Primeau Equestrian Center

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11/06/2024

Someone very much loved his new massage blanket and treatment

10/31/2024

“What does it really mean to "let them go on a good day?"

It means it will be your hardest day ever as an animal owner. It won't matter if you've never done it before, or if you've gifted a dozen good days, each good day is always the hardest one.

It means they won't know what the fuss is about, or why they're getting so many treats and extra belly scratches and hugs.

It means you will second guess your decision right up until the very last moment, the very last breath. You'll second guess yourself afterwards.

They'll knicker at you when you arrive, just like any other morning.

The weather is perfect. They are content today. They look sound today. They are breathing well, they eat well, they get up easily enough from a nap....the list goes on. Whatever issue they struggle with, today they aren't. Today you euthanize them.

This is what going on a good day means. It actually means sending them out while they are happy, while they are healthy, while they are eating well, walking well, etc, etc. You make the choice to do it before an emergency takes the choice away from you, before your horse has to experience any more trauma or pain.

Their last memory will be filled with love.

It'll rip your heart out every time.

We can see the patterns and the increasing trends. We can predict the weather a little. We can obsess over the past and worry about the future.

Fortunately, horses, all animals, live in the moment. They don't worry about those things. They aren't worried about winter. They aren't worried about July, or allergies, or progressive diseases like cushings or dsld. They don't think about the close calls they've had before, and they certainly aren't thinking about the close calls that are destined to come, as their body continues to age and break down. They just are. They are happy and healthy, or fearful and in pain, on that day, in that moment.

It is the most difficult, most loving gift we are blessed to be able to give.

And that first ice storm will come, that first deep snow, that first heat wave....and you will find a little relief, no longer doubting the choice you made.

They were happy, and safe, and loved. That is all that matters.

It's still never easy.”

10/20/2024

Re homing a horse is okay.
Not keeping a horse as a pasture pet is okay.
Rehoming a horse so that someone else can better benefit from said horse is okay.
Leasing a horse is okay.
Giving lessons off a horse is okay.
But do you know what’s not okay ?
It’s not okay to let a horse sit and waste in a pasture when they have a job and love their job. It’s okay to place that horse in a family who will make the most of their time with that horse and show that horse and give that horse so many more opportunities than you as a person can put into said horse at the moment.

I’ve done it, and we’ve all done it.

I have had very limited horses that will stay with me to the end and you know what. THATS OKAY.

What’s not okay is going and bashing others for placing their horses into other homes when someone else can better benefit from them.

Everyone starts somewhere and in order to get better you have to get better horses.
It isn’t anyone’s business as to how people get their newer faster horses.

It’s okay to run horses that others have trained
It’s okay to train your own horse
It’s okay to home a horse that you don’t click with
It’s okay to home a horse that can go onto make some child happy.

The horse industry is stressful enough without having someone publicly dictate your every move.

Much love goes out to those people in who we call our biggest fans. ♥️

10/08/2024

Flatwork part 2 with Jumps from today with delco

10/08/2024

Flat work with some small jumps part one from today

10/08/2024

Flat work part 2 of 3 from today with delco

10/08/2024

Flatwork with delco today part 3 of 3

10/08/2024

Flat work part 1 of 3 for delco today

10/06/2024

Angel doing some flat work

10/06/2024

Look who mounts like a big girl lol

10/05/2024

Nice shots with my two fav girls Erica Sian love how these turned out