The Loss of Sara-Ann.

Awful weekend, we lost one of our ponies on Saturday evening.Sara-ann has been very quiet for the past week but was eating normally and otherwise seemed fine, she is a very old pony so her demeanour was not particularly worrying. By Saturday evening, however, she was walking in circles and staggering, froth was coming from her mouth and she did not seem to know where she was.The vet was called and to our dismay he diagnosed that she had more than likely had a stroke which had affected her brain.There was no choice, she was suffering and the decision was made to let her go.
We had only had her at the shelter since last winter. Her owner brought her in after the farmer on whose land she was grazing, gave him an eviction orderbecause he was not caring for her.All winter she went without shelter or even a rug to cover her frail body so I was more than happy to take her in.Sara-Ann was the daintiest pony I have ever seen, such a pretty feminine little soul, Meirwen was particularly fond of her and would give her cuddles every night when she came in for her evening meal. We will all miss her.