Xavi: May Your Beautiful Soul Run Free | Tenerife Horse Rescue

Last week we had a very sad start to the week. Over the weekend we had to say a painful goodbye to a long-standing wonderful part of our horsey family. Our big beautiful and shiny boy Xavi. Although he looked powerful and almighty, inside he was a very weak horse hiding. His journey with us has been a real rollercoaster. So many extreme ups and so many extreme downs. Many thoroughbred owners will know what we are talking about here.

His journey started after he had galloped off of a cliff edge. He caused extreme damage to his back legs and after months of trying his previous owner admitted defeat and gave him to us. Fortunately, this was an easy "fix" for us, removing his shoes to encourage blood flow, a dry climate so his wounds were out of the mud, living outside with free movement and daily cleaning this was the "least" of his problems.

Xavi had so many issues with his feet, and previous damage that over time we managed to get on top of and he had some amazing years happy and pain-free. However unfortunately Xavi developed a common abscess which was the start of his decline. He was in pain so didn't move around a lot and got a blood clot in his leg, this was nearly the end as his hoof burst at the coronet band and hours before we were about to put him to sleep the clot moved and we were once again on a road to recovery. This time even slower as he could not really move from a small soft paddock at risk of lifting off his entire hoof. Eventually, this grew out over the years, but things were never the same again. Fast forward to now. He lost his fight, and we could see he was no longer happy to be mooching about in his boots, he was laying down more and starting to lose his shine and condition. So we all together with the vets, volunteers, and farriers decided it was time to set him free before he really suffered anymore. So we said goodbye and ran free to an amazing big boy.

We want to thank you all for helping in his journey. As always to send a horse over the rainbow bridge with dignity costs us around 500€ on top of the tears.

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