Have you seen a horse die?

caitlin95uk said:
Some may find this offensive and I understand that some people simply couldn't, but If a horse has given all it's trust and life to you, surely it would appreciate in the last image of life to see someone they trust. Just an opinion of course!
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Totally agree, if you take the good you must take the bad! It is heartbreaking I have done it twice, one horse, one dog. But better that than them terrified alone.
FDC
 
Yes for the first time last year, it was very peaceful. I fear I may have to do it again very soon, my new horse has gone very lame with ringbone over the last few days. It's sad to see him hobbling in the field. He's only 11 
 
Yes sadly I have - 3 of my own horses PTS - one by the huntsman and 2 by injection. Also seen 2 die of natural causes - 1 dropped dead cantering towards me in the field when I called her and another one died of colic before the vet could get there (that was the most distressing one of all of them - if I had a suitable gun handy I would have shot him myself to spare him that awful death).

Doesn't get any easier.:o
 
I was with a friend when her horse bolted and was hit by a car, he had to be pts there and then, we were outside the vets so luckily it wasn't drawn out and relatively quick, but it was very heartbreaking and will stay with me forever.

Also seen one out hunting although she'd already gone, apparently she'd had a heart attack going over one of the hedges and just fell on landing. She was only a year older than my old boy who was 17 at the time.

Both were very upsetting for me so no idea how in bits I'll be when the time comes for my own.

Just seen the video of Hickstead, do they know what it was?
 
My first was a horse at work who broke her neck and died. Most traumatic was having to have my 15mth old filly PTS - I ran away, leaving the YO to deal with her.
Inbetween several horses with broken legs - such a sad way to see a horse go.
Then my dear Tnavas a special horse I'd owned for many years was PTS with the 'Blue Dream' injection. I held his head as he slipped away. He's buried at my friends place.
Then a couple of years ago at a Pony CLub rally one of the lead rein ponies collapsed and died. Only 11 years old.
 
Too many I am afraid...but the most awful was sitting in a field in freezing temperatures with an elderly horse that had gone down in the night and been eaten alive by foxes. We couldn't get the owner out of bed, the RSPCA wouldn't come out as they were at a party...and the vet was screaming down the phone in pure frustration that he couldn't get there quickly as he was dealing with a cesaerean on a cow. Just sat with her covered in a warm rug I had gone back to fetch...and watched her to die. Quite....quite awful and something I will NEVER forget.
Bryndu
 
2nd August 2002- I was 16 and my horse Otis and I were cantering down a track when he kicked up at his chest, I got off at canter as he shuddered to a walk and we staggered 20m until he couldn't go any further and he slipped down and lay there. Some how I managed to take his saddle off him to try and release his chest- I don't know how- The girth was still under him dad couldn't move it. It was the only time I have ever been hacking without a phone. I had to run a mile and a half to call my dad from a strangers' house.

He had been with his stable mate for 22 years so we had to take him home and put him in the field over night so Jeremy could understand that Otis had not disappeared into thin air.

(need to stop. have started crying at work now.....)
 
Happy Horse said:
Working at an equine vets and then a racecourse I have seen numerous die and be PTS. This has not upset me nearly as much as some of the things I saw when horses were alive. Owners refusing to accept the inevitable and fighting to keep desperately sick animals going; neglect; trauma etc. It is hard to watch a fit healthy horse die in any way but far harder to watch any horse suffer.
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Here here - very wise words!
 
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