ooooold horse

[boxofdelights]

Is Teak's birthday! He is 29. His mother and our other mare both made it past 30. I do have pictures of him on his actual birth day, but only as prints.

Comments

[sartorias]

That is a venerable horsebeing indeed. I love the expression of sleepy content.

[boxofdelights]

He knows how to enjoy every carrot.

[lunabee34]

Happy birthday, Teak! He looks like a sweet old horsey.

[sovay]

Is Teak's birthday!

Happy birthday, Teak!

[sasha_feather]

Oh how lovely, happy birthday Teak!

[jesse_the_k]

Do horses fur get curlier and thicker as they age? (This seems to be a canine tendency. Humans, OTOH, just lose our fur.)

[beaq]

i invite you to try to brush my gray furs flat.

[boxofdelights]

That look is not an inviting look.
Come hither... and be devoured?

[jesse_the_k]

Never!

[boxofdelights]

Curlier, thicker fur is a symptom of hypothyroidism in horses. Yes, hypo- not hyper-. It's common in old Morgan horses. I don't know whether Morgans are more likely to develop hypothyroidism as they age, or just more likely to get very old!

Neat.

[jesse_the_k]

You know a lot about animals!

Re: Neat.

[boxofdelights]

I do tend to infodump at the slightest invitation. It strikes some people as arrogant but I'm not trying to say "Look at me! I am amazing!", I'm saying look at this information -- isn't it interesting?

Re: Neat.

[jesse_the_k]

I for one think it's GREAT. So there.

I wish the world were different right now so we could be chatting in a Concourse hotel room.

[seascribble]

handsome old boy

[beaq]

ol' teak

[twistedchick]

What a handsome boy!

[silveradept]

Congratulations to the house on being nearly thirty years of age.

[bibliofile]

Aw, horsie, having a treat. Xclnt.