SpruceRI
Well-Known Member
I have got myself into debt before with a beloved mare. She was fully insured but the treatment went way over the £3500 limit at the time.
And the outcome was that I had to have her PTS in the end anyway, nothing to do with the debt, but her quality of life. Whilst at the time I felt I had done the right thing in giving her a chance, all these years later I can see that it was futile and my 'misguided' attempt at saving her life actually put her through hell.
I would seriously weigh up the treatment, recovery period and likely outcome of the horse either returning to work (for a youngish horse) or for one of my oldies, retiring comfortably before deciding whether to go through with some large scale treatment
I don't think you can really say what you'd do until it happens....
And the outcome was that I had to have her PTS in the end anyway, nothing to do with the debt, but her quality of life. Whilst at the time I felt I had done the right thing in giving her a chance, all these years later I can see that it was futile and my 'misguided' attempt at saving her life actually put her through hell.
I would seriously weigh up the treatment, recovery period and likely outcome of the horse either returning to work (for a youngish horse) or for one of my oldies, retiring comfortably before deciding whether to go through with some large scale treatment
I don't think you can really say what you'd do until it happens....