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I know this isn't a nice subject, just wanted to know how much does it cost to have a horse shot and the body taken away?
 
I took mine to the kennels and they did it there- it was £125.00
If they come to you its around £150 and if the vet comes its around £200.

If you want the horse cremated and sent to you in can be anything from £200- £500 depending on whether you want to ensure it is just your horses ashes you are sent.

Hope that helps.
 
Thats very sad, its a very hard thing to decide.
I run a large equestrian centre so I usually have to hold the horses that have to be PTS for owners which is a difficult thing to do. Both methods are very quick and peacful.
I didn't go with my own- I wanted to remember him how he was alive not after he was PTS.

My boy, who I had for 10 yrs developed navicular disease and he became very lame.
 
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How sad, I really feel for you.
I had a joint cremation as I didnt want the ashes back and it was about £250 but my insurance paid it. It was over £100 for the vet to inject her. Cant remeber exactly as the bill for that day included much more than being PTS.
 
depends on what you want. i told the vet straight that she was not shooting my baby as it was she did not have her humane killer with her so she would have been injected regardless.
 
its not nice. i have been there for a friend for her horse as she couldnt face it and wanted someone with the horse which is the main reason i was adamnt that Coco was getting the injection as i didnt want the last memory of her being shot and i know i couldnt have stayed with her if that had been the case, with the injection she went peacefully just as if she had gone to sleep.
 
I have been on the end of the leadrope several times for both methods!.My own preferance is injection.In my own experiances i think it is the sound of the gun going off is off putting for alot of people who are holding them.You know it's coming but still makes you jump when it does.The horses are dead before they hit the ground.Both methods are quick (unless you are very unfortunate to get a horse fight against the injection).I think it was about £180 for injection but no disposal as buried.
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I have experience of both and feel that shooting is the best for the horse, they have no knowledge of the gun, but do of injections, which may stress some. When the old girl goes it will be the hunt who come, I think it was nearly £200 last time it happened.
 
Had to have my ponio PTS and stayed with him to the bitter end. Vet came out and he had 2 injections. 1st one is a sedative and calms the horse right down almost to the point where they are asleep on their feet - 2nd injection is the biggy that kills them. It was all very calm and over in seconds but be aware that it can be shocking when something so big keels over and also some horses make tiny running motions with their feet after they are dead. It is just an unconscious left over but it bothered me for weeks. I would also recommend draping a towel over the horse's eyes after the sedative injection because otherwise when he hits the ground his eyes are wide open and its very upsetting. Sorry for the detail but if you know what to expect it's not so bad. I totally had to stay with my boy to the end...I owed him that.
 
My boy left this world on Wednesday. He was done by injection as I felt the gun was too brutal (my previous one was done with the gun as she was terrified of needles). I had intended to have the gun but on the day couldn't go through with it.
Either way it isn't nice but I believe that for the horse, the gun is better, unless the horse is already well on it's way. My boy reacted when his heart stopped and reared - this was very distressing for me although he did go quickly after that.
It was better with the injection yesterday as I spent some time with him afterwards to say my last goodbyes and don't think I could have done this with blood.
Have faith in your vet, with both options they can make movements afterwards, my vet assured me he was gone and I had to believe him.
I opted for communal cremation which cost £315, it would have been £550 for individual but I didn't want his ashes back. Won't get my vets bill for a while.
Either way, my heart goes out to you.
Jo
 
Really sorry to hear that!
I always make sure that my horses want for nothing, but I think due to the nature of my job and previous jobs where there is a higher degree of horses being euthanased and where I have had to hold for euthansia/try to get horses through illness/remove the body etc, I make sure that part of me almost becomes a bit detached so that I can make a decision, don't get me wrong though I do adore my animals!
 
So sorry that you have to do this, but in all honesty I believe the gun is far quicker. I've never seen a gun cause distress, but I have held a couple that took ages to go with an injection. They were older, and their circulation was poor, so it was awful. The second injection was nearly finished before one of them hit the floor, and it was at least 2 or 3 mins before he went. And he was worried.
If you can get a huntsman, then that is the best, IMO.
Either way it is distressing, but also bear in mind with a gun, that they can move for a long time after even tho they are dead.
My heart goes out to you, it is a horrible time.
 
Amy was put down by the Huntsman.

It cost £150 - which included taking the body away and disposing of her. (Hounds).
 
Gosh, I'm sitting here reading all these posts and tears are running down my face , it brings back memories of my beloved gelding that had to be pts as he has a brain hemorrage in the field, I had decided that he was not going for meat , so the vet suggested injection as that would prevent him going into the food chain, it was quick and peaceful and I spent time with him after just stroking him and talking to him, he just looked as though he was asleep.

i have no experiece of the gun , but wouldn't hesitate in injection again.
I hope whatever you decide its quick and painless as much as possible for you both. I am going now for a box of hankies!!!.
 
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