There was some huge drama, so we left Clover Hill June 3, 2009. My boys settled in immediately at the new farm - Prairie Oaks Farm. All was well with the world and I started to ride with Betty Hutton, a trainer who is unbelievably well-rounded. She not only trains and specializes in h/j green horses, she also teaches western pleasure and dressage. She, JC and I have a great thing going and I can't believe the progress we've made in only a 2 weeks!
Tragedy struck last Thursday, June 11 when I walked out to the pasture to get my boys and saw Doobie laying still. He had what we think was a stroke and was nearly brain-dead. There was nothing we could do so instead of making him suffer, I made the decision to have him put down. It was an extremely emotional thing for me to see, him lying there, struggling for breath...so I knew that putting him down was the only option. My heart still feels like it's missing from my chest and everyday I hurt for him. I am, however, comforted to know that he has all of eternity to gallop through Heaven, pain-free. He visted me in a dream the other night and said, "Mom, it was fate." Which I think it was. Jimmy is finally ready to step-up and be my rock... so now our relationship can grow. I'll always miss Doobie. Goodbye, my rocket man.
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I'm sorry, Jess. I will miss your dude a lot. RIP Doobie. Just think, he can jump in heaven now. That is what he loved to do! ♥
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