After Christmas day, and the missing horse, things should surely be able to be on the up?
Nope, I have the starts of a cold, keep sneezing, and my horse is probably having sympathy coughs..
I've been sat here tonight, thinking back to those 8 years i've owned my horse, and some thing dawned on me tonight and I feel really guilty..
In 2004 (ish) after some personal problems, I fled down south and left him in the care of a friend whilst I sorted myself out, and then planned to arrange his transportation to join me (I stayed at my bro's)..
In that time (6 weeks) he nearly choked to death on his tea, my helper had given him a dry feed, which he bolted down.. that sent me right back home, I couldn't cope with the idea of something happening and I wasn't there to help him. Shortly after he developed a sarcoid type wart on his chest, and between me and the vet we decided that his immune system had dropped, allowing the herpes virus to cause this..
Since then, there have been further occasions which lead me to believe, my horse can't cope if he doesn't see me for more than a few days.. the mystery illness he had about 5 years ago, I had a sharer that nearly broke his wind, I don't think he liked her, and he was poorly for 18 mths after with at first his breathing, then coughing..
I know it sounds outlandish, but is it possible for a horse to form such a link with his/her owner, that they cant bare not to have that person in their life?
I wasn't able to get down for 10 days, then there was the mix up on xmas day, then this where he's coughing again..
I feel at this moment of time, that he's trying to tell me something, and this is how it's manifesting itself, he's always been sensitive with his immune system when stressed :frown:
Nope, I have the starts of a cold, keep sneezing, and my horse is probably having sympathy coughs..
I've been sat here tonight, thinking back to those 8 years i've owned my horse, and some thing dawned on me tonight and I feel really guilty..
In 2004 (ish) after some personal problems, I fled down south and left him in the care of a friend whilst I sorted myself out, and then planned to arrange his transportation to join me (I stayed at my bro's)..
In that time (6 weeks) he nearly choked to death on his tea, my helper had given him a dry feed, which he bolted down.. that sent me right back home, I couldn't cope with the idea of something happening and I wasn't there to help him. Shortly after he developed a sarcoid type wart on his chest, and between me and the vet we decided that his immune system had dropped, allowing the herpes virus to cause this..
Since then, there have been further occasions which lead me to believe, my horse can't cope if he doesn't see me for more than a few days.. the mystery illness he had about 5 years ago, I had a sharer that nearly broke his wind, I don't think he liked her, and he was poorly for 18 mths after with at first his breathing, then coughing..
I know it sounds outlandish, but is it possible for a horse to form such a link with his/her owner, that they cant bare not to have that person in their life?
I wasn't able to get down for 10 days, then there was the mix up on xmas day, then this where he's coughing again..
I feel at this moment of time, that he's trying to tell me something, and this is how it's manifesting itself, he's always been sensitive with his immune system when stressed :frown: