Tomorrow....

Goldenstar said:
The vet comes to take a look at Tatts , he’s mildly lame on the soft on the leg where the suspensory has given us three lots of trouble over the years at 20 I won’t box rest and try to get him sound again so it looks likes the end of road for my delightfully batty care in the community horse .
I have a little hope that the vet will find it’s something else but in my heart I know .
Even if I can get him field sound I won’t keep him he’s a terrible rug ripper, his own and his friends who he regularly undresses having first destroyed their clothes , it’s cost a fortune over the years it’s not too bad when he’s in work but when he’s not oh dear ... a Disaster .
He‘s a brave loving horse who never takes things easy .
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But if you can get him sound enough for the field is there not some way to give him a retirement? It seems really harsh to have him pts because he rips rugs:(
 
Thank you all I am fine I am after fifty plus years of end user horse ownership used to it .Just need to get it all organised .
But watching my father and in-laws dealing with the ravages of extreme old age I can’t help think Tatts is lucky he does not know it will be over quickly .
I will miss him he’s been an epic horse as mad as a box of frogs .
 
So sorry to hear this Goldenstar, even if the time is ready and we know it's the right time, it's still sad. I hope all the wonderful memories of Tatts in his good days will comfort you.
 
GS, from an outsider looking in, you always make the right choice. You know them best and when the time comes, you make the right choice without letting your own feelings stop you, which I find a lot of owners do. You’re totally right- he won’t know a thing. We are the ones that hurt when they’re PTS, not them.
I had one similar, there were options of long box rest/multiple operations- they were never viable for her, she went that day at peace with a mouthful of illicit grass from the field she wasn’t allowed in.
Big virtual hugs from this side.
 
There is some relief in making the decision and now being done with all the "will I/won't I" scenarios but it never gets any easier at the very end. Thinking of you.
 
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