I wanted to find out what people have done to honor their beloved horses. I had to put my horse down a few weeks ago and I while I am still grieving. I am wondering how I can honor my sweet guy. I have his tail and the shoes that he wore at the end of his time. I have never had to do this before so I am simply looking for ideas from those who have ever lost a horse. Any and all thoughts/ideas are welcomed.
The retirement farm where my horse lived out her golden years had a rescue and I sponsored a horse in her memory.
Memory pot. They put some of your horse’s tail in with the glaze. They’re beautiful and not morose. I’ll post some info when I’m on a computer instead of a phone.
I got two pots when my horse passed and I see them every day.
My mom is really crafty and helped me make a shadow box with his leather halter, stall plate, forelock hair, an earnet that we always showed in, a couple memorable ribbons and photos. You can look up horse shadow box on pinterest and get some ideas.
I am getting bracelets made for my daughter and I but for him specifically we planted a tree at the house. It is a crepe myrtle with hot pink flowers because it takes a real man to wear hot pink for eternity. It is fast growing so should reach its mature height of 20 feet in a few years. I wanted to plant one at his barn too but the nursery only had one in the variety I wanted.
When I lost my first pony, he was 37 years old and I had owned him for 25 years. After we put him down, my Mom found a concrete statue of a pony that looked just like him and we put it over his grave with a basket of flowers. My Mom puts a new flower basket out every year and it’s really pretty.
I’ve also saved halters and brushes from special horses and put them in shadow boxes. Some of my clients have had jewelry or pottery made from the tail hair of their horse. I also like the idea of making a donation in the name of your horse.
So sorry for your loss.
When my mare passed, I was going to plant a tulip garden in her memory.
The thought behind it being, as the tulips bloomed every spring, it would be in memory of her, and signify renewal and a celebration of life.
The farm moved, and I have not yet completed the garden, but it will happen!
At our barn, the trainer plants a tree in memory of each horse that passes on. I always liked that.
You might send a donation in memory of your beloved partner to your favorite rescue or equine charity.
I am so sorry for your loss.
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At our barn, the trainer plants a tree in memory of each horse that passes on. I always liked that.
You might send a donation in memory of your beloved partner to your favorite rescue or equine charity.[/QUOTE]
That’s what we do to. We have a couple that we’ve moved several times, it’s really nice way to honour their memory I think
I wasn’t able to get any tail hairs or anything when my horse died because I lived in a different state. I have his show halter with his name plate, but it’s in my tack trunk and I don’t look at it often (only when I’m looking through that trunk to try to find something). The only thing I really have “on display” to remember him by is a nice picture of us framed and hanging in my bedroom by my closet.
I loved my horse dearly and to this day I still miss him, but I’m not really overly sentimental about things when my animals pass on.
I’m getting a bracelet made out of her tail. I still have her halter, which is hanging on my wall. I was going to do some kind of shadow box, but just seeing it I often cry and get angry still because she was taken so suddenly. I’m going to give it to her 2 year old once the filly grows into it.
Usually soon after one of mine has passed, within a few weeks or a month (or the Buddhist 49 days), an ad for a dispersal sale or a friend with a rescue horse to rehome or a Circumstance of some sort pops up mysteriously.
So I buy him or her.
Someone, after all, sensed the vacuum and sent them this way! :sadsmile:
(Fall down seven times, get up eight).
Too many nice ones in need of a home, don’t wait too long!
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Usually soon after one of mine has passed, within a few weeks or a month (or the Buddhist 49 days), an ad for a dispersal sale or a friend with a rescue horse to rehome or a Circumstance of some sort pops up mysteriously.
So I buy him or her.
Someone, after all, sensed the vacuum and sent them this way! :sadsmile:
(Fall down seven times, get up eight).
Too many nice ones in need of a home, don’t wait too long![/QUOTE]
I have planted apple trees for horses that have passed on at my farm
