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Post by cybercat on Dec 9, 2007 21:20:17 GMT -5
OMG- I just saw this...I am SO very shocked and sorry that this happened...
I don't really have the words to describe my sympathy for you and Brian...thank you for trying so hard to help Dazzler...his last days with you must have seemed like heaven to him.
I find myself in tears over this sad news...
Leanne
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Post by mykingdomforahorse on Dec 10, 2007 0:42:10 GMT -5
This is heartbreaking news! No! My heart is broken too, and breaks for you. Can't tell you how much I hate the "c" word. It comes out of nowhere and no horse, of any age, breed, color or home is safe.
Thank you with all my heart for giving this beautiful, wonderful horse a whole new life and one so different from the one he had before you. You, your love and the fact that you care so much is what he took with him, and it's so big it wipes out any hard times before you. I'll always remember him knocking his bucket around, happy and safe.
Em
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Post by paintedlady on Dec 10, 2007 13:41:04 GMT -5
I just cant believe it. Bless him and you and your husband for loving him til the end. He deserved that and you were there for him. Im so sorry RIP Dazzler
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Post by MustangAppy on Dec 10, 2007 15:25:40 GMT -5
Thank you, everyone, who has offered help, hope, prayers, and sympathy. It has been a tough haul, and knowing you all had our backs was really wonderful. Brian is taking it much harder than he though he would. He just says he "feels sad" all the time. He had taken primary care of Dazz, hauling his mush out to him 3-4 times a day (he works at home, and I in town), and would stand and hold his head and love on him, talking to him like he was an old friend. Dazz would rest his head on Brian's shoulder and just sigh, and he could get Dazz to do things that I couldn't, like pick up his big d**n feet for cleaning and care. As much as I miss the big doof, Brian misses him more. Dazz was his first horse buddy, he never has really bonded to either Sierra or Paladin.
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Post by jessiegirl1981 on Dec 10, 2007 16:29:32 GMT -5
d**n it d**n it d**n it I have watched and read all your posts since you wanted to get another horse to the adoption of Dazz until this awful end. You are an awesome person and you gave him the very best of u and unfortunately someone else had allready taken the best of him. That old guy couldnt have asked for more than u. Thank you for never giving up on him and knowing when to let him go
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Post by mindywa on Dec 10, 2007 17:00:55 GMT -5
:'(awww man. I thought for sure he was gonna do just fine. At least when the end came, he knew he was loved and his last few weeks weren't spent in the he!! they call the slaughterhouse. Big hugs to you hun and your husband too. Run Free Dazz.  Be pain free and run in those lush pastures buddy. |
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Post by carly1964 on Dec 10, 2007 17:19:21 GMT -5
I'm so sorry to hear about Dazzler. He was such a beautiful boy. I hope you can find peace in knowing that in his last days he knew love and kindness.
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Post by beejoyfulmk on Dec 10, 2007 18:42:35 GMT -5
so sorry.......
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Post by toeps on Dec 10, 2007 18:53:50 GMT -5
I am SO sorry! May God give you and your family strength to get through this. We all loved Dazz |
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Post by piopico on Dec 10, 2007 22:03:34 GMT -5
You gave him everything he needed in his last weeks- I'm sure he knew he was loved, and you gave him the final gift, of release. Bless you.
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Post by apache on Dec 10, 2007 22:42:13 GMT -5
:'(Thank you for caring for him. Thank you for telling him he was loved. Thank you for making him as comfortable and you could. Thank you for giving him the meals he needed. Thank you for being there for him all through the last part of his life. Thank you for being strong enough to allow him an easy crossing. Most of all, thank you for your open heart, for sharing him with us, and thank you for your grief....it shows how truly Dazzler was loved and we all know that HE KNEW HE WAS LOVED, too. From one mustang/appy lover to another...God bless you for all you do for the horses (((((hugs))))))
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Post by kidznhorses on Dec 11, 2007 11:40:02 GMT -5
So sad to read this. Like everyone else, I thought he would pull through. I am so happy he had such a warm loving home with you and your husband in his final days. Thank you for having such a caring heart.
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Post by rescuestoribbons on Dec 11, 2007 16:25:53 GMT -5
I am soooo sorry about your loss of this sweet boy..... you have tried SOOO hard to help him get better and you have done everything for Dazz.... he knows that you tried hard but maybe it was just to much for him to handle  At least he is running free up with all the others we have lost to long hard battles of trying to heal them. RIP Dazzler |
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Post by earlybp on Dec 11, 2007 19:44:10 GMT -5
I am so sorry. At least, at least he had you and Brian at the end. It is so unexpected, and unfortunate.
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Post by cheryl on Dec 16, 2007 0:46:45 GMT -5
I am so sorry for your loss of Dazzler. I read all your posts and progresses. I was so pulling for Dazz. I lost my mare of 26 years, Cheri 12 years ago to colic and it still hurts. hugs to you.....
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Post by djrepp on Dec 17, 2007 2:30:45 GMT -5
Dazz, what a brave boy you were. You are really lighting heaven up with all your spots. Thanks for loving this guy and giving him your heart and soul. Bless you and your family.
Diane
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Post by MustangAppy on Dec 17, 2007 14:03:33 GMT -5
I really feel for my husband in all this. He really did bond to Dazz, more than I had realized. He keeps having these dreams where he is riding Dazzler through the mountains....
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Post by keldco on Dec 17, 2007 16:10:42 GMT -5
I really feel for my husband in all this. He really did bond to Dazz, more than I had realized. He keeps having these dreams where he is riding Dazzler through the mountains.... I feel so badly for your husband! What a guy!! When it is his time to leave this Earth, his dream will come true....he will get to ride Dazzler all over Heaven!! Let's give a huge group hug for Dazzler's dad.... {{{{{{{{{ HUGGGG }}}}}}}}}}Kelly & |
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Post by cybercat on Dec 17, 2007 20:41:36 GMT -5
I'm sending cyber hugs to Brian too...
Leanne
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Post by MustangAppy on Dec 26, 2007 23:59:01 GMT -5
Today was hard. I finally gathered up all Dazzler's various supplements and foot bandage items that have been sitting on the counter top since he left us. It was like, if I don't put this away, it isn't real that he is gone. Well, it was too real, and I broke down bawling. I also had to take his blanket to the laundermat (our machine wouldn't hold it), and try to deal with people staring at me crying over it. I hope this gets easier at some point, right now I am not doing well at all.
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Post by NanciK on Dec 27, 2007 0:10:14 GMT -5
I'm sorry to hear you're going through this, but it is SO normal to continue to miss him and be overcome with emotion. IMO, don't be in a rush to move or clean anything, just let it lie as long as you need. One day, you'll find the strength to pick things up and put them in a proper place to remember Dazzler.
Just don't rush it, grief has it's own timetable.
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Post by michellep on Jan 2, 2008 13:24:51 GMT -5
Im new to this board, and I am very sorry to hear of your loss. I had an Appy/TB that I went through the feeding issues like you did. Never could get the hips to look good. I lost Music on Oct 13, and it was the toughest day for both my husband and myself. My deepest condolenses go out to you. Music and Dazzler would have made a cute pair. Music was black with the big white spots, would have matched good with Dazzler. They are racing the wind in the green pastures of heaven. Take care
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Be pain free and run in those lush pastures buddy.
