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16-10-2015 Final farewells

            Today we had to put Tommy to sleep.  I was with him to the very end and he past away in his field at home.
I feel in love with Tommy the moment I set eyes on him how could I not, he was brought for Katie who had had a nasty riding accident and had broken her hip and spent a long time in hospital.  They where a partnership from the beginning a love affair to last a lifetime for Katie for that I'm sure.  He took a very frighten little girl from x-poles to jumping at Hickstead, to pony club camps, to all the pony club teams, he was always there star, the double clear that would win the comp, Katie would say to me I can jump the moon on Tom.  Sadly Tommys riding career came to a end a few years age when he got arthritis, we decided he had a home with us for life all the time he had a pain free life sadly the arthritis spread in most of his body and the time had come.
Thank you Tommy for every dream you made come true for Katie and for us, for being Katie best friend and partner, for all the highs and lows, RIP Mr Tom until we meet again for that I'm sure. I found this poem in Facebook a few weeks ago that made that phone call to the vets that bit easier

 May you gallop through heaven's meadows now.

The Horse's Wish.........

If the day should come when I'm in pain,
And you know I won't be well again
Promise you'll do what must be done
If this is the battle that can't be won.
It'll break your heart, but please be kind,

Don't let your grieving sway your mind
For this is when you'll let me see
Just how much you do love me.

Together we've had happy years
The future now can hold no fears
Please don't let me suffer- so
When that day comes, please let me go .

For my usual vet please will you send?
But stay with me until the end...
Hold me steady, speak to me
Till my bright eyes no longer see.
In time I hope you'll come to see,
It's the last kindness you'll do for me.

One more time please stroke my mane
And know that I'll have no more pain.
And don't be sad that it was you
Who decided this was what to do,
We've been such buddies
through the years
Don't let me be the cause of tears....

You'll always see me graze now,
with the sun upon my back
Painful limbs won't tire me now,
however long the hack.

I live now in your heart and mind,
a lovely place to stay.
And what you have in memories
no one can take away.

(In loving memory of Enzo, for Carine Chevret Crindoeil Photographie. BY Horses seen through my eyes -Agatha KacprzakI found this poem in Facebook a few weeks ago that made that phone call to the vets that be easier

   

Taken on: October 17, 2015

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