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Serabaar's 32nd
Birthday
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We celebrated the 32nd
birthday of Serabaar (Ibn Fa-Serr
X Serabah) on May 5th, 2002. Thankfully he is healthy and strong and
still full of a joy for life. His dinner included well soaked
horse cookies as a treat with his favorite Equine Senior followed by
soaked alfalfa pellets and a thin flake of hay.
The nearby dairy had a group of Mariachis
to
celebrate Cinco de Mayo. The singing was his
special birthday serenade. The spirited songs drifted softly on the breeze
until late into the night. |
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Serabaar |
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Many farm visitors this
year have had a piece of one of the many chocolate "Serabaar birthday
cakes" as part of the celebration.
Anyone who
saw or knew Serabaar from years past and has a remembrance of him that
they would like to share, I would love to hear from them. He's such
a grand horse! |
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Serabaar's
Dance
In
July 2002, at 32 years old, Serabaar had a couple of small strokes that affected his gait.
Mentally he is all there. After each small stroke he has regained his co-ordination in
time. We are watching him very closely day and night. He is getting
all his favorite treats and lots of TLC.
August
24, 2002 .... I was watching Serabaar standing quietly in his
night pasture next to the house as I came out of the senior barn after dumping
his bucket of soaked alfalfa pellets, soaked horse cookies and equine senior
into his stall feeder. Serabaar was watching me with a bright eyed "cookies
for breakfast" anticipation.
He lifted his forelegs in a half rear and galloped towards the gate then broke
into an extended dressage trot as he circled near the gate. I held my
breath as I watched. He
finished a few feet from the fence right in front of me with a snort, tossing
his head. He turned in a small diameter circle to meet me at the gate.
He quietly, obediently and proudly walked with me, hay string around his neck, to his breakfast.
My dear Serabaar, my Timex, my Samsonite, my Energizer Bunny had shown me his
dance... his celebration of life.
"Just Snoopy Dancin' and celebrating each and every day"
Serabaar 1970 - 2002
"Some
horses come into our lives and make hoof prints on our hearts and we are
never, never the same"
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Anonymous
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I
lost my beautiful Serabaar on Oct 29th (2002) to a stroke.
I am grateful he did not seem to be in pain and that I could be there
with him the whole time. In so many ways it was not as bad as it
could have been, for that I am very grateful for both of us. He
left me quietly with our vet's assistance.
He
was a very special horse and I really miss him. Serabaar now
dances with wings. |
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More
on Serabaar The
Serabaar Breeding Program
His
Only Babson Replacement Ibn Sabbah Bedu+/
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