When horses get old

In the beginning of the summer I had six horses. I was also in the process in trying to create lucky number seven.

The mother to be was sent to the AI-station and we tried hard. But in the end of the day and in the end of summer nothing had happened.

Unfortunately for us so was also the case in 2023. It was also almost the case in 2022 but the amazing filly finally born in 2023 really was the result of hard work in getting her mama horse in foal.

Before baby girl Ronnie came along mama horse already had six babies. Six babies in a row and then, nothing. Nothing as in no one tried to cover her again.

So when she was 16 she ended up with me. When she was 17 I had her in foal and at 18 and 19 we could not get her pregnant.

Next year she’ll be 20 and considering all the hard work we put in to get her in foal again continuing to try next year never ever felt like an option to me. Some people believe I gave up too soon but did I really?

Isn’t the whole point in having animals, or two legged children for that matter, to take care of them? I believe it is.

Even though I admit to have done some lame tries in finding her a forever home in my very own friend circle, it didn’t feel right.

If anything, it felt like the total abandonment of this amazing creature that came to me and gave me a beautiful baby girl early summer last year.

So, I did the only right thing and contacted the previous owner who also happens to be her breeder and asked if she could come “home”.

She could!

Most elderly horses are not this lucky. A lot of them end up for sale via various online market places where the owners are now looking for new forever homes.

In my case I would have rather put her down than to have sent her away to a destiny unknown..