ON 10/21/09 WE HAD TO DO A VERY HARD THING AND HAVE OUR COLT PUT DOWN. HE IS SADLY MISSED ALREADY. HE IS A HALF BROTHER TO THE 2 ROANS ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE. THIS WAS A SPECIAL COLT WITH A LOT OF HEART THAT HAD SUCH A WILL TO LIVE. HE HAD A ROUGH START TO BEGIN WITH AND THEN TOOK OFF AND FLOURISHED. HE HAD SUCH A PERSONALITY. YOU COULD ABSOLUTELY DO ANYTHING WITH HIM AND HAD A MIND AND DISPOSITION JUST LIKE HIS BROTHERS. WE WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO A BRIGHT FUTURE WITH THIS BOY. WE WORKED VERY HARD TO SAVE HIM AND STILL DO NOT HAVE A DEFINITIVE ANSWER AS TO WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED AND WHAT WAS WRONG WITH HIM. THE ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU IS THE VETS THAT WE HAD CARING FOR HIM EITHER DIDN'T CARE OR DIDN'T KNOW AND DID NOT TREAT HIM CORRECTLY NOR GIVE US AN INFORMED DIAGNOSIS TO BE ABLE TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON HIS CARE. THEN AFTER THEIR NEGLIGENCE WOULD NOT EVEN COME TO OUR HOME AND PUT HIM TO SLEEP TO END HIS SUFFERING UNLESS SOMEONE WOULD BE HERE TO PAY THEM ON THE SPOT FOR DOING SO. THIS WAS JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE ORDEAL FOR THE COLT AND OURSELVES AND TO FATHOM THE THOUGHT THAT THESE PEOPLE TOOK OATHS AS VETS LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE ONLY OATH THEY HAVE IS TO THE MIGHTY DOLLAR AND NOT TO THE WELFARE OF ANIMALS. IT IS VERY SAD THAT IT HAS COME TO THIS, BUT IF YOU HAVE A GOOD VET, BE GLAD FOR IT BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT MANY OUT THERE THAT ARE BOTH KNOWLEDGEABLE AND COMPASSIONATE. HERE IS A PIC OF OUR COLT SHORTLY BEFORE HE LEFT US. HE SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS WEANED FROM HIS MOM AND HAVING A NEW BUDDY TO BE TURNED OUT WITH WHO SPENT HIS LAST DAYS WITH HIM. WE LOVED HIM DEARLY.
WE HAVE SINCE GOTTEN RID OF HIS MOM AND JUST REGISTERED HIM 2 WEEKS BEFORE HIS PASSING AND HIS REGISTERED NAME IS SUGARS LAST REMINGTON -- I GUESS HE WAS.