W
hen she woke up one morning in 2015, Marianne Barry
had no idea that she would have to say goodbye to her
best friend. But after finding her horse in the throes of
a severe colic episode, that’s exactly what she did.
Barry and her 25-year-old Saddlebred gelding,
Shanghi, had been together for six years when she had to relocate him to a
new boarding barn. At the time of the move, the horse’s health was already
compromised by several conditions, and Barry believes that the stress
of the move (combined with the horse’s existing health challenges) was
responsible for the colic episode.How to
plan for the
final act of
kindness.
By patrice d.
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