Rural Gardening: Mr. and Mrs. Bocker Move into their New Home, 1 by WigglyPaw

WigglyPaw wrote:
A smokin stud!

Ok, I had 5 kids in school, all under like for instance 6 years old.
I would pack lunch boxes or just give them their pbj sandwich in
the morning, with a thermos of powdered mild (ugh) maybe a fruit
If i had it or a fruit roll up , or some cheap cookies.
once a month, I discovered that on the bottom of their back packs,
there would be a weeks worth of squished pbj sandwiches. I would
take them to Caddy, and OH MY GOD, he smacked his lips eating
them!!! Scarf them up so fast they smoked. LOLOL
He loved the kids cookies, we had a halter that had on it "Please
give me a cookie" . He died a few years ago from heaves and old
age. we put him down, it was amazingly hard for us and my vet to do.
my daughter drove out from ny with her boyfriend to see it through.
my husband was there and oh my was he sobbing. My girlfriend jan
where I kept Caddy held his halter and when he got the shot, he was
staggering around, it was sooooo scarey and then he fell down. he is
buried at that farm. i have never gone back to visit, i don't know where
it is, maybe I should get a rock and put it over him.

He was the most affectionate horse I ever had. He took all of my kids
into english equitation blue ribbons, this big huge 16.4 horse, all tucked
in and steady like a rock. he jumped, and did dressage too. you could
put 10 kids on him and he would drag 10 bales of hay with kids on the
bales out to the pastures. he ran with all the kids up and down the hills
when we went sledding, and you could dress him up in the most outrageous
clothes. he was accepting of any saddle, bit, contraption, rider, food,grooming
tool, medical procedure, shoeing, training, just an all around great loved
loved loved horse. i carry his picture in my wallet still.
I have two new horses now, Ollie is a young colt, half percher, and JOY JOY
is a huge 94" stem to stern Percheron who might be pregnant now with a
gorgous stallion percheron. I dont know, and the foal is probably due around
June. I guess i should have the doc out for a check, so if she isn't I can do
some more stuff to try to get her bred better. I have a doc now who specializes
in bringing older mares into a receptive state and then into a full term pregnancy.
we will see.

Your morgan mare has such KIND eyes. NIce neck! not upside down at all.
i love her big nose and little morgan ears. she could probably pick out hay flowers
from a stack of hay with those lips! LOL.

My cats run over when I feed the chickens and eat with the chickens. they think
they are chickens!
Meeowcluck
sher I just realized I dont have one pic of Caddy on the computer, as he was
basically before digital cameras and stuff like this. i will have to get one made.
good idea!!!!!!!!!! thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!

This message was edited Jan 28, 2007 2:33 AM