I'm so sorry for all that those around you are going through and all the stress and sadness that you're experiencing, too. It sounds like a very tough time. Hope there are calm days ahead.
Oh dear, it's horrible how disasters of different sizes seem to crowd without a recognisable reason around certain moments in time. I call myself lucky that, so far, the end of my wards' lives was minimally traumatic for them. The same cannot be said for me, but I'd rather walk with them to the end and face the grief than leave them behind. 1- and 2-y-o are hard to stand, like early teens. They seem to forget all you painstakingly taught them... only to remember (more or less) everything when they get to be 3 or 4. Not that the thought would have cheered you up in the situation. Here, one way to go in such a case is backwards, then around to the side once the shoulders are in. Do you do the same in the US? My wishes for the near future, and a warm hug for the present...
I'm sure that would have worked,but in this case, there's a small arena with the gate at B, connected to a breezeway, then the entrance at A for the large arena where the judging was, all under 1 indoor roof. It's a good set up. No one except horses and handlers in the small arena, but there are always a bunch of hangers-on in the breezeway, so it wouldn't have been a good idea.
Finally, they got him out of the gateway and brought up another horse and he followed that one on in. It really wasn't all that long, but as I say, everybody was crabby and they took it out on me.
So sorry - these occasions of supporting friends are far more exhausting than we realise at the time .No such thing as 'just a horse/dog/cat'etc as you say = we get much love and loyalty from them and of course we get close to them. I do hope you got/are getting a few slightly more restful days after all that .I did not know this had gone up on your blog but related to the poem I had chosen for my poetry slot this Saturday which is about the death of an even tinier creature- I am hoping to post it shortly. well done for keeping an even keel through all that chaos.
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1- and 2-y-o are hard to stand, like early teens. They seem to forget all you painstakingly taught them... only to remember (more or less) everything when they get to be 3 or 4. Not that the thought would have cheered you up in the situation. Here, one way to go in such a case is backwards, then around to the side once the shoulders are in. Do you do the same in the US?
My wishes for the near future, and a warm hug for the present...
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Finally, they got him out of the gateway and brought up another horse and he followed that one on in. It really wasn't all that long, but as I say, everybody was crabby and they took it out on me.
Thanks for the hug - I could definitely use it.
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I do hope you got/are getting a few slightly more restful days after all that .I did not know this had gone up on your blog but related to the poem I had chosen for my poetry slot this Saturday which is about the death of an even tinier creature- I am hoping to post it shortly.
well done for keeping an even keel through all that chaos.
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