i think a horse can die almost anytime from almost anything,
practically nothing, a tummy ache, a reaction to a shot, a mystery
illness. Thats why I asked about what if the horse dies. So much can
go wrong. Thats why I would not have a horse on my place that did not
belong to me, I would worry any time it looked the least depressed
that it was gonna die and it would be my fault. My old stallion, came
to me because the old man who owned him could not care for him any
more. He was with me about a year and died of old age, no thrashing,
just laid down and went to heaven and I felt like it was one of the
hardest things i ever did, was call that old man and tell him Gallant
Boy had died. He was very nice, he cried, I cried, he said well, I
know he couldnt have lived out his last year any better than he did
with you..." so I felt ok. But if I had gone thru all that and
someone had questioned it, oh my gosh, what a nightmare! for
everybody!
Janice
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even good horses have bad days sometimes.
