*Update at bottom. Thank you for reading Biggs story… Biggs (also  known as A Custom Whizard) is my extremely sweet and kind 5 yr old buckskin AQHA gelding that I compete in reining and have some fun chasing cows. He’s truly one in a million. I am in an unforeseen situation where he had a freak horrid severe colic today and he is currently in surgery to see if we can save his life… as I type. The vet crew is doing everything they can to save him. The emergency bill is going to be through the roof, so if you could spare a dollar or two that would be greatly appreciated beyond words. He is my world. He saved me…. A few years ago I was in a toxic relationship, found a way out and was trying to find myself again. I knew the only way to get back to me was through horses. It saved me when my father passed away unexpectedly a few years ago. Horses are my version of therapy. So I found and bought Biggs when he was just 2 years old with all the pennies I could scrape together during COVID, and decided to venture into the reining world. Crazy idea since I came from the H/J and All Around horse show world, but reining just captured my heart and I wanted to give it a go. Despite him being young and me being new to reining, we had fabulous guidance from Brandon Brant + assistant Julia and then with Lance Shockley out here in Colorado - and have been successful! We worked so very hard. Oh how this horse brought so much healing to me! For a young horse he never put a foot wrong, let me make mistakes, loved everyone, loves cuddles and cookies. At only 3 years old he let me gallop through a the biggest field w mountains in the background and gather up a heard of cows, being a perfect saint. Most young horses would freak out, but not him. That was a bucket list thing for me and I cried with the wind in my face. He also lead me to my first NRHA futurity show experience (our reining Olympics kind of thing). We did pretty good and he stopped/slid the best he has ever done. I sat in the arena with tears in my eyes again. Feeling so blessed to have such a good boy that I trust with every fiber of my body. He healed me and changed my life for the better - in ways I didn’t know I needed. I love him with all my heart like my own child. He has always taken care of me. So, if you could please help in any way… we would so greatly appreciate it beyond words. He is my world. He saved me, and the least I can do is try to save him ❤️

*Update - Biggs survived his colic surgery. The vets thought he had a chance. However the next morning he started to get really uncomfortable and show neurologic issues from where he hit his head from going down. We gave him all the good drugs and he tried drinking water like a good boy and would settle down when I held his head, rubbing his eyes like he loves. They vets where doing everything they could. They noticed fluid leakage from his huge incision and tested it along with his blood. The protein in his blood was extremely low, meaning his body wasn’t functioning as is should. Making him not a candidate for surgery #2 to remove his colon. The fluid leakage showed that his organs were dying and/or in the process of dying. There was nothing else the vets could do, I had to decide to end his pain. We gave him a bunch of pain meds as he was so uncomfortable and I gave him one last groom/brush/curry, gave him cookies and I held his face, he settled down and leaned into me… I told him how much I loved him. How grateful I was for him. How he changed my life in ways I didn’t know were possible for the better. How he was my whole world and I would do anything I could to fix him. That he was going to meet my dad in heaven, and my nana - that they would take good care of him up there. I asked him to try to find a way back to me in his next life if he could. That we were going to help end all the pain and it would be ok. I held him the entire time as we gently laid him down and made the pain go away. I laid with him for a long time there. 

I am so sorry my sweet boy. I will never be the same without you.

I cannot thank you ALL for the support and donations. I know many of you followed our journey and bond through social media. I maxed out his Insurnace coverage and all donations will be going to the additional vet bills that we have and now burial I have to figure out. 

I saved some of his beautiful hair and would love to share it with the folks that supported us, plus a handsome picture of my sweet boy. Please email your address here so I can send them when it’s ready.  

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Thank you so much for all the support, beyond words that I can express… Biggs was one in a million