Another loss...

me and Mariah, 2006

It's continued to be a rough year. It's been about a month already since we lost Mariah, our 25 year old Morgan. She was my girl's real first horse and she was such a funny personality.  Her sudden colic and death took us all by surprise.  Everybody knows colic is common in horses...but it doesn't make it any easier when it happens to one of your crew.  It's pretty awful to experience to find them writhing on the ground in pain, soaked in sweat from rolling around due to the pain from their stomach.

For you that don't know, colic is a generic term for a blockage in the intestines of a horse.  They can't pass the food through and it is extremely painful.  If not operated on and removed, they either eventually pass it...or die trying.  After 8 hours, Mariah wasn't getting any better with drugs on board and fluids, so we asked our vet to let her go as peacefully as possible.

Mariah was a total sweetheart with a tougher than nails personality on the outside.  We called her the Viper because she would 'viper' at Tango (who she loved and this was a sign of affection).  She got the funniest look on her face when you'd scritch her withers...but she hated to admit she loved human contact.  She was tough and sweet at the same time.  We will greatly miss her.

Our family has shrunk by 3 in 2 months. We still have 6 horses and 3 dogs that keep us busy and happy, but wow...what a Fall.