RIP Sundance

imasassycowgirl · 09-05-2008, 11:04 AM

the sunshine will no longer fall on her golden gilded coat. The rain pitter pattered gently around us as I cried into her mane one last time and handed her to a friend to watch her walk away. In all the years I have known Sundance she has hardly ever whinneied.. when she crested the top hill in the pasture overlooking the farm she turned and called back to the barn and all the horses answered. My heart was bleeding and I wanted to call the vet back and say NO dont do it... but I just held on tight to her three year old son and cried . She stopped before her grave and cried out once more, looked around her and then the vet and friends held her as her life slipped away. She went peacefully, lying there like the princess she was. She now over looks the bay and farm she was born on. She is still in pasture with her mates, and she is no longer in any pain. I miss you sundance, I hope to catch glimmers of you in friends you have left behind. RIP

Thank you all for your hugs and prayers. they were felt and apprecaited

Crookedblaze · 09-05-2008, 11:05 AM

Aww, I'm so sorry for your loss.

RIP Sundance.

Freedomnchrist · 09-05-2008, 11:06 AM

Wow.

I am crying .

I don't know what to say.

So hard to let them go.

EquineLaw78 · 09-05-2008, 11:07 AM

Having recently given the gift of a painless death to two of my pets, I offer my sympathy and condolences in this time of grief and sorrow.

doxies13isenough · 09-05-2008, 11:07 AM

OH My I am so sorry for your loss. My she run free in Heavens fields.

horseloverinVA · 09-05-2008, 11:08 AM

I'm so sorry for your loss

cameo05 · 09-05-2008, 11:09 AM

Oh my, now my heart is breaking all over again for the gentle steed I lost. My heart is filled with such sorrow for you as you go through this time of grief and Pain. I am so very sorry that it had to be this way. RIP Sundance.

Cappysmom · 09-05-2008, 11:12 AM

I am so very sorry for your loss, my heart is crying for you and your beloved mare.

NoniMe · 09-05-2008, 04:51 PM

You gave her the blessing of a peaceful end...and she knows and appreciates it.

My hugs, condolences, and love to you.

Best-
Noni

PeggySue · 09-05-2008, 04:55 PM

RIP Sundance

I too am in tears ...

Chickadee · 09-05-2008, 04:55 PM

I am so sorry. I could picture the entire thing in my head while reading your post. I must have missed your original post.

rm185western · 09-05-2008, 04:57 PM

What a gift to give a great friend, an end with great dignity and love. A chance to 'goodbye' and 'all will be well' as she walked away for the last time. A peaceful place to rest the earthly body, while her spirit flies young and free again. An ending timed so as not to make that last walk an impossible chore.

(((((((((((((((((((((((HUGSS)))))))))))))))))))))) )))0 for you as you grieve for her going, but joy for her, pain free and whole again.

purecountry1953 · 09-05-2008, 05:07 PM

So sorry to hear of your loss.Loosing your best friend is hard and I pray that your heart will mend just when it needs to. I know right now it feels like it will be raining forever in your heart, but these storm clouds will soon pass and a rainbow will appear and may all your memories be good ones.

Pony express · 09-05-2008, 05:08 PM

Oh, I am so so sorry for your loss. It is a pain most of us have been through and we can relate to your pain.

Burnttimber · 09-05-2008, 05:11 PM

What a lump in my throat - that was the best gift Sundance could have ever been given. May god wrap his arms a little tighter around you tonight.

**seerfarm** · 09-05-2008, 05:17 PM

I am sorry, my thoughts and prayers for support. Rest In Peace Sundance...May you find your way peacefully over the Rainbow Bridge, to run free and happy in green meadows.

BabyMay · 09-05-2008, 07:16 PM

I am so sorry for your loss.

nomeanjean · 09-05-2008, 07:23 PM

So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you. I think most of us can say we know your pain.

rm185western · 09-05-2008, 07:26 PM

I just found this today, written by someone who went through having to take this tough decision, I thought it was beautiful.

The Gate

For horses, life is but a series of gates.
The First Gate:
A push into a bright new world.
Flowers, grass, milk and love,
A mothers gentle touch and smell.
From that moment on there were so many more
gates to pass through.
The halter, the saddle, first ride, me.
All those passages.
You life has been a series of gates since then:
Gates to fields, stall doors, onto trailers, and many different fields.
We traveled together through the years,
You always waited patiently for me.
I was always there to let you through.
Now I see in your eyes the look,
The knowing,
Asking me in silent plea
To take away the hurt.
So now I'll lead you one more time.
To a gate to free you.
I can take you to it,
slip your lead,
to ease you through,
To a place I cannot follow,
a long passage beyond the fields we know.

Travel with my love.

Andrew Mychalus

BarnBum · 09-05-2008, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rm185western

What a gift to give a great friend, an end with great dignity and love. A chance to 'goodbye' and 'all will be well' as she walked away for the last time. A peaceful place to rest the earthly body, while her spirit flies young and free again. An ending timed so as not to make that last walk an impossible chore.

(((((((((((((((((((((((HUGSS)))))))))))))))))))))) )))0 for you as you grieve for her going, but joy for her, pain free and whole again.

Very well said, ditto for me too......I am crying with you.

RIP Sundance

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09-05-2008, 11:04 AM
imasassycowgirl Weanling Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Little Current Posts: 240	RIP Sundance the sunshine will no longer fall on her golden gilded coat. The rain pitter pattered gently around us as I cried into her mane one last time and handed her to a friend to watch her walk away. In all the years I have known Sundance she has hardly ever whinneied.. when she crested the top hill in the pasture overlooking the farm she turned and called back to the barn and all the horses answered. My heart was bleeding and I wanted to call the vet back and say NO dont do it... but I just held on tight to her three year old son and cried . She stopped before her grave and cried out once more, looked around her and then the vet and friends held her as her life slipped away. She went peacefully, lying there like the princess she was. She now over looks the bay and farm she was born on. She is still in pasture with her mates, and she is no longer in any pain. I miss you sundance, I hope to catch glimmers of you in friends you have left behind. RIP Thank you all for your hugs and prayers. they were felt and apprecaited __________________ Name the place, the time, the day... you are still guarenteed to find me with horses Last edited by imasassycowgirl : 09-05-2008 at 11:14 AM.

09-05-2008, 11:05 AM
Crookedblaze Started Join Date: May 2008 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 2,362	Aww, I'm so sorry for your loss. RIP Sundance. __________________ Owned by Rocketman, a 17 year old AQHA and Stormy, a 10 year old Peruvian Paso x Arab

09-05-2008, 11:06 AM
Freedomnchrist Greenbroke Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Alabama Posts: 3,312	Wow. I am crying . I don't know what to say. So hard to let them go.

09-05-2008, 11:07 AM
EquineLaw78 Yearling Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 937	Having recently given the gift of a painless death to two of my pets, I offer my sympathy and condolences in this time of grief and sorrow.

09-05-2008, 11:07 AM
doxies13isenough Yearling Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Western KY Posts: 924	OH My I am so sorry for your loss. My she run free in Heavens fields.

09-05-2008, 11:08 AM
horseloverinVA Started Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Central, Virginia Posts: 2,173	I'm so sorry for your loss __________________ A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks, but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan. Pam Brown

09-05-2008, 11:09 AM
cameo05 Bombproof Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 8,695	Oh my, now my heart is breaking all over again for the gentle steed I lost. My heart is filled with such sorrow for you as you go through this time of grief and Pain. I am so very sorry that it had to be this way. RIP Sundance. __________________

09-05-2008, 11:12 AM
Cappysmom Long Yearling Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Georgian Bay Ontario Posts: 1,310	I am so very sorry for your loss, my heart is crying for you and your beloved mare.

09-05-2008, 04:51 PM
NoniMe Greenbroke Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Southern California Posts: 3,051	You gave her the blessing of a peaceful end...and she knows and appreciates it. My hugs, condolences, and love to you. Best- Noni __________________ "His name is Tango," said I. The wee boy, in his childish lisp, replied "no, his name is Bongo Mountain."

09-05-2008, 04:55 PM
PeggySue Yearling Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Dennison, Illinois Posts: 525	RIP Sundance I too am in tears ...

09-05-2008, 04:55 PM
Chickadee Yearling Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 757	I am so sorry. I could picture the entire thing in my head while reading your post. I must have missed your original post. __________________ "I can fake many things, but athleticism is not one of them."

09-05-2008, 04:57 PM
rm185western Greenbroke Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Saskatchewan,Canada Posts: 3,515	What a gift to give a great friend, an end with great dignity and love. A chance to 'goodbye' and 'all will be well' as she walked away for the last time. A peaceful place to rest the earthly body, while her spirit flies young and free again. An ending timed so as not to make that last walk an impossible chore. (((((((((((((((((((((((HUGSS)))))))))))))))))))))) )))0 for you as you grieve for her going, but joy for her, pain free and whole again. __________________ ________________________________ Okay, who put a stop payment on my reality check?

09-05-2008, 05:07 PM
purecountry1953 Weanling Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Texarkana Posts: 200	So sorry to hear of your loss.Loosing your best friend is hard and I pray that your heart will mend just when it needs to. I know right now it feels like it will be raining forever in your heart, but these storm clouds will soon pass and a rainbow will appear and may all your memories be good ones. __________________ I am so busy, I don't know whether I've found my lead rope or I've lost my horse! "In God We Trust"

09-05-2008, 05:08 PM
Pony express Started Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Mid Michigan Posts: 2,404	Oh, I am so so sorry for your loss. It is a pain most of us have been through and we can relate to your pain. __________________ I don't regret the things I've done. I regret the things I didn't do when I had the chance.

09-05-2008, 05:11 PM
Burnttimber Yearling Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Strathmore, AB Posts: 556	What a lump in my throat - that was the best gift Sundance could have ever been given. May god wrap his arms a little tighter around you tonight. __________________ Burnt Timber Paint Horse Co. http://www.burnttimber.com \"Breeding the best to create better!\"

09-05-2008, 05:17 PM
seerfarm Super Moderator Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Portal, Ga Posts: 7,732	I am sorry, my thoughts and prayers for support. Rest In Peace Sundance...May you find your way peacefully over the Rainbow Bridge, to run free and happy in green meadows. __________________ "To know the road ahead, ask those coming back".

09-05-2008, 07:16 PM
BabyMay Coming two Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,875	I am so sorry for your loss. __________________ Animals don't need a reason to love.

09-05-2008, 07:23 PM
nomeanjean Coming two Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 1,552	So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts are with you. I think most of us can say we know your pain. __________________ One of the best things to hold onto in this world is a friend.

09-05-2008, 07:26 PM
rm185western Greenbroke Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Saskatchewan,Canada Posts: 3,515	I just found this today, written by someone who went through having to take this tough decision, I thought it was beautiful. The Gate For horses, life is but a series of gates. The First Gate: A push into a bright new world. Flowers, grass, milk and love, A mothers gentle touch and smell. From that moment on there were so many more gates to pass through. The halter, the saddle, first ride, me. All those passages. You life has been a series of gates since then: Gates to fields, stall doors, onto trailers, and many different fields. We traveled together through the years, You always waited patiently for me. I was always there to let you through. Now I see in your eyes the look, The knowing, Asking me in silent plea To take away the hurt. So now I'll lead you one more time. To a gate to free you. I can take you to it, slip your lead, to ease you through, To a place I cannot follow, a long passage beyond the fields we know. Travel with my love. Andrew Mychalus __________________ ________________________________ Okay, who put a stop payment on my reality check?