Books with Spirit – Joyfulness between horses and people

Jazz, our 13 year old chestnut mare, has lived with us for 5 years.  During this time we have always trucked her but before she came to us she was floated.  Unfortunately when we moved to town I could no longer afford to keep the truck so had to downsize to a float.

All went well the first few times until out of the blue, Jazz went down as I slowly turned in a circle in a paddock preparing to park.  She had her tail hanging out the back at the time and wrenched it upwards as she fell.  She may have suffered a small fracture which we were unaware of at the time. 

The next time we tried to float her she walked in no trouble at all but was scrambling / falling over virtually immediately.  She was too scared to back out of the float. 

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