Exactly this.
Hopefully it will always be supportive and comfortable to discuss your decision making here on COTH. But don’t air it to others, no one needs the incredibly strange random reactions. Even from people we thought we knew.
It’s hard enough without that. A few months afterwards it is much easier to say “we had to let her go last spring”.
Hope you are ready when your horse needs you to be. If it matters, none of my animals had any idea. They found peace. Good luck!
I’ve also been in this position with my gelding, melanomas that grew rapidly and ultimately caused a catastrophic event. If I had known ahead of time and if he had additional medical issues I would have let him go sooner - but hindsight is 20/20.
You listed a good deal of medical issues that your horse is dealing with and for some of them it seems that forgoing veterinary care may not be an option. While it would be ideal to be able to try living out you may not get much additional time.
Edited - I’m sorry I didn’t read the full thread before responding, I hope your know you did a wonderful and kind thing by letting your horse go on a good day. Hugs!
The OP isn’t the one who put her horse down; that was MrPerfection.
OP is going to wait until fall, unless a catastrophic event happens
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