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Following on from the terribley sad news about Blade
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I find I get so upset when I read about people losing their horses on here, especially if it has been sudden or unexpected. I don't know these people or their horses, but I just feel so sad for them. I guess it may just be that I am imagining how devastated I would be if it was me and George - either that or I am a ridiculously soppy person
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How do you react to sad posts like that?
 
I think most people get upset and moved by them. Partly because most of us have been there ourselves, but also reading the posts where you see how hard these people try for their horses and the lengths they go to trying to "fix" them to have it all go wrong
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Life is precious. Losing a horse is devastating as so many of us have such deep bonds with our horses.

Reading these posts just reminds me that there is someone out there feeling like their world has just collapsed and having no idea what they will do. It also reminds me of how fast things can change. Ive had perfectly happy, healthy horses be dead a day later and you're left wondering what the hell just happened
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My heart goes out to all those who've lost their best friends recently. Sadly, words do little to help the pain theyre going throught
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Following on from the terribley sad news about Blade
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I find I get so upset when I read about people losing their horses on here, especially if it has been sudden or unexpected. I don't know these people or their horses, but I just feel so sad for them. I guess it may just be that I am imagining how devastated I would be if it was me and George - either that or I am a ridiculously soppy person
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How do you react to sad posts like that?

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I laugh evilly, of course. I had my empathy gland removed (painful, but worth it).
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I get terribly upset reading some of the posts. Having been there myself before, I know just how distressing it can be.

Sometimes, when I am feeling down, the last thing I want to do is read such posts, so I tend to avoid opening them! I have to be careful not to get too emotional at work when reading these posts, because everyone might think I was having a nervous breakdown!
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I get really upset too. It brings back all the feelings of when I lost my horse, which was 10years ago now, but still feels like yesterday. It's horrible to know that that person is feeling all that pain and upset. I always shed a tear when I read them
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Yes hun, I get terribly worried about them and their horses because of the desperate worry they are going through, I think about them during the night and first thing in the morning and I do really send a silent prayer. When its bad news, like this mornings post, I could have cried for poor Kittykate (and did). Im also worrying about Boodle (?) who has had the two horses she looks after taken away and is heartbroken - such a genuine person too who really loves those horses.

We have had so many losses this year on HHO, but this is what the forum is about - being able to comfort and uplift and offer words of advice.

I lost little Magic foaly earlier this year and it was the support and kind words of fellow HHO'ers which helped me through that awful time when you feel as though you are the only person in the world who could possibly feel this amount of pain. Also when I first joined we had a livery on the yard who wouldn't/could not look after her horse. He had a major colic and, to cut a long story short, she signed him over to me for £1. Very distressing, but the forum supported me all the way.

Apart from the occasional hormonal session, we really arn't a bad bunch are we?
 
I can't say I get overwhelmed by reading these posts, but it does bring back memories of sad times when I've been in similar circumstances to the posters.

I think anyone who has gone through the death of a horse will know what the poster is feeling so has full understanding of what it is like and what they are going through.
 
I am so glad it's not just me, after reading Wistavon & Kittykate's posts today I went out from work lunch time feeling utterly depressed and very tearful & in no mood for xmas shopping at all. There does seem to have been a lot of sad posts lately.

It certainly brings back memories of my past losses and I do find myself wondering how I'd cope again if it were one of mine but it isn't happening to me & I am truely thankful for that.

So to all of you suffering at the moment my heart goes out to you having to make these heartbreaking decisions, don't feel guilty about the decisions you have to make, it's because you love them so that you are able to let them go.
 
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