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ivandenisovich10

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Not posted in a long time but having a dilemma and people around me are making me feel awful. Basic story around 12 weeks ago my point to point Horse damaged his tendon while schooling. He was scanned and although some of the tendon is healthy the majority of it is very badly damaged and on the last scan not healing as well as the vet would hope. Vet is very honest and said it was one of the worst he had seen but he could possibly come back sound and be a hack. I have basically Made my mind up to have him put to sleep as he doesn't have the attitude to be hacked out a few times a week. It's not been an easy choice but people are now calling me cruel and to give him chance.I know it's early days but he's no paddock rest now and hates every minute I hate seeing him so unhappy.
Sorry it's long winded and thankyou if you got this far. Just after opinions or advice as although I feel I've made the right decision for me people are making me question myself.
 
You have got to do what is right for you and your horse and if you don't feel he will have a good quality of life then you aren't making the wrong decision. My best friend and I had to make this decision very recently and although it wasn't easy we felt for the horse it was the right one xx
 
He's our horse, it's your decision and your's alone. You'll get flack from the people who stand by and can't see a huge wound or swollen leg to warrant PTS but in the end of the day a frank discussion with your vet about his future is all you need to justify your choices, (which are never easy). Be prepared for some fall out but you have to do what is right for you and your circumstances.
 
You wouldn't be a good owner if you didn't question your decision. If it helps the horse I've mentioned was going blind in one eye from uveitis, it wasn't responding to treatment and even if he'd of had his eye removed there was a risk he'd get it in other eye. There was nothing else wrong with him apart from the eye issue but he was a 17.2hh shire x, he was difficult on the ground also xx
 
OP it always helps to share a situation like this. i know the people on here were suppotive to me.. of course people have opioions but you are the owner and your opioion is only 1 that matters. For what its worth i also had opioioinated(sp) people when i made decision and it hurts at a very difficult time but keep in your head that you believe and know its right. And just a big big hug x
 
I know someone who's horse has a similar sort of injury. Its had a long operation, was in horsepital a week, is now on box rest, and perhaps will never be sound. I think letting a horse go through this is just as 'cruel' as having it PTS. What ever you do there will be someone who does not agree with your actions but they do not have to care or pay for your horse. You are doing what is right for the both of you. Its a lot harder to make an active choice than let events happen to you and I think the people who stand on the side lines putting in their two penneth are often the ones who leave unpleasant things for others to do.
 
ivandenisovich10 said:
Thankyou. I know in my head I've made the right choice. Just devastated think I needed to share
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It`s hard, especially when they are "busy" personalities. Being left in a field drives my lad to distraction, and he is very rarely comfortable in his own skin, i could never "retire" him for that very reason, he needs to be "doing" something. I understand this completely and know why you have made the decision you have. It`s tough .... but the right one.
 
you know your boy better than anyone and it his quality of life that counts not quantity so any good owner will make a decision based on the horses ability to cope anyone that doesnt is purely selfish and cruel.
 
Thankyou all so much for your kind words. It's helped so much to share. Still not an easy decision but has made me feel a lot more comfortable with what I have to do
 
ivandenisovich10 said:
Still not an easy decision but has made me feel a lot more comfortable with what I have to do
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It is as you said. It is what YOU feel you HAVE to do. It's not what you want to do. It is what is right for the horse. PTS is the brave, courageous choice in the horses best interests. Months of box / field rest is the easier choice for you, but wrong for this particular horse. <big hugs>
 
I've just been through a similar thing myself...horse was PTS this morning. Only you know the horse well enough to assess his quality of life, doesn't make it easy I know.
It's easy for others to judge when they are not in your shoes.
Big hugs xxxxxx
 
You are quite obviously a very caring owner, and no one knows your horse better than you.
Trust your own instinct, you know what is right, and take no notice of what others say.

My heart goes out to you. xx
 
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