Utter Disaster.

[Skhosu]

Sh!t. Got new horse home on loan last night for mum, very quiet and all, pottered round the school for ten minutes then let him out. He trotted up the field and lay down, nothing unusual in tht really. Had moved this morning, then moved again before we left for the event, seemed perky enough.
Got home to discover he wouldn't get up, called the vet who diagnosed severe colic and he was dying.
Poor boy had to be put down. Absoloutely devestated as he was perfect and owner is a friend of ours and we were really happy and feeling lucky to get him...ugh....
Poor boy, though vet said he wouldn't have survived the journey down south in all liklihood to be operated on and his owner agreed, as did we. He was ready to go. Words cannot describe how I feel.

 

[rach1984horse]

Poor Boy. But there was nothing you could do. And he's free from pain now, which is the main thing.

 

[kateknights]

Oh my god TS that's awful, I am soooo sorry

 

[ruscara]

Oh, that is devastating. What an awful shock for everyone concerned, and poor horse. There was no way you could have known, so please don't blame yourselves. It is so sad.

 

[eekmon]

OMG! How awful, its a nightmare you wouldn't wish on anyone!

Poor you and your Mum and the owners! Don't quite know what else to say, except how sorry I feel for all concerned.

 

[Super_Kat]

Oh lord, thats awful, I'm so sorry

My thoughts are with all concerned xx

 

[Seahorse]

What a dreadful thing to happen, I'm so sorry.

Sam x

 

[maddielove]

sorry to hear about you loss, my thoughs are with you and others concerned xx

 

[Weezy]

God I am so sorry - utterly tragic

 

[Skhosu]

Thanks guys, I just feel so bad, you know? I know we can't be there every moment but I just hope he wasn't in pain for too long, and he had a good life and was windsucker and cribber and had evented to a serious level so eventually chances were he would colic but it's so sad he died with strange people and was alone all day. Just welling up thinking of him, and he was so sweet..

 

[pocket]

God thats so horrible, I am so sorry for you, the owner and of course the horse. My thoughs are with you x

 

[connemaras]

oh no thats really sad, i know what you will go through so all my thoughts are with you. **********HUGS***********
xxx

 

[Zebedee]

So sorry to read your sad news. What terrible thing to happen.

 

[FadedFantasy]

Sorry babe ..xo

Its for the best though

 

[guisbrogal]

What a dreadful situation for you to find yourself in

Hugs

 

[marmite]

Im so sorry hun i can understand alot about this feeling as i lost my first 'owned' horse to the same thing x

 

[Christmas_Kate]

Christ hun, that's awful. I really feel for you, your mum and the owners. hugsxxxxxxxxx

 

[PapaFrita]

Oh God, what a nightmare thing to happen!! How terrible for all concerned

 

[calon]

how awful i know how you all feel i loaned a pony once and he did same thing awful for all concerned chin up

 

[ru-fi-do]

OMG! Thats so terrible, i lost my old boy to colic and know how horrible it is. Thoughts are with you x x x x x

 

[Thistle]

Colic is dreadful. It sounds as though he may have been in early stages before he arrived at yours. Sometimes there is nothing you can do.

 

[madgirl]

aww poor you and everyone concerned really feel for you!!

 

[Skhosu]

Thanks guys for all the kind words. Having thought over his behaviour we now believe the travelling *may* have caused it as he was dull to ride (nothing more than a fat unfit horse normally is but..) and very tired afterwards. I am just devestated we didn't look closer at him in the morning as whilst a lying down horse is normal and he had moved from last night, we just assumed he was old and so lay down more but we should have checked.
The outcome would probably have been the same, and maybe it was his time but I still feel guilty.

 

[sham]

How awful
Thoughts are with you all

 

[Evadiva1514]

Im so sorry to hear of your sad news, i know exactly what you are going through at the moment as i lost one of mine very suddenly to colic last easter, my thoughts are with you at this dreadful time!! If you need to talk anytime just PM me....

 

[teapot]

thoughts for all concerned

 

[GTs]

Well atleast you did not buy it......