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[Beki]

No she just has really bad authoritis in her front legs, she was a natural pigon toed horse and we had a stupid farrier try to fix that once she had authoritis. if i knew better when i was younger that would have never happend. thank you soo much for the comment.

Does the horse have some kind of determinal desiez? Bless her heart, she is very beautiful and cute! I can see why she makes you feel better!

[Beki]

Hey Everyone!
thank you so much for all the compliments and support. I'm sure she knows how much i love her...for she was there for me every day and now i'm here for her.
i think i failed to mention she has super bad arthritis in both of her front legs, she's had authoritis for quite some time but it wasn't really slowing her down till last year. she seems to be slowly going down hill everyday now. i noticed the other day that she got cancer lumps on her tail, poor girl she isnt even that old...stupid idiots jumped her when she was only 3 years old too.not the people that we got her from but ppl before that.
I'm getting so sad knowing that i have to make the decision when to get it done, just i don't want to put her down when she doesn't have to be if anyone knows what i mean, she isn't in pain and she's mobile yet..she takes her time and she's soo super happy. thats why i don't want to do it yet. She isn't in Pain or anything but as soon as i know that she is, i don't want her to suffer so that will be the time for her.
i think it sort of is like degenerative joint disease (DJD). there's a metabolic shift that occurs around age 15 in horses, leading to an escalation of cell death within bone, cartilage, and tissue whcih could have made it worse because last year...she was 16 so that was about the age of 15 part. other than that i don't know much about equine arthritis.

Kitty gave me an awful scare today. I looked out the window for some reason i usually don't but i wanted to for once and noticed kitty laying down on the ground stretched out. It scared me soo much i ran out to see what was wrong and she was laying in the sun i lifted her head on my lap and she still wasn't trying to get up which is really wierd for her. I was going to call a vet i ran in the house and grabbed the phone and phone book and brought it out with me. Laying the way she was could have gave her collic. she was completely down on her side. i felt her body and head first to make sure that she still had good circulation. The thing that scared me more was that she was nickering to me but not like she ever did before. i started to cry and said that your missing such a nice day kitty (because i didn't want to put her down at all) i started flipping through the phone book and found the number i called once and it was busy and i called my horsey neighbours, though i knew that they had to go to town, but tryed anyway and there was no answer i thought that i was out of luck..i chucked the phone and phone book out of the pasture, and lifted her head again and said kitty please please get up...and i slapped her bum and than she made a movement...she lifted her head and looked at me like what do you think your doing...and than i went up by her head again and yelled kitty hawk in a stern voice and she finially got up. after she got up she was nickering a bit but didn't really have any problems getting up.

[JuniorxMyxLove]

I know how hard this will be for you. I'm really sorry.

I didn't get any pictures of Skeeter today, but I got pictures of Joey, who looks sorta like KittyHawk.

Joey:

(He's on the right)

(Once again, on the right)

I WILL get you a picture of Skeeter next week, I promise.

I really will.

[CathyBogart]

Poor Kitty Hawk, I'm happy that she has someone like you to be there for her. I'm glad she'll know she is loved right up until the end.

We have a horse at my school who was jumped way too much way too young, and he has chronic pain problems too.

[Hellow]

Is there anything a vet could do?

[TamanduaGirl]

My old dog used to scare me like that a few times too. It is hard thinking about the decision but when the times right you'll know it.

[lute]

I'm so sorry about your situation. Poor horse has lived a good life with you. She is happy.