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Penny (c1992 -
November
2006) 1st
November
Today was a terrible day which
none of us were prepared for as we had to say goodbye to our gentle giant,
Penny.
Although she had become
increasingly lame on her arthritic knee over the past few months and it
distressed us to see her so uncomfortable, we were working along with our
vets to find the best way for her to live as pain free existence as
possible.
We tried different painkillers
and alternative therapies and investigated what was going on inside her
knee by scanning it. We fed her strong supplements and herbs and she wore
her magnetic boots to try and ease the pain. Eventually as everything that
we tried seemed to fail it was decided that Penny should go to the
veterinary centre with specialist equipment so that she could be x-rayed
to see if steroid injections were an option. Everyone including the vets
were shocked to see what appeared on the x-ray as her arthritis was so
severe that the vets recommended Penny be put to sleep to avoid further
suffering. There was also the risk that her knee could fracture any time
in the near future due to how weak it was and all the pressure that
Penny's weight was placing on it.
We are all devastated and
heartbroken that we could do nothing more to help fix Penny's bad leg,
apart from the old injury in her knee she was a healthy, beautiful and
gentle horse who was loved by everyone. It is frustrating knowing that if
she had received proper treatment when she was young and she first
injured it than she would probably still be with us today.
We will miss her banging on her
stable door every morning for her breakfast and miss seeing her bonny face
waiting for us.
She is already missed by her
neighbour Willow, who always pretended she didn’t particularly like Penny
but would then get really upset and refuse to go to bed if she wasn’t
already next door at tea time.
Penny was always a bit of a loner
since her friend Bracken died a few years ago and would often look into
her old stable to see if she was still around, even several years later.
We hope that now she has gone to greet Bracken and they are wandering
together among the buttercups ,just like they are in our old photographs
of them together from many summers ago.
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