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If it's your only horse, did you find it hard to be around him/her once you'd made the decision to sell?

I feel really guilty that I find it hard to be around my boy now I've made the decision as I find it so upsetting!

Just wondered if that was normal? x
 
completly normal,

once i had decided to sell Rio i found it really hard being around her, riding her was different too, just didnt want to spend time with her,

very odd
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No I was the same with mine, I felt like i was betraying her so didnt want to be like I usually was as I suppose i felt like it made it worse. But It didnt really hit me untill she was sold, as I didnt think anyone would want her lol. But she was up for sale on the friday and she went on the wednesday after so was really quick. x
 
TBH I would say that is very normal........and bl**dy difficult! Two years ago I made the difficult task of having my mare PTS and for the last week she spent at the vets just being a horse plus it was easier as the vets had been like a second home to her! The weeks leading up to this sad event I still carried on putting stable bandages on her legs and keeping her as I had done in the same way I had through the same as I had for the 12 years of owning her........very hard! My heart goes out to you as this must be pulling you apart!
 
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TBH I would say that is very normal........and bl**dy difficult! Two years ago I made the difficult task of having my mare PTS and for the last week she spent at the vets just being a horse plus it was easier as the vets had been like a second home to her! The weeks leading up to this sad event I still carried on putting stable bandages on her legs and keeping her as I had done in the same way I had through the same as I had for the 12 years of owning her........very hard! My heart goes out to you as this must be pulling you apart!

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that's the thing - I know it may sound silly but i lost one of my horses when I was younger and this feels nearly the same - obviously different but the emotions are the same - kind of brings it all back a bit.
 
Your not alone in feeling this.I feel myself bcking off the horse(do feel guilty about that) as find its easier to cope.
Personally think you will have a 'grieving' time as it is a loss tho not as final as pts so feelings will be simialar.So give yourself that time and don't beat yourself up for feeling this way.It is as has been said,normal.
Big Hugs to you during this time.
 
When I sold my first horse I lost half a stone with the stress of it all. I found it such a MASSIVE responsibility and found it incredibly difficult.
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Just shows you care Stimpy and I'm sure it will help you ensure he only goes to the very best home.

I found it a lot easier selling my second horse... but then he was a psycho
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Yes it is normal hon, when I sent our loan pony back last year, I had to distance myself from him, even though he was going back to his mum, felt I'd let him down by admitting he wasn't the pony for us.
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even though in the end I'd made completely the right decision for him and for us.
 
you have been through an awful lot in your personal life and you will probably feel like i did when i had to give jay up after the break up from my OH i felt like the last good thing i had in my life had gone and i hurt so much.
 
Shadow has been sold but isnt going till a week on monday. Yesterday i could not bring myself to school him. I felt like "whats the point?" and i feel detatached from him. But at the same time i feel really guilty because he still treats me like im mum and whinnys to me in the mornings etc.
 
Stimpy this is very natural, regardless of how many horses you have. When I(decide to) sell one of mine I automatically distance myself from them. I find it helps.
 
Yes its normal I had stopped riding my boy due to me having a back problem when I decided to sell him. This meant it was then even easier for me to just turn him out and only bring him in when someone came to view him.
It all turned out ok though as he has a lovely new mummy.
 
Never rode my horses again after selling. Plus when I bought my last horse (6k) she was not turned out after I had agreed to buy her till I turned her out - 6 whole days of boxrest and she was still an angel.
 
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you have been through an awful lot in your personal life and you will probably feel like i did when i had to give jay up after the break up from my OH i felt like the last good thing i had in my life had gone and i hurt so much.

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Oh god, that's kind of how I feel! Atleast him going is so that I can start my life again and buy a new flat etc.....still not easy though x
 
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