We loose a dear Friend....... R.I.P. Cimmi 1977 - 2010

Cimmi joined our family in 2008

she was 31 years old....

I suppose she thought that her time had come

and her days of running around the arena were over...

She had done her years at Pony Camp

and was retired to the paddock when her young rider went off to Uni...

Until Emelia found her...

and resurrected her career

We were looking for something to keep Emelia distracted

she was going through a few personal issues

and as Emelia always wanted a horse

we thought we would look at that as a kind of

"Pets as Therapy"

A customer rang one day and we got to talking

and i found out the lovely old chestnut pony

at the back of our place belonged to her.

And she very graciously allowed us to love her....

Here is their first meeting.

It helped that Emelias boyfriend at the time was also into horses..

They spent some time together

and got to know one another....

This was around June 2008

Here is their first ride outside the paddock..

Cimmi loved it!!!

She was so excited to be outside the paddock for the first time in a long time.

Her and Mat took a few rides before thinking about going to

Pony Club Rally Days

Here they are during their first rally day

this was around August 2008

Around the end of August we starting thinking about

Pony Camp

Emelia was keen, and Cimmi was really enjoying being ridden

She knew all the ropes...

So it was time to get shod.

They attended a couple of Rally Days

And the odd Team Penning

In September it was grading day

before Pony Camp....

Cimmi and Emelia did really well...

But it was deemed that she was too old for Camp

and posed too much risk.....

So she was retired back to the paddock

after helping Emelia find her passion for horses

and a really good grounding for her riding...

Once Solo came along

it made her young again

trying to keep up with this feral horse

and making sure he didn't steal her food

and her attention...

She loved her food!!

We found some really great little pellets for older horses

and she just loved them!!

So did Solo

So we gave Cimmi these nuts and also had to give some to Solo so he wouldn't steal hers...

But they would go back and forth between their bins making sure the other didn't have some nuts left!!

They were so funny to watch!!

You can see how great her coat look once she started having the nuts....

She looked lovely and shiny!!!

Around August last year she started getting a bit crook

We thought we were going to loose her

she started loosing weight so fast

her ribs and hip bones were showing...

This particular night we thought she was going

she went down on the ground and couldn't get up again

Solo was so worried...

We both cried, we thought she was dying

Thank goodness though

we found out that the neighbours thinking they were doing the right thing were feeding the horses grass cuttings.

So we chucked it all out of the paddock and put a sign up telling people not to feed them.

So come April, she was fighting fit

galloping around the paddock again

and having a wonderful time.

So we decided to saddler her up and go for a ride.....

In hindsite, im so pleased that we did.

She loved it.

She was out in front trip trotting the whole time

neighing to the other horses

and having a great time.

We just went around the block, didn't go far

but it was far enough to get the wind in the hair....

Here she is waiting for Solo and i.

I cant even express how sad we are to loose Cimmi.

This horse was a life saver for Emelia

and i dont know where Emelia will now if Cimmi dint come into our lives.

She made our lives fuller

she made us feel all kinds of feelings that we haven't experienced before with having such a large pet.

I know that someone was looking down at us and bought Cimmi into our lives for a reason...

We will be forever grateful at having the opportunity

to know her and to love and care for her...

On Friday she was fine

running around the paddock chasing Solo....

then we got a phone call from neighbours telling us she had gone down..

We found her on Sunday afternoon

I looks like she and Solo were having a run around enjoying the rain

and she has had a heart attack

and died instantly.

There were no signs of distress for which we are so grateful.

Rest In Peace Cimmi

We will love you and remember you always...

Solo is struggling with her lose

He keeps looking for her and is so sad.

At first he didnt want comfort, but he is slowly coming around

and He and Emelia enjoyed some long cuddles today...

He keeps looking for her though...

We think we might get another little pony for him

to keep him company