Opinions

[vanessahook]

I would be really interested to hear people's opinions/reactions to the following scenario because there have been times over the last 6 months when i have thought i was going insane, but have never asked what other people think.
I got my horse when she was a yearling and i was 16, i felt like the luckiest girl on the planet, she was my world. Im not from a horsey/well off family so i sacrificed an awful lot to keep her. I got a job at Catherston Stud when i was 18 and she came with me, it felt like one huge adventure. Things changed and i decided to do a degree but she still came first even when i then got a full time job in the legal profession. Money was very tight so after much soul searching i decided to let her go on a breeding loan to someone known to me through her breeder. I drew up a very thorough loan agreement which meant nothing could happen without my say so.
To cut a long story short she had a colt last summer without incident and was back in foal again when i got a phone call one evening last November to say she had been pts because she had a twisted gut. When i asked why i hadn't been told before the decision was made i was told they didn't have any answers.
Im interested to know how others would have handled this.

 

[*hic*]

What was the timescale from her death to the phone call you received?
What was the timescale from diagnosis to death?

Would you have wanted your mare to remain in agony whilst the loaners attempted to contact you - or would you have wanted an end put to her pain asap?

 

[The_snoopster]

I can only imagine that the mare was in so much pain the decision to contact you first would of just prolonged the agony for your mare, I am going on holiday next week and my friend is looking after my horses, if one was suddenly taken ill and was in so much pain without hope of a recovery I would want my friend and the attending vet to PTS immediatley.
It must be an upsetting time for you and hope you find the answers you are looking for best wishes
The snoopster

 

[mik]

Shocked, devastated, probably would of thought, why didn't you call me... then realised that I couldn't have helped anyway if it was acute. I would have expected some kind of call at some stage ie, when they suspected the colic. If you trusted them with her all this time then you must trust their judgement. They must feel awful as well.
Call back, explain how shocked you were and talk through exactly what happened if you feel it will help you. I guess you fell responsible, but you were not there and they needed to make a decision.
I'm so sorry. Sometimes it is so much harder when you are not there.
Big hug.