Mr Mazeratti : January 2020

Saturday, January 4, 2020

Through Mozzy's Ears 2019

Most of my photos are taken from horseback. Thus, here's a sampling of many but not all of our rides in 2019.

(click on any photo to open enlarged images.)

Kelly Park, June 24

Miller Sweeney, June 27

Grouse Mountain, July 4

McDougal Gap, July 8

McDougal Gap, July 13

Surveyor, August 2

Fortification Mountain, August 7

McDougal Gap, August 10

North Sheep Creek, August 10

Willow Lake, August 21

Elk Meadow on the Fortification Mtn Trail, August 24

Soda Lake Habitat, September 2

Aspen Loop, Soda Lake Habitat, September 2

Bradley Lake, GTNP, September 4

Taggart Lake Trail, GTNP, September 4

Taggart Lake Loop Trail, GTNP, September 4

Chambers Bay, September 7

McDougal Gap, September 14

Emma Matilda Lake, GTNP, September 18

Soda Lake, Fremont Ridge, September 21

Jenny Lake, GTNP, September 24

Colter Bay, GTNP, September 26

Heron Pond, GTNP, September 26

Heritage Point Trail, GTNP, September 26

Soda Lake Habitat, October 7

String Lake, GTNP, October 8

Grouse Mountain, October 12

Grouse Mountain, October 14

Soda Lake Fremont Ridge, October 25

Little Soda Lake, October 25

Lowline-Aspen Loop, November 5

Soda Lake Habitat, November 5

Kelly Park, November 8

Soda Lake, November 9

Soda Lake Habitat, November 12

AKA Mozzy

Registered Morgan Gelding foaled May 17, 2005--We purchased him in May of 2019. Sadly, he went to heavenly pastures due to complications of Equine Metabolic Syndrome, which manifested severe symptoms in early January, 2021 as laminitis. We were able to take care of him and he made a "miraculous" recovery in 7 weeks. He seemed cured and sound from April through June as long as we kept him off fresh Spring grass and gave him extensive supplements. On our July 21 ride, he struggled in pain and we cut it short. Apparently, the 20 mins. on grass a day was enough to create a relapse. The next months he had his ups and downs. He was able to give some children some rides around the pasture, but was never pain free enough for me to ride again. We thought he was making headway when he made a sudden turn for the worse on December 15, 2021. Nothing helped and he basically told us he was through with the pain. His last treat was oats and applesauce with pain killers (which didn't work anymore), but he REALLY enjoyed it. The vet had to give him an injection so he could even walk out of the pasture and up the driveway to the waiting trailer. I cried many, many tears over the months, but was joyful when Wayfarer and Ellie came to escort him.