Well today has not been good. Crazy Mary has been in the barn most of the winter, hooves have not been good with shoes or without shoes. She developed another crack and ended up being shoed and stall rest. Dr Pete came out with Dr Paula mid February, they did crap load of x rays and had uncle walk Mary in round pen deeply sanded. They put 360° video camera in the center of the round pen at hoof level, so they could watch her walking, trotting and canter. They sent this to equine specialist.
Poor Mary was pigeon toed and x rays show some really bad bone structure problems. I was given several options to think about what I wanted for her.
1. Let her live her life to the best of her abilities. With whatever handicaps and treat as needed.
2. Keep her forever in a stall and round pen.
3. Relinquish her to the rescue, where most likely they would out her down anyway.
4. Put her down
Option 1 was the best as far as I was concerned.
Option 2 she would have hated every second of it and might have hated me for it.
Options 3 & 4, I hated with every fiber of my being.
God took the decision into his hands at 5:30 this morning. Uncle heard her raising a ruckus on Wi-Fi cam. He went out to see what was wrong. She was acting like she was in pain, pawing the ground, nervous tick like tossing her head side to side hard. He knows her well. He gave small dose of meticam in her rump, fed her and went to call the vet. She went down while he was calling Dr Paula. Vet was on her way, but this time she was hurt too bad. She broke her right fore right above what we call the elbow. There is no feasible way to fix that. She was put down at 6 am.
Rest in Peace, Crazy Mary, know that you were loved by both uncle and me. BlackJack and Shadow are going to miss you greatly. Good bye sweet girl.