05/13/2026
Rest in peace beautiful girl.❤️🌈🐎
Cari has been with us for 12 years and has been the acting Matriarch in our beautiful herd.
Her coat was always shining and her days were always full of friends and family.
I have known since last winter that something has not been quite right with her but, she never let on that she was in pain. She actually had the appointment scheduled to see the vet the very same day that she had colicked. She has had edema around her chest and abdomen but not into her legs as you typically see with heart issues in horses.
Her blood work was beautiful multiple times. She tested negative for tick borne diseases and her heart and lungs sounded great. She kept checking out okay.
Every. Single. Time.
Cari was in her 20s and unfortunately with age, the list we can fix starts to become shorter. Many times with these very large animals, it is hard to get a direct visual or feel if there is a mass or tumor that may be slowly growing. Knowing her circulatory system was being greatly affected, as she could barely walk up the hill the past few days, I did not want to wait for further and risk her suffering. With the summer heat just around the corner, I didn't want to imagine the idea of her falling and passing unexpectedly in the field.
We have finally had some weather that felt like spring but the heat is soon to return to the 90. We are so grateful that on the most beautiful day we made sure Cari was given the dignity to be laid to rest gently in the shade surrounded by everything she knew and loved. Thank you to each of you that has sent love and prayers her way.
She is buried with Bumble and Babe and will always be our beautiful brown eyed girl.
❤️🌈🐎
If you would like to help with kindness towards her final veterinary and burial expenses, we would so appreciate your help. ❤️
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