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I have 2 very elderly mares, both been my pets for the last 5 years or so. Probably going to be their last year for one of them, so I would have the other PTS at same time. They are incredibley attached to another, and get stressed when apart. Has anyone else had 2 PTS at the same time? I'm sooooo dreading it!
I have attached a pic of them for you to see Sage and Dylis
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Talk to you local Horse Disposal company, some of them are very good and compassionate. Potentially you could have both sedated before the act and just walk the other away, it's very quick, horrid subject though!
 
It was bad enough having my old man out to sleep but to have to make the dcision to have bth of them PTS is going to be awful - it is a very had decision to have to make however when my old man was around he and the other horse i have were very close ad he some how knew that he wouldn't be coming back and settled back to normal he must of known that he was very ill - good luck with it all though xx
 
At a previous yard the YO had two done at the same time (although they weren't buddies). She had a young mare PTS who was dangerous and she didn't want to sell her incase she fell into the wrong hands (she had tried every other possible avenue), she also had her old boy PTS at the sametime as he wasn't going to make another winter, so she had him PTS before he went too downhill and started to suffer. It was heartbreaking for her, but atleast all the heartache came at once (rather than a couple of months apart - which is realistically all the old boy was likely to have left).
 
I think it will be for the pally, I can tell shes tired and I find it increasingly difficult to keep the weight on during this time of year. So heartbreaking but I cannot bear for poor Dylis to be on her own.
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My 2 yr olds only two field companions were both pts together. Rusty had horrendous (and unexplained!!) laminitus and Solly was becoming increasingly more frial and arthritic and it was decided he would go before the winter anyway. When the vet advised having rusty pts we agreed it would be best to let them both go together. Rusty was done just outside his stable as he was to crippled to walk further and solly was done out of sight in the hayfield. Tilly was shut up in the top field out the way and was kept lightly sedated throughout and for the follwoing 24 hrs as she was then on her own.

Both were done by injection and both went quickly and quietly. If you would like to pm me I'll happily share further details.
 
depends how you choose, bullet could be frightening for the horse done second, if injecting then will need 2 vets, or to competant gun handlers to shoot at same time, can you not do one at a time, they look very well for there ages how old are they ?
 
Had two oldies PTS about 10yrs ago. Bess was 31 & had, had a stroke 10yrs earlier. She was alpha female of the herd & our foundation mare. We once had 5 generations all alive at one time! She use to suffer from laminitis in the suffer & then we struggled to keep weight on in winter. To be totally honest she should of gone the previous year. But you never want to do it. And she had been my first love all them years ago!!
Her BF Toby a little shetland was 38 & again suffered from lammi even with starving but then you need to keep weight on them to!?
They were always next to eackh other in the field or their big inside pen. They both suffled everywhere together. Once had finally go the courage to do it rang Mike our vet who's children had actually learnt to ride on Toby & done fancy dress etc.
He wanted to do it wouldnt have any of the other vets up for his own attatchment to the horses.
We had them in the top of the field where we had dug a big hole for them both to go into together. Mike injected them & as they were so old & frail they went pretty quickly.
All the others get shot & to kennels but hombred get special "after" care with being buried. (dont ask me why just how I am!)
Not an easy desision to make but one we have to.
 
Sage (Pally) is in her thirties, the photo was taken in the summer, she looks alot different now. Dil is not quite as old but still late twenties, costs me a fortune to keep weight on this time of year, esp now its too wet to put them out. When I think the time has come, I would want them both to be sedated so they were unaware of what was happening to the other and then use the bullet. Not keen with the injection TBH. Glad im not the only one who will have 2 PTS together.
 
I had two ponies last year who had been together for 25 years. When Margo had heart failure the vet said their was nothing more he could do and to pts. I told him that they were a pair and he suggested both of them at the same time. Tartan would go mad neighing and neighing if Margo even came in first!!! For selfish reasons for me I decided to only have Margo done (she was 29) with the understanding that I would see how Tartan went and if he pined too much then he too would go. Tartan only neighed the once as Margo was led away and then once more after she had gone. I must admit he was never quite the same but pottered about and everything for another year. I had him pts on Monday this week aged 40 as he collapsed in the stable with liver failure. They died a year and 2 days apart. But they are together now. I don't know if I did the right thing or not. But for me couldn't bear the thought of losing them at the same time. But whether that would have been easier than 2 at 2 separate times I can't comment.
 
Heartbreaking...

I lost my old boy on Boxing Day, 2 and half weeks ago. My vet was truely wonderful - he was sedated and then shot - very quick, clean and dignified. My other horses, including his best friend and long time mate, where out in the field - they knew that he was no longer able to go out with them. His best chum was fine for the first week, but he has been unsettled this week - I don't know if horses grieve like we do, but he knows that his friend has gone. Talk to your vet about Dilys - if she could have a good quality of life with a pet sheep or something, then great, but we have the greatest gift of all in being able to call time for our old friends.

My elderly cousin died on Monday, peacefully and in familar surroundings. Her brother is 84 and in the same nursing home and losing his mind to Alzheimers. He wants to go too - despite being quite fit and healthy for now. I hope that by the time my time comes, we will be able to make a choice.

I wish you luck with your decision, but am sure that whatever you decide, it will be the right thing to do.

Catherine
 
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