why is life so cruel to those of us who look after our horses well???

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well sorry guys, i haven't posted on here for a while and I'm afraid this is just a bit of a rant as i am so angry.

My friend bought a horse in October from a dealer who bought horses over from ireland. She paid the travel expenses only for a very, very under weight TB. Thought to be just starved. the weeks went by and no improvement on his condition. He then started having puss coming from his coronet's and chestnuts. After 3 courses of anti B's the vet decided to investigate further and found he had a very rare condition, sorry can't remember the name but from what i can gather his body was attacking itself. They treated him with steroids but with no luck. The horse got worse and worse and was chewing at his own legs so it was decided he should be PTS. so after 3 months they lost the battle to save him.
The day he was put down, their other beloved TB mare who they had had for some time stood on a nail, not badly,went into the foot about 1cm. She seem OK but quickly went lame. vet was called, put on anti B's to be safe. By the weekend the was colicing with pain, 2 emergency vets later and a slightly more comfortable mare but not weight barring.

so last sunday (9th) farrier and vet meet at the yard. discovered the abscess, happy days???? no, mare still didn't get better, still on 3 legs. Vet was checking every other day, gave stronger anti B's, still Beau did not get better. My friend had serious doubts it was still an abscess so went over her vets head and spoke to an equine hospital who said bring her straight in. Beau went in on Saturday to find the nail had burst the navicular bursa (spell?). My friend begged the vets to save her but said there was no amount of money in the world that would save her at this late stage. She was nerve blocked, my friend brought her home and let her out in the field for a roll (her favourite past time) she was cleaned up and PTS this morning.

My friends are besides themselves and i can't help but think why??? why do the good people have this happen to them??? they have lost both their horses in 3 weeks. It just not on. sorry for the completely random post and terrible spelling, just wanted it off my chest a bit. I will be back to their yard tomorrow to see them again but feel that this is going to take some time to get over.

RIP Beau, you were beautiful and much loved by all :( (this mare meant so much to them that i was ordered to ensure she was waiting for them at their wedding)
 
God, so sad. What a terrible start to the new year. Really wishing them the best of luck for the future.

[[[[ Hugs to all concerned ]]]]
 
It seems to be the way it goes, somebody near me lets their horses breed all the time for the sake off and they just have healthy foals without any care what so ever. None are scanned, vacs etc but fine. I try to breed 1 foal from my beloved mare and do everything by the book and we lost the foal and neally the mare.
I'm so sorry for your friends lose it must be awful. X
 
that's terrible terrible bad luck, but at least they did the best they could for the horses, that should be some comfort.
life, and that kind of bad luck, are totally bloody random, that's the thing. awful things happen to good people. cancer is one example - i'm sure i'm booking my ticket to hell but i know some despicable people who, if i heard they'd got it, i wouldn't feel sorry for them, put it that way. but no, it hits great, generous, wonderful people. :( :( :(
i hope your friends can find new horses who will repay their wonderful care. i have faith that karma does work, eventually, in both directions. it's just a bit flipping slow sometimes...
 
MASSIVE HUGS to you and your friend, My Beau will be at my wedding so understand how much this horse means to them.

Crying at work now.

Life is so unfair sometimes.
 
RIP Beau and Troy

Lots of hugs to you and your friends. It is really hard but they will get through it.

Yes life can be so cruel to people who do not deserve it!!

Having lost my lovely teenage daughter I know this only to well. It makes me mad as hell when I see people who don't look after their children or they get on at them all the time.
They don't deserve them just as people who don't look after their horses don't deserve them
 
Oh no how awful!!! Both just sound horrible – how unlucky to have 2 things like that happen at the same time!! Totally understand why you feel so angry but I guess it’s just one of those things.. completely rubbish and heart breaking though. Big hugs to you and your friend.
 
Rest in peace Beau and Troy.

Thoughts to their friends and owners.

I know it is of no consolation, but they were not singled out by Fate for such pain. When I was going through the mill with life and horses and family, I thought that I must have done something awful, but coming on here and reading of others lives and misfortunes, I realised that it's just pants and cr*p and awful and heartbreaking, but I wasn't alone. Sorry for the ramble, just want to send them some sort of reassurance. Will shut up now.
 
The only good thing to come out of this sad story is that the owners have a very good friend in you! And that's the most important thing when you're emotionally on your uppers. I do hope they will replace the horses in the course of time; they sound lovely, caring owners.
 
If any silver lining can be found, at least both these horses ended their days somewhere safe, where they were loved. Your friends will hopefully find comfort in this - especially with regard to the TB.
You are all in my thoughts
 
What a terrible shame, thats awful, I often think to myself why is it I look after our horses well, they come first and still things happen, Laminitis being one of them things, and why is it that there are people out there who couldn't give a monkeys and it appears nothing bad ever happens to there horses! Your poor friends RIP poor horses.
 
RIP Beau and Troy :( can't imagine what the owners must be going through.

My lovely boy, who was always much loved and very well taken care of, was PTS last month after a kick that broke his leg, and as my farrier said when he found out - it always seems to happen to the good ones :(

xx
 
Aww how awful.

Thinking of your friend and her babys!! I lost my boy at the end of september due to a fractured shoulder! Heartbreaking it really is.

Rest in peace Beau and Troy :(
 
With every best wish for your friend.

I was just talking about something similar with my vet this morning - how you can take the best care possible for your horse and he somehow manages to badly injure himself whilst you see horses kept in appalling conditions (unsafe fields, etc) who never came to harm.

I lost five horses in three years and it did seem as though it was just one blow after another.

Your friend's tragic story does highlight though how it is a vet emergency if your horse gets a penetration injury into the hoof. If any good is to come out of this it is that someone reads this, has something similar happen and is able to save their horse.
 
So so sorry to read your post. Sadly there are no reasons why but I hope your friend can look back and remember how well loved and cared for her horses were and that she had the courage to do the right thing by them.

I have 'borrowed' the poem from Laura but it made me cry remembering the horses I have lost.

(((HUGS))) to you too for being such a supportive friend. I know just how much that means xx


If the day should come when I'm in pain,
And you know I won't be well again,
Promise you'll do what must be done,
If this is the battle that can't be won.

It'll break your heart, but please be kind,
Don't let your grieving sway your mind.
For this is when you'll let me see
Just how much you do love me.

Together we've had happy years
The future now can hold no fears.
Please don't let me suffer
so When that days comes, please let me go.

For my usual vet please will you send?
But stay with me until the end.
Hold me steady, speak to me
Till my once bright eyes no longer see

In time I hope you'll come to see
It's the last kindness you'll do for me
One more time please stroke my mane
And know that I'll have no more pain.

And don't be sad that it was you
Who decided this was what to do.
We've been such buddies through the years
Don't let me be the cause of tears.

You'll always see me graze now,
with the sun upon my back
Painful limbs won't tire me now,
however long the hack.

I live now in your heart and mind,
a lovely place to stay.
And what you have in memories,
no one can take away.
 
big hugs to your friend, bad things always seem to hit the people who look after their animals very well :(

there's a horse at my yard that has the same condition troy had, cant remember the name but is kept under control with steroids, i know his mum has alot of sleepless nights over it :(
 
really sad and seems to happen to folk who try their best. on other hand are those who seem to just keep getting lucky and do not look after their horses at all.life can be unfair.
 
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