How long did your horse/s live for?

[Shilasdair]

I was curious to find out the age/s your horse/s live/d to, cause of death and method.
Hope this doesn't upset anyone who has recently lost their horse or pony.
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Edited to add: It won't let me fix the obvious spelling mistake, sorry.

 

[the watcher]

Mid 20's, had Cushings long term but took a turn downhill and wouldn't have managed another winter, PTS by the local hunt at home

 

[squirtlysmum]

I lost my girl at 21 and I still feel I was robbed when I look at other neds that are going great guns at 25+, I thought she'd live forever, naive I know but I honestly thought she'd grow a lot older.
But it wasn't to be and she lives on in spirit and looks in her six years old son.

 

[Madam_max]

Had my mare pts by injection at the age of 10. Aside from being a complete psycho, she had kissing spine, wobblers etc, etc......

RIP Josie

 

[Bossanova]

My first pony was put down 1 1/2 years ago, she was roughly 35 and extremely healthy until about 1 month before she was PTS (at the vets by injection) when her knee locking system started to go so she began to occaisionally buckle while standing. She also dropped a bit of weight and lost a bit of her bolshy normal self. I wouldnt have wanted to see her deteriorate further.

If we have a younger one that needs doing they'll go to Potters. I'm not too sentimental about it but wouldnt want to travel something ill/ancient down there.

 

[lexiedhb]

Irish TB was 22 when he went.... infection in a tendon he had previously torn.... didnt want to put him through anymore box rest (he hated it) shot.

Heinz 57 dun pony, still going, aged 31, even though he has very few teeth, still in tip top condition!

 

[Shilasdair]

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Irish TB was 22 when he went.... infection in a tendon he had previously torn.... didnt want to put him through anymore box rest (he hated it) shot.

Heinz 57 dun pony, still going, aged 31, even though he has very few teeth, still in tip top condition!

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31....that's a good age.
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[Cobsndogs]

7/8 TB was 27. Stopped riding him when he was 26. Had suffered with arthritis for a long time, then had laminitis in his last year. He was a poor do-er and hated being kept in. When we were bringing him in for more than a few hours he would seize up so he could barely walk. It was a hard decision but the right one, we didn't want him suffering when he had had such a good life up til that point.

 

[GinaB]

At my yard theres' girly Misty who is about 27/28, there other boy Misty who is 34 (tb type) there's Caesar who is mid 20s (he is an ex-racer, just gone into full time retirement) and Noggin who I believe is in his late 20s? Noggin and girl Misty are still ridden and look fab for their ages. All 4 are gonig strong and I hope it continues for years to come!

 

[bellaboo]

I lost my boy at the age of 7. He was hit by a car, found him dead in his stable next morning

 

[laf88]

My 13.2 pony died last may at the age of 32 hadnt been ill at all apart from gettin a bit stiffer not losing his coat etc he dropped dead in the field presumably a heart attack - best way to go i suppose and glad we didnt have to get him pts.

 

[lexiedhb]

Yeah hes been out on loan for forever and I keep expecting the phone call " he hasnt made the winter"... but no. He just gets grumpier and grumpier... he now wont be stabled no matter what the weather is doing, just barges the door till it gives way, wont tolerate children (he's all of 13.2hh)unless they are loaded with blitzed up carrot (cant chew whole ones anymore)....... hes so funny....... I think hes definately a live forever pony... and will just go of his on accord one day!

 

[moon_drop]

Willie was 28yrs old when he was PTS he had a stroke, went down and never got up. He was shot.

He was 14.2hh Connie cross TB one in million, would jump anything.

 

[zigzag]

December 07 both horses

Sunbeam 30 - PTS by injection as he had liver damage caused by a tumour somewhere on his gut was losing weight and had terrible runs, and wasn't happy

Cadog 32 - PTS by shooting (he hated injections) had cushings and arthritis which wasn't being controlled by painkillers and he had trouble getting up in field

 

[amberbayo]

amber was 38yrs old when i had her pts by shooting she was looking really well but laid down in stable one night and just could not get up i didnt even get a vet i knew her time was up so did she

bayo was 21yrs had accident in field resulting in seathered tendon prognosis very poor so i had her pts by vet with injection

it was really really hard i had amber for 15yrs and bayo for 8yrs but at least they are both out of pain now and i still have both there ashes!

 

[Shilasdair]

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it was really really hard i had amber for 15yrs and bayo for 8yrs but at least they are both out of pain now and i still have both there ashes!

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Now, that's interesting - I didn't even think to ask what you did with your horses' remains...wish I'd added that to the poll.
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[lexiedhb]

My TB wet to the hunt... as thats what he loved to do!

 

[Acolyte]

It only let me answer once! However:

A horse I had on loan was PTS by shooting at the age of around 17 years old, he was kicked in the field by another horse and suffered a broken leg as a result

Slightly more recently my TB/ISH was PTS by shooting at the age of 12, he had degenerative navicular which meant he was permanently lame and had no quality of life

(Sorry to be defensive, but before anyone asks, he used to beat up any other horse he was turned out with so he wouldn't have made a companion

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[zigzag]

Sunbeam being ridden sidesaddle for first time in Sep 07

Cadog Sep 07

I miss them both so much, a very empty void after seeing them every day for 20 Years

 

[Shilasdair]

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It only let me answer once! However:

A horse I had on loan was PTS by shooting at the age of around 17 years old, he was kicked in the field by another horse and suffered a broken leg as a result

Slightly more recently my TB/ISH was PTS by shooting at the age of 12, he had degenerative navicular which meant he was permanently lame and had no quality of life

(Sorry to be defensive, but before anyone asks, he used to beat up any other horse he was turned out with so he wouldn't have made a companion

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<font color="blue"> Thanks, C, the poll should have let you do multiple answers...but that might be my incompetency showing.
I think it's very responsible to put a horse to sleep rather than risk it going from pillar to post when elderly/unsound.
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[amandaco2]

my first pony was 48 when shes was PTS by injection.
she wasnt lame or anythign but she went downhill over 2 weeks and lost alot of weight and wasnt her usual self.
she'd always looked good until then so i knew it was time to call it a day as i didnt want her to suffer.
i try to made the decision sooner than later and not let the horse lose its quality of life,but its so hard when its a horse you have loved so much,esp if you;ve had them for years

 

[Shilasdair]

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my first pony was 48 when shes was PTS by injection.


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48! Mine may outlive me....
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[Acolyte]

Thanks for the vote of confidence there

- I just had a lot of hassle from the YO and others when I said I was going to have it done

so I always want to try and get my point of view across first now

 

[zigzag]

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Thanks for the vote of confidence there

- I just had a lot of hassle from the YO and others when I said I was going to have it done

so I always want to try and get my point of view across first now

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What you did is responsible ...

saw an advert on one website last week for a 16 old mare (TB i think) who couldn't be ridden or anything they wasnt a £500 for her

 

[Shilasdair]

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Thanks for the vote of confidence there

- I just had a lot of hassle from the YO and others when I said I was going to have it done

so I always want to try and get my point of view across first now

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I know how you feel. My TB girlie (you know the one

) had liver problems as a 9yo, and the vets advised me that she may have a liver tumour, which would be inoperable/incurable, and she would start to lose condition gradually before eventually dying.
I made my mind up to have her PTS as soon as she showed signs of deterioration (which was meant to happen within months) only to have someone at the yard tell me how cruel I was to consider 'killing my horse'.
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[quirky]

Pony PTS by injection at 17yrs with suspected stomach cancer. Dropped weight markedly within a week, very bad runs and eventually stopped eating anything, so did what I had to.
Saddest day ever, I'd had him since he was 2 (we grew up together) and the things I used to tell him on hacks, it'd make your ears curl but he listened without comment!!!

 

[_April_]

Our old shetland lived till he was at about 40.

My first 2 ponies (welsh sec B and a Connie) both lived till at least 30.

Mum's TB is now 23, retired with Navicular but still healthy otherwise.

April is 22 and still in full work.

Touching wood

My first horse, Glory, was PTS by injection for grass sickness in 2002 at age 8, still just a baby

Very sudden and I didn't watch but wish I had as it took me a long time to get closure.

 

[Acolyte]

That is awful - I am so glad personally that I made the decision I did, I still strongly feel that it was the right choice, but the more 'fluffy bunny' type of people at the yard at the time were horrified.

I was so bothered about it at the time that I actually woke up in a cold sweat one night as I had dreamed I let one of them have him, and she had taken him off to her home in Wales

 

[Happy Horse]

My boy was PTS by injection at 18. He had internal melanomas and chronic diarrhoea which was starting to get worse. I had him PTS rather than putting him though invasive tests and surgery.

 

[michb52]

Barney the grey in my sigi was 25 when he passed away on 20/01/06 from natural causes. Freakily 2 years exactly on 20/01/08 our brood mare (mum of the other 3 in my sigi plus 2 more I dont have pictures up of) died of natural causes at the age of 18. They both gave me so much pleasure and they were a joy and honor to own and I am still kucky enough to have 3 foals from the mare.
Ben the dark bay and broodmare's first foal was 7 when he had to be PTS by injection after smashing his back legs jumping out of a field on 26/09/04.