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Re: should i put my old horse to sleep now?
I'm sure you are doing the best thing for her. I will be thinking of you on tuesday.
Many years ago I took on an old pony from a riding school that I worked at to retire him. The riding school owner said he only had 6 months left in him. He had arthritis in his back legs but was never lame or showed any sign of pain. Six years after taking him on I decided to let hm have the summer sun on his back then have him PTS at the end of the summer.
We had a late summer that year and the decision was taken from me one october day when we went to the field and found him dead. He had had a heart attack. He had never spent the winter in the field until I had him and at the age of 39 spent his first winter out in the field. He had a shelter and wore 2 stable rugs with a newzealand on top to keep him warm and he loved it. We found him one day charging round the field like a 2 year old jumping into the middle of big snow drifts. He was thought to be at leats 43 when he passed away.
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