He was an incredible lesson horse and took care of his riders. He was gentle and sweet and patient. He took me on my first trail ride in 12 years last year and was such a trooper, even when I fell off of him. He just stood there and waited for me to get back on.

Rip Buddy.

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[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 3 points 15 hours ago

Thank you! This might sound weird, but I've really really enjoyed nursing her back to health. It's been such a long, hard road but seeing it all pay off like it has been is so gratifying.

Animal husbandry is something I've been passionate about my whole life, though. I spent my first ten years surrounded by animals being rehabbed and spent lots of time in the veterinary clinic my biodad worked at. And don't even get me started on how often I helped my childhood neighbors with their farm work and all the stuff I did on the horse farm I kept horses at as a kid.

I come from a long line of farmers on my mom's side. My grandfather had ducks and cows and horses and was raised by his grandparents who were farmers that had left the Amish.

I would love to have enough land to have my own livestock, but I settled for a house with a yard that's about 1/4 of an acre. I have some ducks and they're great but I don't plan on getting more after they all pass because they are messy and expensive and their outside enclosure needs constant repairs and it's all hard to keep up with. I also don't plan on getting any more cats after mine pass. I want to just have my dogs and a horse. I can get my time with cats at the barn. There's so many running around there lol.

I've had so many critters running around for my whole life so It'll be weird without a menagerie, but it'll fit my lifestyle better. I live alone, so keeping up with everything in all aspects of my life is a nightmare at times lol.

Holy shit I just wrote a novel. I apologize lol. My sleeping meds are kicking in and they tend to make me ramble.