The start of this tale would be in August of 1980, a friend had purchased a nice yearling Buckskin gelding and told me that the people she had bought him from had a “bunch” more like him. Soooooo…being the curious sort I went through old Nickel papers and found the ad (which was then several weeks old). I called and went to look at what they (Leroy and Debbie Lagerway) had.

The one that “followed me home” after much debate (and a loan from my brother-in-law) was Pauls Scoobydo Bee, a small, just-turned-two dun colt. I had the grand notion that he would make a great-sized kids’ horse and bought him with intentions of turning him into a nice little gelding 4H prospect. That was the beginning of a good idea but it never happened….

The rest, like they say, is history. After 19 years and over 100 foals, he never did make the “gelding” part. He did, however, make a show horse, race horse (pretend), drill horse, lesson horse, pony horse, and everything in between. With over 600 points in 3 registries and siring champions and point earners in 3 registries. There was nothing he couldn’t or wouldn’t do if asked. Not bad for a “little” horse in a “big” horse world.

In May of this year, after 20 years of being totally healthy and never having any sickness, DoBee was diagnosed with Cushings disease. Most horses respond well to the medication for this and live many years but unfortunately, some develop many secondary problems that can go hand-in-hand with Cushings. DoBee was one of the few, and due to lameness and other infections, he could not respond to the medication the way we had hoped. So sadly, on July 1, he was put down.

We are fortunate to have five of his daughters to carry on the old lines of his breeding. There is currently only one breeding-age son. (The rest have all made their gelding appointments.) We will be keeping a ‘99 colt to see if he can fill his daddy’s shoes - they weren’t very big, but they left big tracks. DoBee also left us with 5 mares in foal for the year 2000. Good luck to their owners, I hope you get exactly what you’re hoping for!

We are currently standing two young Poco Bueno bred stallions. They are crossing exceptionally well with DoBee’s daughters. So we will now have his grand-get in the barn. Some of them have the same warped personality and are real people horses - so the missing items his sons and daughters have carried off over the years will keep disappearing, and nothing is safe from being used as a toy.

So, although this tale has a beginning 19 years ago, it really will have no end - DoBee is Irish Acres.