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Rocky is a 13 year old gelding from the auction. He was very hungry. He was a Foxtrotter brought to auction from a breeding operation up in Lake County. Very calm to ride; good for beginners, very sweet and easy to manage. He had terminal cancer. I am so glad we got him and not the slaughter market or the rodeo. He went very peacefully.
"I had the sad but very needed duty of gently and humanely euthanizing“Rocky”. Rocky was still interested in love, hay, and the Equine Senior we gave him, but sadly, despite months of feeding a proper nutritious diet (and, of course, a dental), Rocky had lost even more weight and was very very thin. His large jugular vein showed me that his heart was not pumping as it should, and his left eye was draining from a tumor. It was time for Rocky to say goodbye, as he was soon to suffer more intensely from his various medical conditions. His last thoughts as he got sleepy were ‘Yum Yum, sweet feed, the best food ever, chew chew….”
Kate and SAFER did right by Rocky; a humane and gentle euthanasia that he deserved from his people with lots of yummy food to eat. I am fortunate to work with such a wonderful group of caring, horse loving individuals ."
Dr. Sansome
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Sweet Romeo with his eventual adopter Michelle. Brought home from the Roseville Horse Auction just before it was shut down for fire violations. He had badly crippled front feet that we thought were once broken; but turned out to be severe arthritis. He was only 9. How does a little donkey get severe arthritis by 9 years of age?? Michelle and he were the best of buds for a year and a half; she even rescued him a couple of mini mares to keep him company.
But in the end when his pain got bad she did the right thing and laid him to rest.
Really don't know that there was ever a donkey more loved than Romeo at the end of his sweet life.

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