[Rte66]

I'm sorry. *sniff* S'pose horsies go to the Rainbow Bridge like other animals, or do they have their own bridle path to the Great Beyond, where they await us?

Wherever it is, I hope you will be reunited with your steed when the time comes.

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I'm trying to picture what that pool raft looks like for post-op recovery. First I'm thinking of the inflatables we all have - seeing a humongous horse lying with its head on the little pillow.

Then I'm thinking more along the lines of Cleopatra's barge on the Nile. But Barbaro is a boy! So, I guess it's made out of lumber or old boards and is a Tom Sawyer/Huckleberry Finn kind of raft with a little piece of cloth for a flag, lol!

[The Red Zone]

I'd envision a torso and neck wrap of buoyant material, kind of a horsie life vest, with a tether to keep the horse far enough away from the edges of the pool such that if it kicks upon awakening it cannot kick anything hard.

[Tammy8]

I know a lot of people are adamant that animals don't go to Heaven. I am convinced that they do, I picture an endless green pasture with a bubbling creek flowing through it, with mountains in the background.

My father really appreciated a good horse, and he passed away a few years ago. When we lose a horse we just picture them with my dad and it helps. We have lost only the one young one, but we keep our horses and retire them in old age, at times it seems like we have a nursing home for horses. We have lost 3 of our four retirees in the last year and a half. Very sad, but they lived long lives, one was 22, one 28, and the last one we lost was 32. The one remaining retiree is 23, but he is in excellent health other than some arthritis in one knee. If we lose a dog or cat, then they are with my mom, she loved all creatures, but horses scared her. (She was a ranch wife that was afraid of horses- figure that out)

We may be silly, but our animals are like family and it is hard to let one go.