lunarlove
Well-Known Member
So anyone that has ever read any of my threads will know that I had been struggling with a 6 year battle with my boy, due to horrific handling and abuse he was a battered sole, I had him in a great place but we had to part company and after an 18 month hunt around the country for him, 5 homes later 
he was kindly handed back to me by one of the nicest people I've ever met, the task was started again to try to get him to trust me again and fix him but in the time we'd been apart he'd lost all remaining faith in humans and his health had deteriated, I tried for 6 months but he had become dangerous to handle, especially around my yound children and his paralysed larynx and previous injuries where becoming an ongoing issue, at the fine age of 17 I made the hardest desicion ever, I had him PTS, a month on, I still well up everytime I come across somethiing of his in the tack room and his memory is strong as ever, I know now that is was the right thing to do but its taken a long time to get to that frame of mind, he was such a huge part of my life and though he was a nightmare to own, he was my nightmare and I wouldv'e done anything to fix him but even my vet told me, even if money was know object he still couldnt fix him.
I have now got myself a new boy, thanks to another amazing person that just wanted a good home over the financial side of rehoming him, he is helping me so much, he is the polar opposite to my lad, he's a massive ex racer, he's quiet to handle, easy to do, so loving and always pleased to see me, a star to ride and may even see me finally stop being a groom and start to compete a little, (if Im brave enough). If someone had said to me this would be the future after my lad was gone I'd never have believed I could ever move on with such an amazing horse, I feel blessed and am set all guns blazing to make the most of this amazing opportunity I now have to progress. I'll love my Ben forever and I'll never forget our journey but it's def time to move on. RIP my Ben.
he was kindly handed back to me by one of the nicest people I've ever met, the task was started again to try to get him to trust me again and fix him but in the time we'd been apart he'd lost all remaining faith in humans and his health had deteriated, I tried for 6 months but he had become dangerous to handle, especially around my yound children and his paralysed larynx and previous injuries where becoming an ongoing issue, at the fine age of 17 I made the hardest desicion ever, I had him PTS, a month on, I still well up everytime I come across somethiing of his in the tack room and his memory is strong as ever, I know now that is was the right thing to do but its taken a long time to get to that frame of mind, he was such a huge part of my life and though he was a nightmare to own, he was my nightmare and I wouldv'e done anything to fix him but even my vet told me, even if money was know object he still couldnt fix him.I have now got myself a new boy, thanks to another amazing person that just wanted a good home over the financial side of rehoming him, he is helping me so much, he is the polar opposite to my lad, he's a massive ex racer, he's quiet to handle, easy to do, so loving and always pleased to see me, a star to ride and may even see me finally stop being a groom and start to compete a little, (if Im brave enough). If someone had said to me this would be the future after my lad was gone I'd never have believed I could ever move on with such an amazing horse, I feel blessed and am set all guns blazing to make the most of this amazing opportunity I now have to progress. I'll love my Ben forever and I'll never forget our journey but it's def time to move on. RIP my Ben.
