Post by mamabuckshorses on Feb 5, 2008 23:30:38 GMT -5
Today we said goodbye to our friend, our companion and our "son".
Doc came to us 15 years ago as a sort of rescue. My ex-husband could no longer care for him, and knew that my now husband and I had horses. He asked us to take him and make him our own, and we did.
"Doc" became our man of the pasture and with that became my husbands pick-up horse. He has rescued more than a few cowboys from bareback and saddlebronc horses. He became my daughters first barrel horse as he was the only one we trusted with our daughter.
A couple of years ago when he became too old to rodeo, he became more of a pasture decoration and kiddy ride. He still went to the rodeos with us but as a spectator, not an employee.
WE believe Doc was pretty close to being 30 years old. He could not hold his weight any longer in the winter even with the best blankets. Yesterday we discovered a very large "mass" in his sheath region. WE had the vet out today and after much consideration we had him put down. He went back to the Yakama reservation where he started out so many years ago. He will be happy there to run forever free with his cousins the wild horses.
Rest well my dear friend and companion. You are and will be missed. Know that you did your job here and did it well.
We will love you forever Doc...wait for us until we can ride those pastures in the sky.
Jon and Carrie King
