Geriatric horses

You still keep horses?

Oh we do. Three geriatrics.

Old?

Not old, old, old. But old.

How old is old for a horse?

Thirty, forty.

Do they give trouble when they get old? Do you pay a lot in vet fees?

They get a bit arthriticky. Keep them warm, throw an extra blanket over them. But no, not as many problems as humans.

No forgetting names, no dementia? No heart operations, no organ transplants?

You put them down.

Hmm. They shoot horses, don't they. Can’t do that to old humans.

Not easily.

Be nice if all you had to do when you got old was to ask someone to put another blanket on you.

Yes, it takes more than that.

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