Comments on: Add Years to Your Senior’s Life

By: Eunice

Eunice — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 16:31:10 +0000

I am 66 and just now at a point in my life where I can take care of a horse. I haven’t ridden since I was young. I am looking at getting a horse I can enjoy riding and spending time with…so I am looking for an older horse. This article was very helpful. Thank you.

By: Briana

Briana — Fri, 04 Oct 2013 14:05:44 +0000

Good advice…

By: Tania

Tania — Sat, 08 Jun 2013 08:45:33 +0000

Thanks great info 🙂

By: Janisse

Janisse — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 16:48:52 +0000

Thank you for this! My horse is 21 and still eagerly jumps, gallops and kicks up his heels. I hate when people throw their horse away in a little pen just because they’re a senior. After all age is just a number. Thanks again!

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 18:31:27 +0000

thank you for the information on Senior horse.
Just what I wanted.
My horse is 24 still trail riding on senior feed and beetpulp no molases.
Gets a little gas colic as teeth are worn and has loss some

By: fhberyh

fhberyh — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:28:20 +0000

Interesting.

By: Anna

Anna — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 08:46:30 +0000

Wow! Thanks so much HC!!!

By: KansasCityCowgirl

KansasCityCowgirl — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 09:35:53 +0000

A few weeks ago I had to put my horse down. She was not old at all (11 years), but she got very sick. She had coliced in the past, but not this bad. I got my horse Cricket when I was 8. She was 7. A tragedy had just happened for my family, and she was like my counsler. I love her with all my heart and soul. She meant sooooooooo much to me. But one night I was riding her, not hard at all walking, and trotting a bit. But then she collapsed. Thankfully I was riding bareback so I had enough time to slip off before she hit the ground. She was colicing. The vet oiled her twice through the night. We walked her all night long. But it wasn’t enough. The next morning we were walking her and she kept going down. She got down once and we couldn’t get her up. She then started rolling.The vet then got there and got her up and started walking her. He checked her and told us she had flipped, I was heartbroken, I felt like I was trapped inside a nightmare. She then went down again while the vet was holding her. It was impossible to get her up. Colic surgeries never go well, but her chance of survival was well below 40%. We decided to put her down. It is soooooooooo hard to say goodbye. But I knew I would have to eventually. Ihad been thinking about how to keep her alive longer when she would have gotten old, and I know I would have used the information from this article. Thank you HorseChannell!

By: Carol

Carol — Wed, 18 May 2011 09:45:50 +0000

Fabulous article. I’m going to print it up so I can refer back frequently. I have a 17yo and a 16yo horse. Both are precious to me and I want to keep them around.
I will upgrade the feed and do more playful exercising with them this spring.
Thank you.

By: Ruth Woodman

Ruth Woodman — Wed, 18 May 2011 03:06:49 +0000

My Senior Horse is 37 this year. He is double reg. AQHA/PHBA. I have had him longer than I had my husband. He was born in 1974 when I was 29. My children grew up with him. He is a member of the family. He looks amazing for his age. He thrives on Purina Equine Sr. and rice bran pellets. He gives me a kiss every morning and night. I love him so much!