Galahad can use any ... is gone

[jap]

really sorry to read this, its been an awful year.

[jazzy]

So sorry to read this Debbie, I remember how happy you were to have Galahad come live with you. He was a very lucky chap ending his days with you. Sending you lots of hugs

[Minnie]

[merrylegs]

So so sorry to read this. We lost my daughters first pony Merrlegs last year in circumstances similar to yours. Merrylegs was 36y and we had owned him for 23y. It really breaks your heart but you have wonderful memories and its a comforting to think they have been part of a loving family. I still cry sometimes when Im at the field , so I shout his name and shout I love you. Ill like to think he can hear me. It does get easier but I think when you loose someone you love a piece of you goes with them. Think of you x

[Miz.Dales]

So sorry Debbie

[greydales]

I've just read this Debbie, I'm so sorry . Take comfort from the fact you did everything you could have for Galahad and gave him a lovely life with you, they all have to go some day and it's the last act of love that we give them - even though it's very hard for us. Big hugs

[kezndkaren]

Oh I am so sorry, Galahad will know you were there for him and that he was loved and treasured.My thoughts are with you, I know what losing you best friend is like.

[Debbie]

This year has just been awful

Thank you all for your kind words and support they mean much to me.

[lucydales]

Debbie, I am so so sorry to read this.

Huge hugs to you and Eldon.

I have never lost a pony and the thought scares me very much.

I hope that this year turns for the better for you from now on.

Lx

[newbie]

I'm so sorry to hear your sad news, my thoughts are with you x

[Debbie]

I'm just hoping the rest of the year goes quietly without losing anymore friends or family

Lu I was the same about Galahad. I mean, I've lost other horses before, and some very horrifically, but I didn't have to deal with the details like I did this time. I had to go off, sob a bit, pull it together, and phone my neighbor to tell him what was going on and then later when he showed up to help remove Galahad's body for me. It helped to simply go off to a room by myself and just let it all out rather than try to hold it all in.

I didn't need it, but I did have a pen and writing tablet nearby when the vet first came out for Galahad's colic. Any time I thought of loosing him, my heart would ache and my voice would fail, so I feared I wouldn't be able to communicate with the vet if things went bad for the colic.

The next morning as they came for a quick follow up visit, they showed up just minutes after Galahad died and when the vet asked me what happened, it was very hard for me to talk. A little bit of time and mostly I could hold it together long enough to complete ideas if not full sentences. Both the vet and his assistant Jo were brilliant, offering support and condolences and assurances.

If you can, get the details down for your ponies ahead of time. Where are you burying them? Do you have a knackers that can take them? What will you do? Cremation is one choice, and burials are others, but there are very good laws in place that you need to consider where their bodies will be buried so it won't contaminate the water table or nearby springs or harm local farms or wildlife.

My neighbor had a much better spot for Galahad than we have here. I have a spring that the local animals come very far and wide for. I worried deeply about the affects Galahad's body would have on their water source.

I'm still shattered and there's a part of me that will always feel hollow, but was it worth it? Absolutely. And even feeling like I am now, I would go back in an instant and gladly keep Galahad all over again. As awful as it is, they fill our lives with laughter and hope and too much positive happiness to let it pass.

I'm glad I have Blossom still, because she makes me shake off a bit of my sadness. She supports me and has always been a brilliant therapy pony. With the passing of Galahad, she's decided it should be tough love for me, so its small challenges and she keeps me on my toes as she tries to move up in our little herd of two. She loses of course, but she also makes me smile and I know its her way of helping me

If you get the chance, take a few extra seconds and just hug your pony. Be happy in the moment

[chickflick1066]

Oh I'm so sorry xxx

[justjordie]

Just seen this, so very sorry.

[Debbie]

thanks. Simple things still trigger floods of tears over him. I tried to phone a friend last night who used to know Galahad at camp too, but found myself talking more about her pony and Blossom instead. Clearly I wasn't up to chatting about Galahad yet, and thankfully she knew it.

The field is so painfully empty without him

[piper]

Oh Debbie, I'm so sorry, I know how terribly tough it is. xx