Merrit
Merrit was foaled on May 1st 2006. We rode him in the spring of 2009. He was a dream, easy to handle, responsive and polite.
I stayed home from work one day, toward the end of October 2011 to spend some extra time with him. These pictures were taken after his bath, that day. I had to toss the lead rope over the rail because I couldn't step back to snap a picture, without Merrit following me.
December 29, 2011 we went out to feed and I found Merrit laying down, that was not like him. We got him up and walked him for several hours, before realizing he didn't have colic. We took him to our local veterinarian Steve Tharp, DMD.
Dr. Tharp wasn't sure what he was dealing with. Somehow, Merrit had contacted a paralyzing rhino type illness, even though he had been vaccinated the spring of that year and never had been exposed to outside horses. After several days trying to save him, Dr. Tharp put Merrit down. He would have been six in the spring.
I stayed home from work one day, toward the end of October 2011 to spend some extra time with him. These pictures were taken after his bath, that day. I had to toss the lead rope over the rail because I couldn't step back to snap a picture, without Merrit following me.
December 29, 2011 we went out to feed and I found Merrit laying down, that was not like him. We got him up and walked him for several hours, before realizing he didn't have colic. We took him to our local veterinarian Steve Tharp, DMD.
Dr. Tharp wasn't sure what he was dealing with. Somehow, Merrit had contacted a paralyzing rhino type illness, even though he had been vaccinated the spring of that year and never had been exposed to outside horses. After several days trying to save him, Dr. Tharp put Merrit down. He would have been six in the spring.
Merrit
Merrit
Merrit bred one mare in 2010 to produce Waukashaw a filly. Then in the spring of 2011 he bred three of our mares. We have never had a foal crop of all colts, but spring of 2012 that is what we got. Luckily he produced three nice colts, Hickory, Bolder and Music.
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