Dukesfan, I can honestly understand your pain now. Losing a horse, is like losing half of who you are. I lost my miniature pony on the 14th of this month and I'm still balling my eyes out over it. I didn't think it would be this hard, though I knew it would be difficult. The saddest thing was, I had to find out at school...and by the time I got home, they had him buried. We saved his halter. He died of old age, I grew up with that horse ever since I had been knee high to a grasshopper. It was really hard on me. We were thinking of selling Trigger, my rocky mountain, since he's getting up in the ages too, but I just can't go through with it, if I sell Trigger, then I'm done for.