Close to a year since......

[JaneMBE]

....... my beautiful boy was attacked.......
When I let Eric go, Tracy, my bestest friend ever, made this wonderful display for me, which takes pride of place in my lounge. Thought I would share it and the very heartfelt verse she wrote. Excuse the tears on this post, it breaks me up everytime I read it.

 

[sojeph]

Aww - bless Eric

 

[GinaB]

That was so nice of her. The last verse is so beautifully written RIP Eric x

 

[04101964]

Made me cry too. Sorry for your loss and what a lovely friend you have.

 

[Bess]

That is so sad, how thoughtful of Tracy to give you such a lovely thing to remember him by.

 

[vicm2509]

Aww, that brought tears to my eyes. What a lovely friend you have, that is such a nice tribute to your special boy.

 

[JaneMBE]

:nods: yeh. Everyone told her she shouldn't, it was just a couple of days afterwards. But she knows me so well and knew it was the right thing to do.
I should really have put this in gallery, I just hit the wrong forum button, sorry. Maybe admin can move it over.

I have a lot of his tail, it's still sitting where I left it when I cut it, no idea what to do with it!
What does everyone else do with mementos liek that? Obviously there is some in the collage, but I have a shoe also which needs to be put somewhere

 

[Bess]

You see ads sometimes for horsehair jewellry (sp?), maybe you could get something made from it eg a bracelet?

 

[riotgirl]

What a lovely sentiment JJ. xx

 

[Gingerbird]

Sitting at my desk crying now - that is so lovely JJ. RIP sweet Eric

 

[rrose]

how lovely!!

RIP Eric

 

[kayleigh_and_rocky]

Thats sooo lovely but so heartbreaking at the same time, i cried

RIP Eric

 

[MarthaRodman1]

My god I am howling at my desk!!! That is so very very sad, so very sorry that you lost him!


MXx

 

[flyingfeet]

Sorry JJ - I don't know the story; what happened to your horse?

A dog attack bad enough to have them put them? Sounds awful!

 

[happyhack]

What a beautiful tribute. So sorry for your loss. he looks like a real stunner and a sweetie.

 

[JaneMBE]

In October last year, Eric was mauled by a dog on his hock. It was infected and very deep.
I flushed it daily, gave him his meds etc and come December he seemed to have picked up, so was turned out to get the leg moving.
When I brought him back in in Jan, he bashed it in the stable and the leg swelled up to his rump, it was agonising.
Vet treated him almost daily, but things just didn't improve.
Eventually, the infection spread through his body, basically eating him alive

I let him go in March this year.
His diary tells the story, but it is extremely tough reading, I wrote it as I was feeling. Link below in sig.
Still bloody tough, and I haven't really ridden much since it happened, no horse can match him.

 

[whispersltd]

am so sorry, it really hurts and takes time to get over losing them, i have lost a few over the years all rescued ponys, my son got me a mother of pearl pendent which i keep a single strand in of each horse. i met a lady at a local show who makes Jewelry out of horse hair, i have her number if you want to PM me for it?

 

[flyingfeet]

I hope you found the dog - too many people let theirs roam about. A german shepherd was shot recent near us - the owner (also a land lord of a well known pub) used to just let them out for the day.

The GS was ripping sheep to bits and after several warnings the farmer finally shot it.

Sorry for your loss - we lost one in an Ifor Williams trailer accident; nothing worse than losing a good horse.