R.I.P Baby boy

[Glen Coco]

as i've mentioned earlier i had a 5 yr old horse on loan.

my mum got a call from his owned this morning and it turns out that last night he was playing with the others and tripped on
some concrete.

before @CaptainAce; says he could have been kept alive,no he couldn't. his leg was injured so much it wouldn't have fixed and would have been cruel to keep him alive.


R.I.P Apollo.


i love you.

[Eric]

awwwwww!!! what a shame. it's a lovely horse. R.I.P

[Succubus]

Awh sorry to hear! Looked lovely

[Glen Coco]

He was. I'd only had him on loan since October and we'd both improved so much.
i could take his head collar off and just walk around and he'd follow me/

i was only down the stables yesterday giving him a bath.
it's so weird how quickly circumstances change

[Paige.]

Omg, he was so beautiful! That is really upsetting, even for me and he wasn't even mine, I feel so sorry for you. Sounds so painful I'm just glad he's out of pain now R.I.P beautiful x

[The Don]

I'm really sorry to hear that

RIP Apollo

[Empired]

How awful! He looks beautiful too.
So if a horse hurts their leg too badly, it's kinder to put them down?

[Glen Coco]

How awful! He looks beautiful too.
So if a horse hurts their leg too badly, it's kinder to put them down?

yeah it is. when they break their leg, they don't feel it due to the endorphins or something. once that wears off they'll just be in pain.
a horse spends the majority of it's life on it's legs, so if it's hurt badly their either not going to be able to walk or they're going to hurt it even more, it wont heal at all or it'll heal weirdly which may cause more pain.
the kindest thing to do is to put them down before they start to feel pain.

he was beautiful and i wish i could somehow have him back. but i can't. i'm just happy that it was me who got the opportunity to be a part of his life; even if it was short.

[Samantha]

That's a real shame, I'm not a horse person admittedly but when trained correctly can be one of the calmness and friendliest animals. Rip xx

[Glen Coco]

That's a real shame, I'm not a horse person admittedly but when trained correctly can be one of the calmness and friendliest animals. Rip xx

he was lovely. he was a bit pushy but he would never try to hurt anyone.