Bucket calf

[yaklady]

That's the spirit! As long as he is eating and acting good, then he doesn't care, and probably doesn't know, he lost a foot. He may be able to carry himself just fine for the rest of his life. I had a pony which got her back leg caught in the fence and cut some tendons. The leg was never the same, and she never pulled the cart again, but she made a darn good brood mare. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[rawhide1]

Well the good news is the calf is doing fine as of now. But we did have to put my daughters horse down today. He could of had a couple of things going on but we didn't feel we could spend the kind of money that was needed to do all the tests. He could hardly stand and wasn't drinking water. He carried his head at a odd angle and just didn't have any balance and he was going down hill pretty quick. The vet said it could be a tumor,EPM, rabies or a few other things. I guess the bottom line was it was going to cost major bucks to maybe find out what was wrong and then no way of knowing if we could get him over whatever it was that was ailing him without spending a ton of money. So we had him put down and their going to test for rabies. Which hes had his shots every year except last yr. We got this horse as a colt for my oldest daughter when she was two. She will be ten next month so she's taking kind of hard. But I know she will get thru it. So it's been a pretty tough couple months out here on my daughters animals. And I may still have to put her calf down. Anyway Thanks for letting me vent my troubles on y'all.

Mike

[HorsehairBraider]

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that... it's very sad when you have to put one down like that. It even makes you feel bad when they are real old and this horse was pretty young, I can imagine how bad your daughter must feel.

[rawhide1]

HorsehairBraider

Ya it's pretty tuff having to put a young one down. I think it's bothering my wife more than my daughter. But they went shopping to help them get over it.LOL

Mike