|
Sadly enough, I had to not only contemplate it, but had to go through with it as well. My beautiful mare, Josephine, frightened my son when he was young, and he hasnt ever gotten over it. He does not have a fear of horses in general, just her. She's gentle, but was frightened one day that he was riding her, and she bucked, and he fell off and got the wind knocked out of him. He is great on the other horses we have, but has as a horrible fear of her. We sold her to a neighbor, so we knew she would be well taken care of, and can still see her on a regular basis. But, it was too traumatic for both of them to keep her. He would be shy around her, and she knew it, and thought she'd done something wrong. It was a horrilby sad time!
|