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I recently had to put a heart horse, Marco, to sleep, and although I only half-leased him for 1 year, but the loss was still unfathomable. I only found out yesterday, and we had now warning whatsoever. It went from "he's getting better, just a few more months" to going say goodbye. Sense I half...

Hi. I'm not sure if this is in the right category or not, but I just need to write out everything i'm thinking or i'll explode. So I apologize in advance if this turns out to be a rant. To start off with, I have loved horses ever since I was born, and have always been determined to own one...

We have boarders that have been nothing but trouble from day one but they keep several horses with us so we're trying to solve this problem we've been having before we resort to asking them to leave. They recently bought a mare in foal to our show stud for their teenage daughter and she was put...

How do you cope with losing a big love sponge on four legs? How do you handle being around people? How do you handle it when your friends don't really want to listen when you need to let out some of your grief or burst?

Tony was the first horse i had ever bonded with. i loved him so much. i knew he was old and could barely move. i just cant get over that dreadful day. it was about noon when i got an email. it was from my dad. it had a picture that i looked at, a dead horse, Tony. i started to cry. NO,No,no. I...

First of all, I apologize if this is not the appropriate place for this thread. I wasn't sure where to put it; the memorial page didn't seem right because it isn't a memorial, and I couldn't find any other forum that seemed appropriate. On Sunday, October 30, I had to say good-bye to my very...

I'm kind of new here and I've been reading the poems section... I thought I would share one of mine. It's not exactly about horses- it can apply to any pet we love. I hope you all enjoy it and find truth in it. "I break my own heart" I never did think, I was breaking my heart, I...

Ookayy. So I've been wanting to write a journal about horses for a while now, and what more appropriate place to do it? I got to thinking the other day, "why do I love horses so much?" and came up with this: On November 9th of 2008, I lost someone very very close to me, My Grandpa. It...

My kids pony was in great health 24 hours ago. I came home at 5 pm yesterday and noticed she was rolling a lot. I suspected colic and started the usual walking etc.., and at 8pm called a vet. The Vet gave her a sedative, a pain killer and 5 litres of parrafin oil and 5 litres of water mixed with...