If you think ‘it ’ s just a horse’ then this blog is  definitely not  for you. This is for those of us who know our horses are our life,  inherently  our reason for getting up every day and being  the best  we can.    On Sunday 19 th  January 2025, my beautiful Cali was diagnosed with septic shock/peritonitis, secondary to intestinal rupture from an extremely large enterolith.  Unfortunately  there was no resolution for this and Cali joined the angels that day.   The purpose of this is purely to document my own personal experience.  And if by chance I help or educate others in the process, then that is absolutely a bonus. I won’t be talking the technicalities of it all, you can certainly do the research and read so much about it .  In my case, this is in a way one part of the healing process.    I will preface this however, that yes, this is hard and heavy , all the things , but sadness can also co-exist wit...