The wife
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone,
Today is the day my big, beautiful, just 9yr old dressage horse is going to be PTS and my hand has been hovering over the phone for the last hour to cancel it.
I actually kind of don't know why I have come on here right now but I haven't actually got anywhere else to go without upsetting any members of the family - No-one wants this but money is tight right now and I simply cannot afford to pay for any treatment for him or livery bills through the winter on a horse who is lame on 3 legs.
I know it's the right thing. Some of you will have commented on my post a few months ago about him. He's hot headed, supremely talented, a panic 'runner', who I cannot keep sound behind and who has navicular in his fore legs. He is just about sound in front, after removing his shoes but remains lame behind. He had 18 months of field rest and came sound but after just 6 weeks of walk work he went lame behind again - then we noticed a creeping bi-lateral foreleg lameness and x-rays proved my gut right.
Ordinarily, i have no issues with having horses shot but this one is under my skin.
Why is life so unfair? Can someone up there give me a break right now?
Feel slightly better about venting. It's going to be OK isn't it.
Today is the day my big, beautiful, just 9yr old dressage horse is going to be PTS and my hand has been hovering over the phone for the last hour to cancel it.
I actually kind of don't know why I have come on here right now but I haven't actually got anywhere else to go without upsetting any members of the family - No-one wants this but money is tight right now and I simply cannot afford to pay for any treatment for him or livery bills through the winter on a horse who is lame on 3 legs.
I know it's the right thing. Some of you will have commented on my post a few months ago about him. He's hot headed, supremely talented, a panic 'runner', who I cannot keep sound behind and who has navicular in his fore legs. He is just about sound in front, after removing his shoes but remains lame behind. He had 18 months of field rest and came sound but after just 6 weeks of walk work he went lame behind again - then we noticed a creeping bi-lateral foreleg lameness and x-rays proved my gut right.
Ordinarily, i have no issues with having horses shot but this one is under my skin.
Why is life so unfair? Can someone up there give me a break right now?
Feel slightly better about venting. It's going to be OK isn't it.