Jazzy had been in the barn after her heart attack in January. The vet advised us to keep her on stall rest for a while. Our pastures were so rough from the mud, then cold and then all of the mud again. We had decided she was better off in the barn for a while with her bad leg. She really didn't like being in the barn and loved her afternoon walks around the place. We opened the windows on nicer days, left the radio on, and had a fluorescent lite on at all times. Cookie goes to the barn also over the winter months since she does not get around very well.
Since she really didn't like the barn, we were planning to put Jazzy in the arena while we were gone on the trip. We were hoping the ground would dry out and Bruce could take the skidloader and level everything out in the pastures when we got back. I emptied the arena all out, tore down the round pen, got the water ready for her, hay down, gate across the door so she would have the choice of looking outside if she wanted. But when I got her up there, she was almost unable to walk but insisted on trying to trot around. Almost like she really didn't care about herself any more - just kept trying to trot. It appeared as though she must have stumbled and fell and tore all the ligaments loose on her knee maybe while getting back up. Her left front knee has been arthritic ever since we got her but had been getting worse all along. Now it was really bad. Very swollen and bowed to the point it looked like it could just buckle.
We knew all along that there would come a time she would tell us that she had had enough Her leg was so bowed and seemed so painful. Jazzy was late twenties. We talked about it between the three of us, Derek was there with us. It just seemed like she was telling us that was enough. We made the decision to call the dr to put her down and end all the suffering. I kissed her and held her the whole time. Not really sure but I think the dr left around 8 or so.
Beautiful baby - running free with Dandy at last.
Bruce & Jody
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