By: Sarah F.
The worst way to get news in general good or bad is over a text, so let’s get back to the beginning.
I rode a pony of America named Ellie she was used for Western Pleasure she was very slow. I wanted a fast horse that jumped and was energetic and that is not what I got. I needed to reteach this Pony Her GO button, but the only thing was she was really slow and I couldn’t do jumping because she was pretty old, so I stuck to the flat, I had to use a crop just to get her to trot. I had so many meltdowns on that pony I almost gave up on her, but I’m so glad I didn´t we went to our Spring Fun show with our Horse Club and we got fourteen ribbons, ten of them were first place, three of them we’re second place, and one third place. Even though I got mad because I get three second places and everyone knows that second is the first to lose, and o ́ my gosh third that is second to lose, I still praised her for the terrific work she did.
Now we get to when I had my bike accident I was in the hospital for a week and a lot more recovering one week early I took her on a trail ride and she was phenomenal she did everything I asked of her. I competed in the county show to get me to districts and I didn’t qualify and I didn’t care because I didn’t want to go anyways, a few weeks later I got a TEXT saying Ellie is really hurt, I called and with the fear that everyone has she said the vet is coming, I said on my way. I got to the barn and we are still dressed nice from church we are crying in front of this pony, her the fur was stripped from her ears and brick red same thing on her hips in between her legs and her stomach and they put her on iv fluid and her heart was going 220 beats per minute heart worked so hard, she had her second stroke and fell down her body took her mind and we thought over our options and made the decision that no pet owner wants to make, it was to say goodbye and put her down and say goodbye she just didn’t feel the rush we all did so Ellie I just wanted to say thank you.
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