get them to a horsie hospital for surgery). I would walk her around & around & then she would try to lay down....sometimes I just couldn't keep her from doing that & then she would lay there with the grunting sound of a tummy ache.

It's the most helpless feeling because horses are so big, it's almost impossible to stop them from doing what they want.

The sad thing is that just the day before I left on my drive to Kentucky, the mare who just had the last foal from Allisando died from colic (only 2 weeks ago). I wasn't as close with her, but that was sad too, leaving her 2 month old foal alone without a mommy.

Having horses isn't an easy thing.....it seems there is always something wrong. Izzy came down with strangles when I moved her from the other ranch (something she picked up there). It's a lymph node that gets infected & then breaks open & drains. Just as she was getting over it, she came down with it again & so did my older horse. They are both on the way to getting better & now this happened with Allisando.

I am crushed, by this sad news.....just had to let it out,
Debbie