> JP> > you.  Baby was one special horse!
 > JP>    That she was!!!  And, I miss her so terribly ...... I
 > JP>never thought anything would affect me like this has  JP>sigh....It just isn't the same without "Baby" .
 > I'm glad you have others that you can enjoy, but I
 > know that any other horse
 > will never be Baby.  I hope that neither of you
 > suffered too long near the
 > end.  That makes it even harder.
    Two days and nights I was up with her ..... she was so good as after the 
1st time that she tried to lay down she NEVER tried again ..... I had ASK her 
NOT to lay down -- and, she didn't ....... not until right at the very end 
when she very gracefully went down (and I knew she was dying and I'd been 
begging her to just lay down) ..... and she put her head in my lap (I had 
kneeled down with her as she lowered herself to the ground) ..... and then 
she passed away with her head in my lap ........ oh darn -- here come the 
tears again .
 > Phoenix is at the trainers.  I miss her a lot!  I
 > cried when I left her there.
    Yes, but you get to see her -- and jus think of how good she'll be when 
she comes back home !!
 > Now when she sees me, she could care less.  She loves
 > Stephanie, her trainer.
 > (This is NOT the same Stephanie that used to board her
 > horse at our house.)
 > Anyway, I hope to get her home soon!
    That will change -- right now she's bonding with her trainer.  YOU need 
to spend more time with her - if only grooming her or just plain talking to 
her ... Take her a "goodie" each time you go to visit ..... spend "quality 
time" with her each time you go to see her.  Pretty soon Phoenix will be 
LOOKING for you to come 
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