It depends very much on your relationship with the person. A friend just lost her horse. A group of us had a number of pictures printed and put in a photo collage. We all signed a card.
The barn worker lost hers - we all signed a card for her.
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I love cards! I had to put my horse down last July. He had a unique relationship with human beings. I shared him with dozens of people over the 21 years I had him. He was the perfect therapy mount, did traditional lessons with little kids and teenagers, for starters. I had two teenagers who rode and showed him for several years. What I love most are the cards I got including one for our century ride from an old friend. I also have some artwork, mostly coloring. I have a beautiful card from the vet. I got some flowers that had a few thins that driedd out and that I can use as part of my Christmas decor. What I love about all of it is that it doesn’t take up much room. It is a wonderful way of remembering all of the people who loved my horse so much.
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I had to go to grief counseling when i lost my first horse. It helped a lot. I did have a little shrine in my house for her, and i was absolutely inconsolable.
I really didn’t want to talk about her until i went to the psychologist…
I got my first dog then. Had never had a dog before, and that was life-enriching enough to last me until i was ready for a horse again. Took me a couple of years for that…
A card would be very thoughtful.
A couple of years ago, I lost my mare that I’d had since she was born (27 years). A friend sent me a card where her daughters (both who had ridden Belle) drew pictures of her - I will keep that forever
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Card will be out in the mail today! Thanks everyone, this was really helpful.
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