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Just curious to see how long your drafts lived. At what age did you retire them from any riding and/or

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Old 10-23-2009, 10:59 AM   #1
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Just curious to see how long your drafts lived. At what age did you retire them from any riding and/or driving? How old did they live to be? Noah is estimated to be upper 20s - 30 but looks and acts like he's 10 years younger.

Ignorant people like to make nasty comments about him "croaking" soon.



I truly believe he has a good 8 years left in him.
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Old 10-23-2009, 01:51 PM   #2
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I just lost my old guy "Bob" last week. He was 28-30, your guy looks to be in great shape, so I would just look at them and say "well nobody really knows, yours might croak first" let them know how it feels for someone to say that to you. My guy was a rescue that had a rough live before we got him, but he had been retired for 3 years to pasture patrol due to arthritis. As long as its not hurting him ride him and enjoy him.
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