my horse has died

the worlds biggest hugs to you hunni

such a sudden and tragic loss is just so sad. it's really hard now but it will get better, eventually. i think i've really only started to accept that my girl won't be coming back and i lost her 15 months ago now. the time seems to have dragged and flown at the same time.

FWIW, thoroughly recommend getting some jewellry made, i love mine.

big hugs sweetie, we're here for you x
 
I have found a web site they are american and you buy a hollw horse shoe necklact with your horses name and date of death engraved in it and then you can put some of the ashes in it which is a loevly idea I think.
Am not just saying this beacuse hes mine but he is the most caring, loving, cuddly and gentle horse ever and wouldnt never intencially hurt anyone. My baby Rip x
 
So sorry as your horse not even old.

I agree you should go if you feel you need to. You won't get the chance again. This happened to my mare (she was 28) and I went to see her. She was laying mid stride - she went down as they all galloped across the field. I could see it had been quick and she was peaceful.
 
I'm so sorry, I cannot imagine the shock this must bring. Huge huge hugs and a lot of sympathy
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post morton results are back already,
My boy had a twisted gut and become cast during the night and couldnt get up so he was in pain and i coculd have prevented that from happening! god I feel gulity now!
 
No you couldn't! Please don't think that you could have done any more. Your horse was obviously loved and well cared for by you, and you mustn't blame yourself.

Think of all the really great times you had with him, and the times he made you laugh. I'm sure he knows that you would have done everything you could have, if you could have to help him.

So, you must not feel guilty, and remember him as he was happy with you
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So so sorry to read this, you must not blame yourself for not being there...we can't be there all the time and even if you had been you maybe wouldn't have been able to do anything. He was a very lucky horse to have been clearly loved so much.
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so so sorry to hear of your loss. There was nothing more you could have done, it sounds like you had a lovely last evening together, and that he had a wonderful, loving life with you.

Almost in tears now in a station waiting room. (((((((hugs)))))))
 
Just come to leave you some more hugs ((((((((Hugs))))))))
Please don't blame yourself. Try and remember the good times and know that he had a good life with you, it sounds like you loved him lots.
RIP.xx
 
Ive just read this and am so sorry you've lost your stunning boy. Please don't blame yourself, he was obviously well loved and cared for. My first pony ended his days at a fantastic farm in Wales, it was idyllic and he was so well loved. He got at the goat feed one night, the vet came for the subsequent colic and he was passed fit at midnight. They woke the next morning to find him gone and I know they felt the same feelings of guilt that you are now feeling but we cant be there all the time, the way they pass doesnt erase the years of love they've had and thats what you should remember - he had a brilliant life which sadly not all horses have.

Girl at our yard had a beautiful woven bracelet made from her lovely aged mare's mane when she was pts. Please please don't feel guilty, you should be proud xxxxx
 
You poor thing....
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You did the right thing to go and see him.... It would never have been real otherwise
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You should not feel that you could have prevented his passing..... unless you are going to watch over them 24/7 then they are never fully protected
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Just reading everyones updated replies b4 going to bed and tbh it still hasnt sunnk in yet and am dredding going to bed or being left alone beacuse it will all kick in I think.
My phone has been going npn stop today with txts from ppl and some ppl from the yard have been ov er and bought cards with lovely msgs which I am very great full for as much as I am for the msgs you guys have sent me to. one lady from the yard bought me or sorry I should say my lil boy some flowers which was lovely and Id like to thank everyone for their kindness and thoughtfulness for today xxxxxx
 
Oh gosh how bloody awful, I am so sorry.

Please dont beat yourself up, there was nothing you could do, sometimes these things just happen. I know that wont help now but give it time, he had love and fun with you, it was just his time to go. It doesnt help the gapping hole they leave behind, but you have your memories with him and no one can ever take those away from you.
 
Just caught up with the latest postings. First of all, what a beautiful lad he was,and obviously so much pampered, even having heat lamps!

Agree with everyone else though, you cannot be with them 24 hours a day. My most anxious moment of the day is always first thing when I get to the yard praying that nothing has occured in the night. Unless you're equipped with CCTV and are monitoring it all night there is always going to be a bit of the day when they are on their own.

Lots more hugs and best wishes ((((((((((((((())))))))))))))
 
Thats very sweet and he was loved very much so and I would have done anything for him as he would for me.
It still hasnt completely sunk in yet but I am going up to sort his stuff out today and muck his stable out so well see how that goes.
 
I haven't read other posts but I had this situation with my horse 2 days after his eighth birthday. He dropped dead about seven o'clock in the evening. I was told not to see him and remember him how he was. The autopsy confirmed he died of an anyurism. Apparently I found out later he had lost a lot of blood and they didn't want me to see him like that. I really feel for you. xx
 
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. I am glad to see you went and saw him tho, everyone told me not to go and see my yearling when he went but tbh it was the best thing i ever did, i had my time to say good by and thank him for the happy memories (it would have been his 2nd birthday today). Please dont blame yourself it wasnt your fault and there is no way you could have known it was going to happen.

I have had a beautiful bracelet made with his hair and still had plenty left over if i decide one day ro have a matching necklace made.

A friend found this poem for me when i lost my boy, i'd like to share it with you to....

A time for us to part, my beloved friend for i can see you time on earth is at an end. Its time for you to gallop to heaven, but know my love for you is never ending. I will see you again, my friend, in a place in eternity where joy never ends.
 
That poem is beautiful and LHS i am so sorry for your loss,? Does it get any eaiser, mum thinks I should get another horse soon either of my own or re-home one that needs some love she said it will make it eaiser and fill that huge gap that my boy has left but Im not sure I know I may feel diferently after my holiday but for now its not fair on him.
I saw the hair bracelets and necklaces but I think am going to get a urn necklace made from silver and in a horse shoe shape which will be nice cuz then i can take him Britsh novice one day if I get another horse and he can come to shows ect.sad maybe but he can be my lucky charm.
I was going to get one of his shoes plated and mounted and with a plaque to give to my friend who used to own him beacuse she still loves him and was with me all day yestersay. any idea of the web site anyone x
 
Tbh i was filled with rage at the beginning that he was cheated out of his life. There are so many abused horses where death would be a release and he had everything to live for. I did buy another and I think your mum is right it does take your mind off things, but do it in your own time.
 
I know I will at some point but she thinks it should be sooner than later to help with the process when she first mentioned it I snapped as my boy still hasn't been bought back home yet and shes talking about filling his stable already but now am not so sure. I think its beacuse I dont think of his as being dead and am not sure if its beacuse I havent let it sink in yet or beacuse I have accepted it with out knowing or what? Im so confussed I miss his like mad and yesterday was the hardest day of my life but today I know the process I know what happened yet I no longer have that lump in my throat. I even woke up at 6 to go and see him.Was it like this for you?
 
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