'Pet'

Pet  was a beautiful registered Palomino (Lucky's Pet) Quarter Horse mare, going back to Kilobar and King Leo Bar on her sire's side. She was born in 1976.  We were contacted by someone in 2006 who had adopted from us and boarded her horse at the place that Pet lived.  Her elderly owner had gone into the hospital and wouldn't likely be coming out again.  Since Pet was already 30 years old she needed extra care because she didn't have much left in the way of teeth.   In her heyday she  had done just about everything, from lessons to parades, and she was the true matriarch of the Rescue.  She did very well on her twice daily mash.  Pet was very maternal and loved foals, and in 2015 when we got Filly, the orphan foal, Pet stepped right in as her foster mom, even letting Filly 'nurse' off of her, though of course she had no milk. After 10 years at the Rescue, Pet was quietly euthanized in April, 2016, just 12 days short of her 40th birthday.  Her passing  left a huge hole in all our hearts.