Sugar

To everyone who knew Sugar,

She was a great horse, but we had to put her down yesterday. Sugar was 28 years old. She died of Cushing's Disease, but she lived a great life and had a great retirement. She was the best horse ever.

When I woke up yesterday, I thought it was going to be a regular old day. When I crawled into bed with my mom, she told me that Sugar was laying down in her stall, and we needed to go check on her. We were afraid she was very sick.

When we went to check on Sugar, she looked a lot worse than we thought. She was laying down in the stable, and wouldn't get up. We closed the stall doors and went in with her, and waited for my dad to come home. While we were waiting for my dad, we covered Sugar with my Harry Potter sleeping bag to keep her warm, and gave her hay to eat. We also put straw down around her to keep her from laying in the mud and brought a bucket of water, but she would not drink.

When my dad came home, we got Sugar some apples and bananas, which she ate. We stayed with her for a while, and took care of her. She didn't seem like she was in much pain, just too weak to get up.

Finally, the vet came and told us she had to be put down. She had Cushing's Disease and was very old, so there was nothing he could do to help her. We are going to miss her a lot.

I'm going to post her pictures next to this entry.

Kaya