ANOTHER PET DEATH IN THE FAMILY TODAY.

[Kandinskyesque]

A good bit bigger than a hamster this time.

One of my daughter's/grand daughter's horses went to the great field in the sky this afternoon.
Bally an 18 year old mare, my daughter had 'rescued' her from that idiot ex of hers some time ago and had taught my grand daughters to ride her.

She was lying in the field this morning when my daughter went up to the farm where she keeps her two horses.
After the Vet's prognosis, she was put to sleep.

Mrs K has gone down to my daughter's this afternoon and had to break the news to the grandkids. No doubt she'll be down there for the weekend to help out.

I've no attachment to the animal but horses have been my daughters life since she was young, she even spent 6 months in Oz after leaving school to work in an equestrian centre.
It's my daughter I feel the loss for.

Amid the upset, I still got a smile out of it; during a video call with my 7 y/o grand daughter this evening I was informed that when horses go to horse heaven, they become unicorns.

Every cloud I suppose.

 

[1stpitch]

Sorry for your daughter and grandkids.

 

[ZackyDog]

My condolences to you, your daughter and grandkids.

 

[AAT65]

Sad news for your daughter & grandkids. Hope the thought of a new unicorn in horse heaven helps them through it.

Grim practicalities will arise: has your daughter got the disposal of the carcass sorted out?? My former boss’s wife had a horse that died in the middle of a field: he used to tell a long story involving a bulldozer and a man with a lorry who drove around Fife collecting animal carcasses for disposal…

 

[Joebanjocolo]

So sorry to hear.

 

[stxrus]

I'm not a big horse guy but anything you get attached to can leave a massive hole in your heart.
My condolences

 

[Kandinskyesque]

Sad news for your daughter & grandkids. Hope the thought of a new unicorn in horse heaven helps them through it.

Grim practicalities will arise: has your daughter got the disposal of the carcass sorted out?? My former boss’s wife had a horse that died in the middle of a field: he used to tell a long story involving a bulldozer and a man with a lorry who drove around Fife collecting animal carcasses for disposal…

Carcass disposal sorted.

My daughter has been down at my mate's farm, where he has a riding school for over 20 years, so there's a disposal service available. She'll get buried down by the canal on the farm at Kilsyth.

She took a clipping from the mane and tail to keep.
I've told her to see if she can get the last set of horseshoes as well and I'll make something up for her to go in the pet burial patch we have in the garden.

 

[tery]

Such sad news ..... but I like the Unicorn story.

 

[johnny k]

Those little buggers and bigger buggers are a pain to put down. I have never done it, and i don't want to do it, because i would crack up pretty bad. Some folks have got a special relation to pets, and it is not something that you can't explain. Because you can't explain it. I just know some are tighters with mice eaters, or horses, or dogs, or whatever.

I feel the pain.

 

[Tone Quest]

So sorry for your daughter and grandkids, but loved the unicorn comment.