jesterfaerie
Well-Known Member
My aunt had her mare put down this morning
Tilly was a one in a million mare, she was bought as a yearling and has been in the family for over 30 years.
In her life she had won many championships and produced some cracking foals. She also provided me with one of my first rides on a horse when I was 2yro my grandad walked me around the village on her sadly I cannot get the picture onto the computer
but it my most treasured picture in the entire world.
She had a brilliant character and has often escaped from her field away from home and walked herself back home through the village.
She loved nothing more than being at home.
She never had a sick or sorry day but then she developed arthritis in her knees and this was managed with painkillers and she coped fine for several years however this last week she just went downhill and became extremely lame even when she was on the painkillers, lost a lot of weight (she was already VERY hard to keep weight on in winter but it had just dropped off her) and was constantly laying down because of this that my aunt made the decision that it would be best she was pts. She had led a very long and happy life.
It was hard to see her go as she has meant a hell of a lot to the whole family and it has hurt everyone like hell. My two boys came over to watch over their field mate for her final hours Ed took himself away and came back to her just before she went down, Sty never left her. He was a real comfort to me as it happened and curled his neck around me so i couldn't see until after she had gone down. They stayed with her until she was put on the truck and taken away.
It broke my heart that you could see it on their faces as much as you could see it on ours that they knew what was happening.
Few years ago when she was around 31.
This summer, she was around 35.
Sleep well old girl you will be missed more that you will ever know.
Tilly was a one in a million mare, she was bought as a yearling and has been in the family for over 30 years.
In her life she had won many championships and produced some cracking foals. She also provided me with one of my first rides on a horse when I was 2yro my grandad walked me around the village on her sadly I cannot get the picture onto the computer
She had a brilliant character and has often escaped from her field away from home and walked herself back home through the village.
She never had a sick or sorry day but then she developed arthritis in her knees and this was managed with painkillers and she coped fine for several years however this last week she just went downhill and became extremely lame even when she was on the painkillers, lost a lot of weight (she was already VERY hard to keep weight on in winter but it had just dropped off her) and was constantly laying down because of this that my aunt made the decision that it would be best she was pts. She had led a very long and happy life.
It was hard to see her go as she has meant a hell of a lot to the whole family and it has hurt everyone like hell. My two boys came over to watch over their field mate for her final hours Ed took himself away and came back to her just before she went down, Sty never left her. He was a real comfort to me as it happened and curled his neck around me so i couldn't see until after she had gone down. They stayed with her until she was put on the truck and taken away.
It broke my heart that you could see it on their faces as much as you could see it on ours that they knew what was happening.
Few years ago when she was around 31.
This summer, she was around 35.
Sleep well old girl you will be missed more that you will ever know.
