> JP>..... I had ASK her NOT to lay down -- and, she didn't
 > JP>....... not until right at the very end when she very
 > JP>gracefully went down (and I knew she was dying and I'd been
 > JP>begging her to just lay down) ..... and she put her head in
 > JP>my lap (I had kneeled down with her as she lowered herself
 > JP>to the ground) ..... and then she passed away with her head
 > Jean, that must have been a very difficult moment.  I
 > honor your ability to
 > stay with her to the end.  You were very brave and
 > strong to face that fear
 > and aloneness.  I'll bet that when she stopped
 > breathing, the silence about
 > ate you alive.  Tears are good, let them come.
    It was the most terrible time I've ever had .
 > JP>    Yes, but you get to see her -- and jus think of how
 > JP>good she'll be when she comes back home !!
 > I hope she'll be good. She's such a stinker. She's
 > very smart, however.
 > That makes her training both easier and harder.  She
 > anticipates things
 > and gets very bored with details.
    Hehehehehe ...... sounds like PATTI over here.  X is smart too but 
doesn't "get ahead of you" ...... I decided to teach both tricks to give them 
something else to think about.  It worked 
 > JP>    That will change -- right now she's bonding with her trainer.  YOU
 > need
 > JP>to spend more time with her - if only grooming her or just
 > JP>plain talking to her ... Take her a "goodie" each time you
 > JP>go to visit ..... spend "quality time" with her each time
 > JP>you go to see her.  Pretty soon Phoenix will be LOOKING for
 > JP>you to come 
 > I'm going up on Sunday and hopefully I'll ride her.  I
 > can't wait!  With the
 > Olympics, she got put on the back burner.  Stephanie
 > got tickets to many
 > equestrian events and didn't get much done.  So, she's
 > giving me three weeks
 > extra to compensate for the time spent away.
    Very good ....... so, did you get to go ride her yet???
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