Final Jerry update

[Holidays_are_coming]

I am so sorry to hear that, ive been following jerry and your competitions and really enjoyed all the reports.

It is so hard when you try so hard with a horse and then it all goes wrong! Sending you both massive Hugs

 

[Saf]

I am so sorry, I have tears running down my face, nothing I can say can make you feel better but my thoughts are with you, this could be any of our horses and makes me sit up and think
Huge hugs x

 

[Gonetofrance]

Oh no, I'm so gutted for you..... I really took a shine to him, and thought that you had a huge future with him.
I've a big lump in my throat as I know how hard it is.
He'd be a field ornament for me too...
Huge hugs to you, what a bloody waste of a lovely horse.........

 

[Tangaroo]

So sorry to hear this. I am not trying to give you hope but i was told this about my boy 4 years ago. He had MRI scans and had degeneration of the tendon going over the navicular bone. (He was 6) Liphook hospital said he would never be sound and he could either be a companion or be PTS !
Four years on he is sound (touch wood!) and has been for 31/2 years and has just competed in his first intro.
I have my vet and farrier to thank for this and i owe them everything.
Thinking of you and lots of hugs.

 

[mattilda]

So so sorry MH for both you and Jerry. He looks a truly wonderful horse. Was dreading opening your post as I feared the worst and it proved to be only slightly better than that. Why do we have them? They break our hearts sound and lame allowing us to feel like we are flying occasionally when they show us what superstars they really are. I'm afraid I would do as you are and keep him as an expensive pet for as long as I can.

 

[jeanettethree]

Im lost for words really dont no what to say to you, Im really gutted for you x

 

[Bubblegum]

Just got in from an eve out... and read this very sad thread. So so sorry for you MH and the lovely Jerry.
I have loved reading all your posts, and like many others on here, feel like I know Jerry a little bit even though of course I don't.
I am truly gutted for you. Neither of you deserve this outcome.
Big Hugs ... xx

 

[clipclop]

Awww Elle. So sorry xxx

 

[Hornby]

Such a hard time for you, thinking of you and hoping you see a way forward soon.

 

[Goya]

What can I say that hasn't already been said. I am so sorry for you.

 

[Salcey]

Lifes so bl**dy unfair. So so sorry for you

 

[S_N]

Oh sweetie!! I am so sorry to hear this news!! I see now that there are a few posts about him in here, but I so rarely come in here, I had no idea!! I'm so sorry hun!! HUGE, HUGE hugs for you!!! I'm here if you need me!! xx

 

[misst]

So sorry to hear this have been watching your posts. I do know how you feel, it is very bitter but it gets better in time..... You obviously love him very very much he is lucky to have you.
((((HUGS))))).

 

[seabiscuit]

Oh Ellie, I am so devestated and upset on your behalf. I could cry!! Totally shocked

You must be feeling like the bottom has fallen out of your world

All I can say is that there WILL be other horses- I know that it wont be Jerry- no-one can take his place but you will get another horse sometime soon that can take you the places that you want to go . And yes the amazing bargain horses are out there as well!

FYI if Jerry was mine, I'd operate on the hinds and then turn him away for two years, barefoot, to fix the feet. Good old Dr green does work magic....

 

[TheBlackMoth]

So sorry to hear this MH.

 

[volatis]

Really sorry to hear this. I know he'll be much loved in his retirement but I also pray for a miracle and that somehow he comes sound again for you

 

[viola]

I am so sorry to read this

Big hugs (()) Don't think all the work you put in Jerry was for nothing though, you learned so much from him and that will help you along the way.
How very unfair

 

[Rosiefan]

What a bloody rotten shame

 

[dozzie]

Really sorry. I would also turn him away for a year or so and then see what happens. Time is a great healer as is Dr Green.

 

[madhector]

You summed it up perfectly

Had I orgionally noticed the hind limb lameness then I think I might have taken the risk and gone against the advice and had the op anyway, but I dont trust myself to see if there is a problem in the future and couldnt bare the thought of him carrying on despite being in pain

Plus the likely hood is even if he comes sound in front he wont stay sound if he jumps, which is what he is built to do.

 

[teapot]

So sorry hun

 

[help1]

I rarely post but have so enjoyed you reports and updates about your progress with J. I am so dreadfully sorry for you.

 

[ruscara]

I have honestly only just caught up with all this, and just want to say how very sorry I am. How devastating for you, all your hopes and ambitions shattered, and a whole new future for Jerry to come to terms with. So terribly sad.

 

[trefilan]

This is so sad, really, really big hugs. You have put so much work into him and persivered until something clicked. It is such a shame that such a talented horse that you found and produced yourself should go wrong. You are the type of person who this thing shouldnt happen to, the hard working for what you have.

 

[Marnie]

I've been following your updates although haven't posted before and really hoped for better news for both of you. So very sorry about this (((hugs)))

 

[brighteyes]

I really can't believe it

I'm another one who has had a horse (well, pony) defy veterinary prognosis and have to admit I would take on board all the vet says - and then see what a year in a field does. It is not unheard of for little miracles to occur every now and again *passes straw to clutch at whilst offering a truly heartfelt hug*

 

[little_pink_piggies]

**hugs** for you hun! Im so so sorry to hear this... but horses are meant to try us, and as Hattikins on here has said before, you're just using up your bad luck before a run of amazing goodluck somewhere soon to come. Im so gutted for you, but hes amazingly lucky to have you xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[wishfulthinking]

Very sorry to hear this news.

 

[buzzles]

So sorry to hear this, it's so unexpected

There is always still hope though, as others have said a year out in the field and you may be able to reasess and be surprised, my horse was written off by a number of top vets as a broodmare for the rest of her life, yet 18 months on is back jumping.

 

[WeeBrown]

So sorry to read this. I've been on and off on HHO in the last week so not seen your posts and didn't know how it was developing. Nothing I say can make it better but **hugs**. I loved your posts about your progress with him, you've come so far and he has taught you so much.