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...if this was your horse would you have it PTS?

http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/397/263934.html

I think I would get to distressed at my horse getting stuck on the ground and never knowing what you expected to find.

On a much harsher note as a tax payer I don't see why my tax money should go towards fire fighters having to help a horse to it's feet, if it's stuck on the ground due to old age get the vet out to PTS not the fire service so it can happen again in the future. It's different when it's an accident but as the article said it's the second time this year
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There are other things I resent tax going to far more than something like this!

However I largely agree with you, once a horse starts being unable to get up by itself I'd say its time to let go. However it must be hard for them if the horse is fine and happy all the rest of the time. If it were mine I'd probably give him to the end of summer and then pts though.
 
I'm going to disagree *hides*
For now, anyway. If it were to happen again then yes, id agree with you. But he still sounds like he's fit in his mind, and not ready to go yet. I would say he's on his last chance though. Poor little man.
 
The same thing happened to my little companion donkey last year. The difference was I called the vet and not the fire brigade.

Although heartbreaking at the time, I have comfort in knowing I did the right thing by her.

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I totally agree on the tax issue, there are far worse things that the taxes are squandered on but I just feel it's not really the fire services job to help old horses to their feet.

I'm glad I'm not the only one, I think it would be very hard and having an old one myself I do dread ever finding her stuck on the ground as I know I would have to PTS there and then.
 
I'd have mine PTS in that situation. Obviously if an accident, then no, but being unable to get up due to old age/ongoing injury/illness - there's no quality of life there.

Give him a last summer mooching in the paddock, and have him PTS. Kindest thing.
 
Tough one really...think I would have him PTS...theres clearly a weakness and I would hate for 'it' to go more dramatically i.e. collapsed joint or something equally not nice where it causes the horse pain.
 
I have no issues with the fire brigade attending incidents like this. They will always give priority to human life so would probably have been waiting around on call at the fire station anyway.
I suppose the owners know the horse best so would tend to agree with Cruiseonamiro.
 
I'd have to let them go i'm afraid, i refuse to keep an animal holding on to life by a thread just for my selfish wish not to upset myself.
If you can't make a decision to have an animal pts at the right time then don't get them in the first place.
How can that horse have a decent quality of life?
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if it can't get to it's feet by itself that meant it was unable to get up to go to the toilet or get a drink or eat, surely thats the basic requirements for any quality of life!!
 
If I thought he could get through summer (what summer?) without it happening again, then I'd leave him be BUT I would probably seriously think about having him PTS in winter. It's not fair on the pony, or the emergency services to let it keep happening.
 
oh my, that's awful
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I've had two horses pts, the first I made the decision because it just wasn't known when his leg would decide to go and I was worried that he'd get down in the field and not be able to get back up again, doing this to him wouldn't have even entered my mind to do, if it's happened twice then that's one time too much isn't it, the first time should've been the signal to let him go peacefully surely
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no we don't like to say goodbye to them, know I certainly don't, and keeping them around for as long as they have a good life isn't selfish - doing what they are definately is!

Bailey was permanently lame but enjoyed a quality of life in spite of that thanks to medication, once that quality was deteriorating even on higher med's he was pts BEFORE it reached this stage, much as loved my oldies, I loved them far too much to let them go without any dignity, in both cases they gave me a certain look that said they'd had enough of fighting and wanted to go to be pain free, gutting yes but wouldn't have ignored it for anything, loved them far too much to force them to endure life when they didn't want to
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