Rest In Peace Mandy

Yesterday was a very difficult day for us at home.  We had to say goodbye to a long time part of the family.  Our quarter horse, Mandy, has been sick the past month or so, and she wasn’t making any progress, so we had a tough decision to make.  At nearly 31 years old, we figured it was time.  We’ve only had Mandy here at the house for about 16 months, but my wife has had her for 22 years, so it was a very tough decision to make.  But it was for the best – she had lived a long life (in “human” years, she would have been about 82), and up until she got sick, was a very happy girl.  We decided to put her down since she hadn’t eaten in the past five days, and it would be better than letting her starve to death.  It was hard, but at about 4:10PM on Friday March 6, 2009, she took her last breath.  She died as she had lived – a tough old girl.  We laid her to rest right next to her barn.  Last night, I went through the photos I had of her, and picked a few out as a tribute.

Anne’s Command (Mandy)
May 22, 1978 – March 6, 2009

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