Bad Day

[wiphan]

Last night I found out what it is like to have your horse shatter his front cannon bone. In a freak accident my 9 yr old Working Cow Horse gelding shattered his cannon bone and the bone punctured the skin. I held his leg for about an hour and a half until the vet could come to put him down. We pulled 15 different pieces of bone out of his leg and had no choice but to put him down. It was horrific and I will have a hard time with this for a while. Kordell was a great horse with a huge heart. He pushed thru pain and gave me everything he could. He stood strong until the end just not how I wanted him to go out. Luckily no one was else was hurt (besides some minor scrapes, bruises, etc) and my kids didn't see it.