This morning, Jordan informed me that a man that we bought a horse off of 23 years ago this fall, passed away. My dad has known him for awhile and he was a man of the community before moving to a retirement home in his later years. Dancin was put down 6 years ago this November and would be 23 years old in June.
I've been looking through pictures over the past few days and have come across several of my boy. He sure was a handsome fella in a weird kind of way. Conformation wise, he was terrible, grotesque, wrong in every way but somehow it worked for him in every way. He was stubborn with his roman nosed face, he could run like a jack rabbit with his back legs passing his fronts. He was stronger than most horses and he had a personality like no ones business. He was tough as nails until his conformation caught up with him.
See, Dancin had a "sway" back. He had a herniated disk in his back which caused him to have a major sway, he looked kind of awkward when you think of it because his belly hung lower as his back hung lower but he certainly was a fighter. If he had a good back, he would still be alive today as his heart was a strong as ever. Hardest thing in my life to do was to put him down but when he started to get mean or aggressive when you went to pet him, I knew it was time. I was scared he'd fall one day in the winter and break his back. I would never want to find this proud horse to end up that way.
I put him down on the 15th of November 2008. He took two jumbo needles to knock him down and the vet was getting ready for a third. I cried, a lot. It broke my heart and certainly made me feel helpless.
Between hearing of Sonny's passing and looking through pictures, it can get quite emotional.
I miss my big boy a lot and wish he was still here. He taught so many people how to be confident in the saddle and taught them what it was like to have to work for something.
He will forever be my first love... my first boy and my first true heartbreak.
Love you Dancin.
Dancin - unofficial photo of the day
The mason jar is new and so far I'm going to really like this :) also another unofficial photo.
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