Euthanasia - last time I ask, promise!

tbh I had a filly PTS about 8 years ago with injection and never again she reared up and legged it around the field with the injection in her so she fought the injection not good at all I would always have one shot. But you know your mare if she is okay with injections go with it Tink was not but in america we are not alowed to shoot you have to inject and bury

You have made a very brave desision I hope that it all goes well
 
I have now had two of my boys PTS by injection. Unfortunately the last one was only Sunday night. He was 35 and his livers had failed. It is a very hard decision. Both times it was very peaceful and would not have any of mine shot.
 
From shooting until load up of carcass could be done slowly (give the KM a coffee to make it stretch?) and that would give the old mate long enough time to see and grieve. The report by MissElz I think, from that programme is very true to life how others react.
If you ask when you're booking the KM, explain, they are usually very understanding so you'd have no feeling of being rushed and it can all be dignified for her and her friend.
To make it less traumatic on yourself, if that's at all possible; be practical and think well ahead where it is possible to do this, how easily accessible it will be for the lorry (usually with a back ramp and winch so it needs to be straight on to the body, not around a corner or through a narrow or muddy gateway in case the lorry gets stuck) also have ready a bucket of sand to cover the blood once she has been taken away.
Don't be like what happened with one of our comedy of errors at a time like this! My dear old mare was shot on our bottom yard by our huntsman, perfectly as usual. It had been a wet time and because we had a slanting gateway onto the common drive (which is only a narrow unfenced cinder track, not tarmac, so quite likely to hole and have puddles and also slants slightly downhill, but also, if you go off the track when it's like this, you're likely to bog down too!) He backs up lorry but can't get the turn so nearly gets stuck and has to park on the track but at an angle so not a straight pull; the winch has got ravelled and the lads hadn't sorted it out so we had to have an unravelling session before we could put it on the mare who was also pumping out a lot of blood, mind she was a ten ton Tessie!; get started and she gets stuck around the gatepost so we have to haul the old dear around it and then we found out how heavy she actually was!; then it started to rain quite hard and the blood started running downhill along the track towards the neighbours; then two other sets of neighbours went past and were obviously shocked to see us sitting on top of the mare laughing our heads off at everything that was going wrong! We weren't being heartless at all, please don't think that, but Spry was a cuss in real life, she would have loved to have known she caused all that in death too. We still laugh about it now especially when he's trying to explain to young kennel lads that things don't always go to plan! It was a very fitting end to nearly 12 years of ownership by her!
If I hadn't laughed, I would have wept and that would have been no use to anyone when all that was going wrong, besides, laughter is the best medicine, so think of the good times you've had, think of the times when she was a witch, think of the times when she's made you mad but mostly think of the times when she has made you laugh.
 
I left my mare in the field for an hour or so, and turned the others back out with her. It was incredibly distressing watching them pawing her, trying to get her up. The two she wasn't particularly attached too were fine afterwards, but I'm not convinced that her best, best, inseparable friend was particularly affected by being able to say 'goodbye'. Although she went off and grazed very shortly after finding Cybele, she was inconsolable for weeks afterwards and dropped all of her weight. She has separation anxiety issues now as well, if any of my others go out of sight she panics
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Well, having thought long and hard all night, and then come on here and read through everybody's replies, I have decided to cancel the vet. I've just spoken to Warrens, who will shoot her for no extra charge. I asked if we could leave the body for a few minutes and they said that would be fine. I explained I just wasn't happy about the injection and they said they totally understood; he even went on to say they've had more than a couple of callouts where the injection hasn't worked! Good grief.

She is a very, very quiet pony and has never put a foot wrong in all her life so I expect she won't even notice the gun. It is the last thing I can do for her so I need to know it is going to be instant. Thanks once again everyone, I feel a little better now knowing the decision is finally made.
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My old Appy went last october, shot by the knackerman, she was so pleased to see a man in the yard, she lost ten years
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The last one we lost was at Easter (we had a bad twelve months) the knackerwoman came for her. Shooting is quick and a good end for a faithful friend IMO. The others seem to understand anyway, without seeing the body. I hope it goes as well as it can. My thoughts will be with you.
 
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