For those of you that followed the thread 'bloody fuming' you'll probably remember that i bought Bery back in July as a healthy 12 year old and then 6 weeks later found out she was actually 25 and could not be ridden again. I was in the process of taking the former owner to court about this but was reluctant to let her go back to someone that obviously cared so little about her to sell her in the first place knowing this. We've had a few ups and downs since then with her health and just last week Berry had a turn in the field which i can only describe as a fit. That made my mind up that she was staying with me to live out her days being loved and cared for no matter what....today i went to bring her in and found her stood up but unable to walk with blood dripping from her hind leg. I called the vet and tried to bring her down to the stable to be examined...40 mins later she was only just out of the gate when the vet arrived and gave her pain relief. we eventualy managed to get her onto the yard and the vet clipped her leg to find what was wrong to discover 2 gaping wounds...a dog bite that had severed her tendons and caused a lot of damage. I had no choice but to have Berry PTS there and then which was the worst thing i have ever had to watch in the whole of my life. Our field has a public footpath running along the top of it and i cant make sense in my head how someone can watch their dog attack a horse and then leave the poor animal there obviously in pain and suffering. Why wasnt the dog on a lead? why didnt they come down to the yard and tell somebody what had happened? Berry has had a hard life (the damage to her legs which deemed her unrideable says so! ) and it breaks my heart to think that she was finally somewhere where she had the life she deserved for it to be taken away by some mindless idiot that didnt have the sense to put their dog on a lead in a field full of horses. The only comfort i can take is that the last few months of her life she has been loved and cared for and was able to rest and retire in peace. I just hope i have made her last few months as happy as she has made mine.
RIP B x
RIP B x