1 year aniversary...... Is this normal?

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Well it is a year to the day.... almost to the hour since I had Sidney PTS and I have been fine all day. Now I am sitting here suddenly feeling very sorry for myself.

I have been dreading this moment and I can't belive the year has gone so quickly and I haven't spent the year dodging teeth or hooves from my boy or spending a fortune keeping him sound.
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Yes, fraid so. It's been two years and 22 days since I had my chap PTS.

They make such an impression on your life that it never goes away and I still think about him alot and what fun we had.
 
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What a lovely neddy! happy ownerversary!!

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Not quite.....

it is the 1 year aniversary of when 3 became 2!
 
oh bless you sweet...perfectly normal to let our emotions run away with us and its a celebration of his life what joy he brung to you hooves the lot...

I know exactely how you feel....this is my 1st xmas without my boy its going to be very hard for me this year.
 
It's been 2 years since Heartly was put down. He wasn't mine, nor did I ride him and I only groomed him twice but god what I'd give to get him back!
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I've never cried about a horse so much in my life.
 
BIG Hug - but just think of your happy memories with Sidney.
I have been there on so many occasions over 50+ years with horses, dogs - and a favourite dairy cow or two.
However, this is nothing compared to what you will feel like when your parents go to The Happy Hunting Grounds.
Mine both died within 14 months of each other.
 
Hugs to you, but you were lucky to have had him....remember that.

I was heartbroken when I lost my first horse, could not go into the field for a couple of weeks, even though the other horses were there......but then I had my own fight with illness. Survival rate was not good. On the day I returned to work after 6 months off I found my mare dead in her stable. Yes I was upset, but not as much as previously. As my friend pointed out to me animals are replaceable, humans are not.
 
Very sorry for your loss - those photos must be fantastic memories.
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As my friend pointed out to me animals are replaceable, humans are not.

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I cant quite see how this works...? How is an animal life replaceable?
 
I'm sorry for your loss, he looked like he was a gorgeous boy. I still cry thinking about ponies I have known who have been PTS (the most recent one was two years ago so one year seems normal to me)
The grieving process is difficult but I believe that just by having beautiful memories of anything you can honour their lives, and, until forgotten a part of them lives on, regardless of species.

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As my friend pointed out to me animals are replaceable, humans are not.

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I cant quite see how this works...? How is an animal life replaceable?

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I think the idea is that although it is horrible losing an animal, it is reasonably easy to go out and buy another [insert animal here]. Yes, it isn't the SAME animal but you can replace a horse with a new horse etc.

You can never replace a mother with a new mother or a brother with a new brother.

Unless you are vegetarian you cannot believe that an animal life is 100% on a par with a human life (unless you are a cannibal?
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I don't mean for that to sound callous, but after having lost the pony I learned to ride on and my Mum (both when I was about 10) I know that although I have found many ponies and horses I can love just as much as the first... I have yet to find someone I love(d) like my Mum...
 
I'm sure its normal to feel this way and just goes to show how much he meant to you and will never be easily forgotten. I do dread the day when I have to say goodbye to my girl. She is my first horse.
 
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