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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[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago

What a sweet-looking horse. Sorry for your loss.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 14 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Sorry to hear. How old was he? My family had a horse since I was like 5 or 6. She hated being ridden but would follow you around like a dog. She died year-before-last at, I believe, age 39.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 12 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Buddy was 29. His death was totally unexpected. Colic got him.

39 is such a long lifespan! I hope to get my mare to at least 30. She turns 27 in September.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

So sad. Did his intestines twist?

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 27 minutes ago (1 children)

Something got twisted, not sure what. The vet got it untwisted, but found tumors throughout his digestive tract that needed invasive surgery to fix. At that point poor Buddy was so far gone that he wouldn't have survived any more medical care. So he was put to sleep. It was a very sad day for everyone who knew him

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 12 minutes ago

So sorry for everyone. Had to put a young stallion down for it, once.

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 5 points 3 hours ago

Somewhere between 35 and 39, but yeah. Not sure how old she was when we got her, but I was 5 or 6 then and was 40 when she passed. Have to assume it was just old age Always called her "Horse, of Course" lol

[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 7 points 3 hours ago

He looks like 5000 candles in the wind.