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.