I am so sorry for your loss..lost mine as well..
I don't know if this will help you but I hope so.
2 years ago, actually April 13 I was bucked off my horse and broke my wrist. I had bought my horse from my trainer and he was an awesome horse..I believe that I accidentally spurred him and he went into a mild buck but I could not stay on.....I could even sit on him while he was laying in the pasture and he loved it....well, I own my own business so I was basically out of work with no pay for 8 weeks..I was boarding him at the time...I had to sell him and did within a week. I sold him to a woman who had purchased all of her horses from the same trainer who sold him to me.....I knew she would buy him in a heartbeat as we had been on trail rides together And she loved him....
Ok...so I never did hear back from her much.....in August 5 months later, a good friend of mine who also bought her horse from the same trainer calls me to tell me that my horse, the one I sold was put down .......the woman I sold him to had gone out of town..while she was gone she had the trainer keep the horse to do training, he had hooked the horse to a horse walker and left to go feed the woman's other horses at her home...supposedly he was only gone an hour.....during that time the horse had tried to scratch his head with his back leg and when he did he hooked it on the chain that was attached to his halter that was attached to the walker....he then fell on the ground and was basically hanging with his foot still caught...long story short he was still alive...after several weeks the back leg that had been caught on the chain had lost circulation so bad that his hoof basically was dieing....I was pretty upset not only for this happening but that neither the trainer who had originally sold him to me..or the lady I sold him to did not call me to tell me or to let me tell him goodbye...I had only sold him 5 months ago....I guess though that I am very lucky that I did not go through what the owner went through....I am sooooo sorry for your loss and can kind of understand a little but could not imagine actually going through it all...everything does happen for a reason...in this case I hope the trainer treats customers horses better and realizes they are loved animals.....in your case it may be for you to be the one to stop these people from killing another horse.....I hope each day does get better for you somehow and you win win your case......I will keep you in my prayers....
Last edited by sewsmarty; 04-11-2013 at 11:03 PM.