I'm so sorry i let you down Peggy....

Can you not have her put to sleep at home? So much stress for their last few hours sending them away, seems unfair if she is truly that sweet :(

I'm another, if you're that short for money for injection or hunt to come and do it, pm me.
 
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So sorry for you. :(

Your Facebook links don't work, I think you probably need to change your settings to public.
 
Oh hun I really feel for you. I'm not quite sure what to say either, but know that no matter which way it ends, she will know nothing, there will be no pain, and all of a sudden she will be cantering through the clouds. xxhugsxx
 
Pigeon said:
Can you not have her put to sleep at home? So much stress for their last few hours sending them away, seems unfair if she is truly that sweet :(

I'm another, if you're that short for money for injection or hunt to come and do it, pm me.
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i am truly touched and grateful for this second generous offer. we are not short of money just not rolling in it...its hard to explain really dad thinks provided she does not suffer he is doing the kindest thing....
 
Sending huge hugs, it must be so hard for you but dont try and blame yourself, your ensuring she never experiences pain again she will thankyou for that and im sure when the day comes she will be waiting for you.
Potters is not as bad as your probably imagining it will be over and done with quickly and professionally. She wont know a thing, its us that put our emotions into horses.
Oh tears are falling i must go, please keep in touch with us all here-you know where we are if you ever need a chat.
 
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Didn't want to read and not comment - I'm so sorry. I know you feel like you've failed her, I felt like I had failed both my cat and Spike the pony. But you haven't, it sounds like you've tried your very hardest for her *hugs* will be thinking of you and Peggy xx
 
Oh sweetheart i really feel for you. But please please do not feel you have let her down. love her in the time you have left. soak up your memories and try and keep in your head that there are by far worse things happen to hirses than being pts. my heart goes out to you being so young and having to face this. But remember there are alot of people on here that care and will give you a shoulder for your tears. do not be afraid to grieve to cry. big big hugs and here for you x x
 
oh you poor thing, im bawling my eyes out here at work. You are a lovely and courageous girl and you have done your best for your pony. She will be waiting for you and she really does know how much you love her. Hugs!
 
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when my parents decided we had to sell her i promised her i would find her the best home she deserved
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When I was feeling sad about some horses at work going to Potters, my farrier put it this way "Mr Potter is an excellent owner, he gives his horses a home for life where they want for nothing, never go lame sick or sorry" I know it's hard, but sometimes a short life and a quick end is better than being passed from pillar to post. Even the perfect home won't necessarily last forever, and with a recurring back problem I can't imagine breeding would be very comfortable for her.
 
Didn't want to read and not comment. I'm so sorry, how incredibly hard for you, you've absolutely not let her down. Be brave and remember we're all with you xx
 
This has me in tears. What an awful awful awful situation. Do not think for one minute that you've let her down, you have done the best you can for her. We're all here for you xxxx
 
Potters was on tv recently and I have to say it didn't look the awful place I'd imagined.
Op the horses arrived and went into nice airy outside pens with others round them, they were not crammed in and actually looked fine. None were freaking out they looked like mine do at home. Potters is regulated and it really wouldn't be worth his business to treat a horse badly.
Hold onto the fact that your horse has known love and kindness from you which is a whole lot more than many do, she's a lucky pony to have had you.
Also from a parents point of view they love you and can't bear anything to happen to you. I wouldn't go about things the way they are but ultimately they are trying to protect you.
 
I am another who didn't want to read and not comment. I am so so sorry you're in such an awful situation, I know it probably doesn't make it any better but you certainly haven't let Peggy down, you sound to me like you truly have done everything you can and you're sadly now at the end of the road. Treasure your memories, no-one can take those away from you *hugs* XxXxX
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What a *excuse my french* ***** situation to be in. Im 17 and know how hard it is when your parents have made their mind up, think of it this way at least she wont be passed from pillar to post ? :( Thinking of you, try and remain strong.
 
You've not let her down pet. She was only here on loan like all of them are and her loan was just shorter.
To let her down would have been to let her get from pillar to post and end up in some dead end market, scared and alone. To not have secured her future and not have cared where she ended up.
You havent.
You say shes been at your instrucors with other horses, feeling the sun of her back and with grass in her belly. Shes obviously known incredibale love from you and now youre going to the kindest thing of them all.
Like Mr Mozart only 5 weeks ago i stood sobbing into the neck of a horse i'd promised i would go to hell and back for, a horse I'd spent thousands of pounds on trying to get right, a horse i was so blindly trying to save i made some bad judgement calls about people and trusted people i shouldnt have. Moreover horse I've cried rivers for.
But you know what? He cuddled me into his neck, trapping me against his neck and his body and nuzzled against me and i knew there and then he forgave me all of it.

Because I'd loved him. Just like you obviously love Peggy.

So she'll wait for you lovely, because how could she not?
 
:mad: OP, this is TO YOUR FATHER:

I hope that you realise that by sending her pony to Potters, she will bear you a grudge about it her entire life. If you don't care about the pony, think about your relationship with your daughter. Because I can guarantee you this, you will regret what you did. She may not say anything right now, but when she is a grown woman, this will burn away at her.

Have a heart and arrange for the vet to come and put the pony to sleep at home.:mad:
 
Thinking of you op and crying for you and your girl. One of my favourite quotes 'the greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return'. Your Peggy knew love and that's worth so much. Your facebook pics work for me. She's beautiful xxx
 
Hear hear wagtail, this is terrible for a 16 yer old to bear. I am sure she could be a companion and they do squeal when one goes out of the firld but they learn the other horse will come back. God bless what ever happens. Could someone speak to the father on the phone or is it too late.
 
Hovis_and_SidsMum says it better than I could. You haven't let Peggy down, far from it. It's a bit close to home at the moment but I'm thinking of you xxxx

ps Your father may not have had the most tactful/sympathetic reaction to this, but at least he didn't do what happened to a friend of mine who was about your age, and arrange for this outcome and get it done without telling his daughter at all. Now that was wrong. Your dad will just be seeing it as like taking the dog to the vets, and to be fair, although it may not be the preferred option, these places are generally pretty quick and the horse won't know anything.
 
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