Peggy Sue

November 15, 2022 – Peggy Sue came to us in April 2012 with elf slippers for back feet and unable to bend her back left leg. Some years before, her pelvis had been fractured in multiple places when humans tried to help her deliver her foal. Because her humans couldn’t pick up her back legs, they did not trim her back feet. We had no issue putting her in the sling for trims – she was always a good girl.

Peggy Sue didn’t let her physical limitations stop her from getting around – she could really move out when she wanted to! However, if she laid down and rolled over onto her left side, she couldn’t get up and we would help her. We would roll her back onto her right side and she’d usually pop right up. Over the last few months though, it had been getting harder for her. Arthritis and years of overworking her good leg / hip had taken a toll. We knew there would come a day when we’d have to make the heartbreaking decision to let Peggy Sue go and that time had come. We loved her too much to allow her to suffer. The thought of her going down in the middle of the night, in the cold or rain, and not being able to get up was a horrible one.

Peggy Sue had the darkest yet most beautiful bright and loving eyes that touched the soul. She left this world knowing she was loved, very much. We were very blessed to have been given the years that we had with her. They all take a piece of my heart when they go, and Peggy Sue took a pretty huge piece. In my mind, I can picture her with her friends, Little E and Bria, under a Friendship Tree on this side of Rainbow Bridge where they wait with the rest of herd. I find comfort in knowing we will see our loved ones again someday.