Hello again Hannah, and thank you for your condolences. We lost Jim to a pedunculated lipoma only 3 weeks after the photos on my sig pics were taken - a time bomb waiting to go off. We visited him at Leahurst after the op but it was not to be and we lost him the following day. He taught us such a lot, chiefly the cob sense of humour and also how to drive - a godsend as I have been disabled since 2009 - illness started just as we lost both Jim and a very dear human friend. As my father used to say, we don't mind being sh** on but we object to having it rubbed in!
Garnet went peacefully in her field on a sunny morning 10 months later amongst her friends both human and equine. I was well enough by then to have been able to spend some time grooming her and on the day her legs gave up a friend drove me down the field so I could sit with her while we waited for the vet. She was just a few days off her 27th birthday, bless her. Reunited with her boyfriend Jim.
Next blow was the following year when our carriage tipped over and put Red off driving - fortunately not injured but made it clear he is not happy and won't be tried again. As I am not well enough to ride him a friend has been doing dressage and riding him at home while I have bought Sam the Man who has done us proud in the showring and is also getting me back in the saddle - my RDA pony as I call him. I can now trot a short distance and have my sights set on a walk and trot dressage before the year is out. When I get the pics on (separate post cos I always mess it up!) you will see he is a mini Jim. We had to buy him because when I phoned up the owners said he was called Sam so I started referring to him as Sam The Man and when we went up to Yorkshire to see him that was his passport name! He also has Jim's moustache! Sorry it's such a long post, and look forward to more of your new. xx
Only just got a chance to look in on this thread again, and what a lovely surprise to see your fabulous pictures!! Sam the Man is absolutely gorgeous! And Red looking handsome as ever...I'm sure he doesn't mind not having anything to pull along behind him anymore...lol! Easy life, hey Red!? He looks like he's having such fun being ridden, and love his swish browband in the 5th pic down :) Look at that glorious mane on Sam! Wonderful pictures, I love them all!
Sue, I'll get round to figuring out where my PM's have gone....and catch up with you properly soon!
Anna...Ooooo..Freya is nearly home! Excited much!!? Bet you'll sleep easier knowing she's back where she belongs after her little "re-training" holiday You must update us all on whether or not she has learned anything from her time away...not least, whether it's cured her bucking-bronc-itis! :)
Hello from an old AL member :)
Posted - 16 Oct 2013 : 3:56:27 PM
You must update us all on whether or not she has learned anything from her time away...not least, whether it's cured her bucking-bronc-itis! :)
xx