Poll
Memorializing Your Best Friend
How do you remember a beloved equine you've lost?(Check all that apply)
Total votes cast: 1555
Comments & Write-in Answers
I have her pictures all over my house and her halter on my bed post.
10/15/2007 9:52:32 PM
Had hair made into a bracelet.
10/15/2007 9:28:47 PM
built a jump with a memorial plaque
10/15/2007 5:24:34 PM
I made a shadowbox for Cinder with his photo, his registration papers and his bit.
10/15/2007 5:16:17 PM
tail in a shadow box
10/15/2007 4:55:49 PM
Paint a potrait of my dear friend
10/15/2007 1:51:44 PM
Keep a set of their shoes
10/15/2007 12:05:49 PM
Braid strands of tail into a bracelet
10/15/2007 12:04:36 PM
Frame a favorite photo, plus, buried in my 'horse' cemetery
10/14/2007 10:27:06 PM
always in my heart
10/14/2007 9:57:17 PM
When I was twenty one years old I met my second husband who was a trainer. A year previously I hadln
10/14/2007 8:52:46 PM
I remember him everyday in my heart
10/14/2007 7:51:55 PM
I snip some of the mane hairs before they die and tie it with a ribbon. I have been known to write a
10/14/2007 6:00:36 PM
we have Buddy's Leather halter hanging in our office, pictures in the living room
10/14/2007 2:48:54 PM
Commissioned a portrait of him
10/14/2007 7:50:37 AM
Want a visible memory of her within reach for poignant days.
10/14/2007 7:37:45 AM
From a marker to scrapbook to horse hair jewelry
10/14/2007 2:28:25 AM
i choose a Christmas tree ornament that resembles the loved one either canine, equine, ir feline.
10/13/2007 11:16:54 PM
make jewelry from their hair.
10/13/2007 4:07:48 PM
Braid a lock of hair into a bracelet or put lock of hair in frame with picture.
10/13/2007 12:55:16 PM
Post a note on my web site
10/13/2007 12:30:12 PM
A HAND CARVED HORSE HEAD AND USED TAIL HAIR FOR THE MANE
10/13/2007 12:04:49 PM
I have not faced this yet, but I plan to save his tail & have a bracelet made.
10/13/2007 9:23:16 AM
I make a donation to UCDavis Center for Companion Animal Health - Equine Research
10/12/2007 9:30:38 PM
i made a website dedicated to all of my past horse friends.
10/12/2007 9:26:10 PM
pictures and a lock of their tail
10/12/2007 9:08:08 PM
I make a painting or sculpture
10/12/2007 5:06:48 PM
Have not lost my best friend yet. A memorial in his name/hnor will be erected someplace close by
10/12/2007 4:44:33 PM
I have a large river rock engraved and plant a flowering tree to set the rock under.
10/12/2007 10:31:55 AM
I always keep a lock of mane.
10/12/2007 9:25:52 AM
We hold a memorial/life celebration. I wear a braided bracelet made from a section of my mare's tail
10/12/2007 8:36:32 AM
Have instructed in my will that my ashes be scattered over my horse's grave.
10/12/2007 6:26:09 AM
braid with colorful ribbon a section mane an trim off. Glue on mat around photo.
10/12/2007 6:01:36 AM
Plant perennial flowers on the grave.
10/12/2007 12:57:40 AM
I would probably to some of each of the choices i get teary eyed even thinking about losing my baby
10/12/2007 12:21:41 AM
I haven't had to deal with one yet, but will bury him in the paddock he loves when his time is up,
10/11/2007 11:36:46 PM
watching my kids enjoy horses
10/11/2007 11:33:41 PM
My dear friend and trainer painted my mare Millie's portrait for me
10/11/2007 11:15:00 PM
Named our farm after her.
10/11/2007 9:45:17 PM
My beloved 25 yr old NSH mare died from laminitis. She is buried on the farm with a marker , wild fl
10/11/2007 9:38:18 PM
My TB filly is part of my EM address. and she has been gone 21 yrs
10/11/2007 9:30:42 PM
I have not had this situation yet
10/11/2007 8:12:56 PM
Make something out of the mane hair
10/11/2007 8:08:57 PM
Keep a lock of mane hair
10/11/2007 7:58:53 PM
Take out an ad---a memorial tribute---in an appropriate breed journal. Sponsor classes in memoriam
10/11/2007 7:42:00 PM
Thankfully, I've yet to lose one
10/11/2007 6:14:52 PM
I've saved locks of tail hair to be braided into a bracelet, with a charm bearing the horse's name.
10/11/2007 5:43:28 PM
Planted a white rose in memory of my white mare.
10/11/2007 5:37:46 PM
We quietly bury our horses on our own property.
10/11/2007 4:50:20 PM
My friends and I go on the "Rainy Ride" every June 20th - the sad day we lost her.
10/11/2007 4:05:16 PM
Have artwork done
10/11/2007 3:41:56 PM
Put photographs on Shutterfuly and sent a link to family and friends to view slide show.
10/11/2007 3:07:35 PM
look at the pictures of our happy times, close my eyes and relive them;smells, snorts, everything!
10/11/2007 2:59:51 PM
Framed Photo's
10/11/2007 2:50:49 PM
cute off the horses tail and save it!!!
10/11/2007 1:57:53 PM
I had a 12 x 12 granite marker with custom photos and text etched into it.
10/11/2007 1:48:45 PM
I never forget them - I mourn them everytime I see my current horse
10/11/2007 1:30:07 PM
had a ring made w/name
10/11/2007 1:28:18 PM
western plesure
10/11/2007 10:37:11 AM
May sound strange, but we cut the hairs off her tail, tied it with a ribbon, & hung in our den.
10/11/2007 9:56:51 AM
save some of his mane, braid it and hang it with his picture or in my car on the rear view mirror.
10/11/2007 9:40:47 AM
Having a fly whisk made from his tail. Laying carronts on grave for birthday, aniv of death, Xmas
10/11/2007 9:14:37 AM
I always keep a lock of their hair.
10/11/2007 7:32:20 AM
keeping a lock of mane
10/11/2007 12:02:08 AM
I also still have his tail hair.
10/10/2007 11:17:29 PM
Named the "Silver Sioux School of Equine Studies" after her.
10/10/2007 10:33:40 PM
Hang a picture of Him/Her in the barn office
10/10/2007 10:09:06 PM
Commissioned master woodcarver Joe Leonard to create a head & neck study as a remembrance of her
10/10/2007 9:34:23 PM
On the day he died my sister and I go out and have a beer and tell stories about him
10/10/2007 9:19:33 PM
Havn't had one died- just had to give her away-hardly see her now:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(
10/10/2007 8:51:58 PM
i had a collage portrait of him made & i have a little shrine in his honor.
10/10/2007 8:50:21 PM
A photo on my bedroom dresser that I see first thing every morning.
10/10/2007 8:49:52 PM
pictures;videos;shared memories with others
10/10/2007 8:46:29 PM
In a place that I can see often
10/10/2007 8:26:47 PM
Jewelry made from a lock of mane/tail hair
10/10/2007 7:48:39 PM
plant flowers on his grave
10/10/2007 7:48:03 PM
look at photos
10/10/2007 7:33:26 PM
memories/pictures
10/10/2007 7:19:55 PM
publish her bowel cancer story for others to learn from
10/10/2007 7:04:42 PM
I save a horseshoe and part of tail, and plan to be buried with these items.
10/10/2007 5:23:53 PM
As crushing as such a loss is, I keep going - to stop riding is a disservice to them.
10/10/2007 5:01:59 PM
When I die, I will have my ashes mixed with hers and spread over the mountains where we use to ride.
10/10/2007 4:55:06 PM
My Beloved 31 yo TB died 2 wks ago We are building a Garden with arbor & bench in her memory
10/10/2007 4:39:40 PM
we just always keep them in our thoughts and hearts.
10/10/2007 4:20:03 PM
Pictures around the house, but I don't need them to remember. He's in my heart.
10/10/2007 3:51:14 PM
Lots of Tears--Kept his tail, shoe
10/10/2007 3:47:53 PM
have a key chain made of mane hair or a ceramic bowl inlaid with tail hair.
10/10/2007 3:02:14 PM
Display their leather halter with their nameplate
10/10/2007 2:55:11 PM
One eye jack was a rescue.I loved him very much.I found him dead on new years day 2001.I miss him!!
10/10/2007 2:18:03 PM
we have a little cemetary on the property
10/10/2007 1:48:42 PM
I have had my horses cremated and spread their ashes and put some inthe tree I plant.
10/10/2007 1:43:17 PM
with a headstone
10/10/2007 1:33:26 PM
Remember them on their "anniversary".
10/10/2007 12:58:45 PM
I keep her pictures around and think about her everyday. I make sure to tell others I meet about he
10/10/2007 12:46:39 PM
Take pictures and videos, spend quality time... make memories while you can!
10/10/2007 12:43:06 PM
I hang her halter w/nameplate in my mudroom.
10/10/2007 12:36:22 PM
I sponsor a class in which my horse has won or create an award that best exemplifies his character
10/10/2007 12:19:16 PM
I plan on taking her mane and tail and having it put on a rocking horse. I also plan on having a sma
10/10/2007 12:18:05 PM
I frame thier picture and have one of their brushes and ropes set-up for them on a shelf
10/10/2007 12:02:34 PM
Fancy Boots died giving birth. She is the dam of War Boots now racing in PA under Tommy Paver.
10/10/2007 11:40:02 AM
keep a lock of hair
10/10/2007 11:18:35 AM
when i lost my horse in Katrina I registered him at Rainbows bridge,a grief website
10/10/2007 11:09:29 AM
The holes they have left in my heart are readily available.
10/10/2007 11:08:39 AM
I have a charm or pendant engraved with the horses name date of birth and death
10/10/2007 11:00:49 AM
Pict. drawn, retired tack hung next to pict. tail braided, hung with rest.
10/10/2007 10:48:00 AM
We had a pencil drawing done by an artist and framed and hung in our living room.
10/10/2007 10:42:56 AM
I make a donation to my local Humane Society in memoery of my animal.
10/10/2007 10:37:14 AM
Thankfully I haven't had to face this yet.
10/10/2007 10:34:39 AM
Photos and dreams are all I have off my beloved horses and pets too. It feels good view pictures.
10/10/2007 10:31:56 AM
I've not lost one of my horses yet but I have lost a couple of my old dogs before
10/10/2007 10:28:22 AM
We take the tail hairs and have them made into a fly wisk made with a nice wooden handle with a cap
10/10/2007 10:27:34 AM
My APHA Champion died at age 34 she was buried in front yr with butterfly bushes on her grave was m
10/10/2007 10:25:17 AM
PURCHASED A SADDLE
10/10/2007 10:23:31 AM
Pictures on the wall or on computer, locks of hair.
10/10/2007 10:16:49 AM
I cut his tail and will have a full time bracelet on my wrist. He was my best friend & I miss him
10/10/2007 10:16:06 AM
I have done all at some point.
10/10/2007 10:13:23 AM
I have a tattoo of a horse head on my chest.
10/10/2007 10:09:01 AM
Spend a day in a place close to our hearts reliving our adventures.
10/10/2007 10:04:55 AM
In my heart -- I will hear tehir hoofbeats in Heaven.
10/10/2007 9:43:54 AM
I lost a gelding to colic several years ago. I donated a book to the library in his memory.
10/10/2007 9:43:10 AM
A box with her halter,bit,bridle,piece of mane,forelock&tail,also a cloth with her sweat&my tears
10/10/2007 9:40:27 AM
tail braid,landscaping her gravesite& talking about her
10/10/2007 9:35:55 AM
I have photos of him next to my desk, and i think about him every day
10/10/2007 9:31:27 AM
Donate a trophy at a charity show.
10/10/2007 9:11:13 AM
I have him buried on the hill at my farm, when I ride by him, I think of him.
10/10/2007 8:53:34 AM
pictures everywhere
10/10/2007 8:48:22 AM
Trim some mane hair and make a bracelet or hair tassel for a bridle
10/10/2007 8:34:44 AM
I save mane and tail hair and braid the hair into a necklace or bracelet. Also woodburn boxes.
10/10/2007 8:31:15 AM
I have a beautiful rearing horse tattoo on my shoulder, I added his name, "Vegas" , to the tattoo.
10/10/2007 8:25:18 AM
My beautiful leopard appaloosa's hide is now hanging in my living room. Too pretty to let rot !
10/10/2007 8:23:17 AM
I made a key-ring using one of her navicular bones, it´s always in my bag or pocket
10/10/2007 8:19:31 AM
My husband had a gold pendant made of her that I always wear.
10/10/2007 8:18:27 AM
I cut off some of his tail hair and had it made into a tail extention which I keep!
10/10/2007 7:33:11 AM
I have a portrait done with lock of hair
10/10/2007 7:18:17 AM
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Hoofbeats_in_Heaven/
10/10/2007 7:00:21 AM
I havent lost one yet but i am planing as i have a 34 year old horse
10/10/2007 5:15:20 AM
Compose a poem, frame it with pictures
10/10/2007 4:57:13 AM
portrait tatoo
10/10/2007 4:20:25 AM
keep a lock of their mane
10/10/2007 2:31:30 AM
I still dream about him, he lives in my heart. My heart went out to the people who knew John Henry.
10/10/2007 2:29:39 AM
joined Hoofbeatsinheaven,light a virtual candle,wrote a memorial,and get to talk with others like me
10/10/2007 1:17:54 AM
I keep my special memories in my china cabinet, old ribbons, pictures, shoes, leadropes & memories
10/10/2007 1:11:29 AM
keep nametag on a necklace
10/10/2007 1:01:56 AM
Pictures to remind me all that he taught me and top notch TLC for those still with me.
10/10/2007 1:00:25 AM
All of the above for my late/great Arabian stallion; also his bridle is mounted on LR wall.
10/10/2007 12:56:44 AM
I'm a quilt maker, so I will be making a memorial quilt for my late mare,whom I owned for 27 years
10/10/2007 12:46:33 AM
I make a slide show set to music and my hubby made a memorial stone.
10/10/2007 12:41:08 AM
hang his picture on the tacktoom wall with his stabledoor nameplate underneath
10/10/2007 12:34:41 AM
He lives in my HEART everyday.
10/10/2007 12:06:40 AM
I retire the halter or collar of the lost friend to a box with photos.
10/10/2007 12:04:36 AM
Donate to The brooke hospital www.thebrooke.org and help horses a lot less fortunate than yours
10/9/2007 11:59:24 PM
Thank Gawd, We have not lost a horse yet.... I am not looking forward to this day.
10/9/2007 11:36:01 PM
My email address
10/9/2007 11:28:11 PM
Perpetual trophy awarded in his name
10/9/2007 11:27:48 PM
horsehair blacelet made from the champions own hair.
10/9/2007 11:26:01 PM
I have photos everywhere he was 36 and we had 30 great years together
10/9/2007 11:23:43 PM
Local horse rescue gets memorial donation. (Not often, thank goodness! And at other times, too.)
10/9/2007 10:32:31 PM
Cut off a lock of their mane and keep it on the wall with their picture
10/9/2007 10:31:21 PM
picture,pictures and writing memories down
10/9/2007 10:30:42 PM
also enlarge my favorite photo
10/9/2007 10:29:15 PM
Made a plaque with her bridle, halter, stall name plate, and a picture. I love you Posey!
10/9/2007 10:21:53 PM
I kept the head of my favorite horse and preserved it. I fondly remember him evey time I walk by it.
10/9/2007 10:20:24 PM
As a child, I walked through my pasture to the bus stop. My horses often "saw me off" and greeted me
10/9/2007 10:20:12 PM
I made a memorial page on my web site.
10/9/2007 10:18:53 PM
Have piece of forelock braided and mounted along with a photograph in a shadowbox; portrait
10/9/2007 10:10:56 PM
Morris Animal Foundation
10/9/2007 10:08:33 PM
I have memories of his birth through his death ingrained in my heart.
10/9/2007 10:02:00 PM
We made a plaque to hang on his stall the read "Here stood, many will come,but none will compa
10/9/2007 9:51:31 PM
We wrote an obituary with her photo and printed it in the local newspaper
10/9/2007 9:51:12 PM
My Taz is buried next to my house with a fenced off area with plants around it.
10/9/2007 9:45:27 PM
Frame an 8 X 10 of a school horse and have the kids in the barn sign it (on the mounting). Display
10/9/2007 9:43:42 PM
Framed pictures -- we've lost many
10/9/2007 9:38:10 PM
commissioned portrait
10/9/2007 9:29:08 PM
Pick Out A Star In The Sky and Name That Star After Your Beloved Friend.
10/9/2007 9:26:00 PM
I have many trees that memoriaize departed horses that have been in my care.
10/9/2007 9:24:36 PM
Included photos on our wall with family pictures
10/9/2007 9:12:09 PM
Have photos as my screensaver.
10/9/2007 9:08:39 PM
ive never lost one yet
10/9/2007 9:03:10 PM
plaque w/shoes & photo
10/9/2007 8:58:05 PM
Write the horse's name in baling wire and hang it on the wall.
10/9/2007 8:54:52 PM
a lovely stone memorial with horses name and date
10/9/2007 8:52:27 PM
Look out where he is buried daily and remember him as he was.
10/9/2007 8:50:02 PM
have a bracelet made from his tail hair.
10/9/2007 8:49:33 PM
I take a piece of mane/tail hair and place it for future use in making a necklace or bracelet.
10/9/2007 8:48:41 PM
To never use horses for any sports, man is selfish when it comes to animals
10/9/2007 8:36:09 PM
I had a bracelet made from pieces of my horses tail. www.ponylocks.com. that way he is always with
10/9/2007 8:35:05 PM
Keep them in our hearts, memories and coversations.
10/9/2007 8:34:28 PM
I have had paintings done of my horses and pet that have pasted on to greener pastures
10/9/2007 8:19:53 PM
we lost a great old friend at 32 thos year we will make a momories book and a memory angel picture
10/9/2007 8:13:31 PM
He was abused, so we sponsor local equine rescue groups in his name RIP Bojangles
10/9/2007 8:11:03 PM
Keep a part of their mane or tail
10/9/2007 7:59:57 PM
You keep them in your heart
10/9/2007 7:52:04 PM
Also compiled all 8mm films of that horse 1964 - 1992.
10/9/2007 7:48:33 PM
I also cut hair from their mane, forelock & tail
10/9/2007 7:48:15 PM
I keep a journal on each horse while living and write a memorial essay after their death. I
10/9/2007 7:45:05 PM
when my 22 year old paint sooner passed in March we waited until spring to plant a tree in his honor
10/9/2007 7:45:02 PM
Frame a plague for home.
10/9/2007 7:44:22 PM
I also made a keychain from some of her tail hair. Also pictures...
10/9/2007 7:42:07 PM
I put them on the Hoofbeats in Heaven website.
10/9/2007 7:36:18 PM
braid a lock of their tail and place it in my house
10/9/2007 7:33:31 PM
I clip a lock of mane hair, braid or band +ribbonss, and hang it on the wall with their show ribbons
10/9/2007 7:30:04 PM
I planted a tree over the grave of our beloved gelding
10/9/2007 7:29:35 PM
My artist husband painting a picture for me and made me a piece of jewelry
10/9/2007 7:22:06 PM
tattoo
10/9/2007 7:16:13 PM
I imortalize them by sending my horses hair to Hairlooms incorporated and haveing something made.
10/9/2007 7:14:47 PM
A donation was made to UC Davis in Teddy's name for DSLD
10/9/2007 7:13:47 PM
Scarpbook, trophy shelf with pictures and also a web site.
10/9/2007 7:13:16 PM
Daily thnx to God for being blessed with the experience of having them in my life & memories
10/9/2007 7:09:13 PM
I keep a piece of their forlock if it is a horse and picturesand I have a memorie thatlasts a life t
10/9/2007 7:09:12 PM
My husband bought a star with the National Star Registry and named it after my best friend.
10/9/2007 7:08:37 PM
we initiated an annual fundraiseing golf playday to raise funds for animal related charities
10/9/2007 7:01:16 PM
horse hair pottery
10/9/2007 6:55:45 PM
I wrote a book due out in the Spring entitled My Black Mare. Available through Amazon.com
10/9/2007 6:55:42 PM
An In Memoriam ad w/photo in Chronicle of the Horse
10/9/2007 6:34:00 PM
we cut a braided piece of mane and tail
10/9/2007 6:29:33 PM
A wooden heart engraved with name & picture put on a tree by our favorite riding path.
10/9/2007 6:27:06 PM
Tattoo
10/9/2007 6:22:48 PM
I normally make a donation to the Marion Dupont Scott Equine Medical Center (aka Morven Park).
10/9/2007 6:22:28 PM
pictures
10/9/2007 6:15:50 PM
I keep a small portion of mane
10/9/2007 6:15:47 PM
I write about my experiences with the horse.
10/9/2007 6:13:38 PM
Had vase made using hair from tail in design donated body to vet school for autospy she had heaves.
10/9/2007 6:13:28 PM
donate money to vet school who tried to help my horse when she was sick. They were wonderful.
10/9/2007 6:11:58 PM
Call the knacker, help get the body on the truck, and then get very, very drunk.
10/9/2007 6:11:41 PM
tie his tail and mane with ribbons, take the hair and send it to a potter to make into pottery bowl
10/9/2007 6:11:22 PM
a place to sit,remembering him..my Cowboy
10/9/2007 6:10:13 PM
My beloved Bucky is buried in the pasture where he romped as a foal. I remember him in my thoughts.
10/9/2007 6:08:55 PM
cremations and keep in a box labeled with a plaque
10/9/2007 6:03:50 PM
When my horse died. My friend made a beautiful quilt with pictures of my horse.
10/9/2007 5:56:36 PM
My favorite foxhunter was euthanatized last year at the age of 29. It was wrenching.
10/9/2007 5:55:06 PM
I have a picture of him on my frig so I see him everyday. I also go to his grave site to say hi.
10/9/2007 5:51:34 PM
I made a Memory Book of the past 22 yrs. Also having a bust made w/ his tail hair burned into it.
10/9/2007 5:46:59 PM
We have not lost one yet
10/9/2007 5:41:43 PM
i try to give to an appropriate charity
10/9/2007 5:41:38 PM
Kept a braid of hair from the mane
10/9/2007 5:36:23 PM
we have memorialized many in painted sculpture for clients
10/9/2007 5:35:29 PM
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/Hoofbeats_in_Heaven/
10/9/2007 5:35:10 PM
I run a large boarding operation & we feel it is important to remember those who gave us so much.
10/9/2007 5:34:18 PM
Cry
10/9/2007 5:33:35 PM
In the memories we made together, They live in my mind forever. Telling others story of the horses
10/9/2007 5:29:21 PM
He's so much a part of me that I don't "have" to remember him -- I carry his memories with me always
10/9/2007 5:21:50 PM
I generally write an eulogy to the horse remembering the good and the bad, but mostly the funny.
10/9/2007 5:17:36 PM
shadow box w/tail, championship ribbon, bit and pics ...my boy just passed 10/6/07
10/9/2007 5:15:58 PM
a braided lock of mane with a photo-our business is burying horses, we make one for the owners
10/9/2007 5:11:41 PM
kept her tail, she's buried at home, visit daily
10/9/2007 5:08:52 PM
ordered a bracelet made from his tail hairs.
10/9/2007 5:04:12 PM
I have the property to bury my horses and have markers on all.
10/9/2007 5:01:36 PM
He was 32 just like John Henry...I planted an apple orchard.
10/9/2007 4:54:25 PM
I used a stone & seedling to mark grave. Also selection of photos mounted on wall.
10/9/2007 4:46:48 PM
We plant colorful flowers over the grave (we can bury at home). They bloom each spring/summer.
10/9/2007 4:45:57 PM
as the wind gently touches my face, I remeber my gallops of my now gone best friend as a teen
10/9/2007 4:43:42 PM
A collage of pictures
10/9/2007 4:42:51 PM
shadow box with halter, lock of hair, picture, ribbons won, etc
10/9/2007 4:41:52 PM
have had paintings done
10/9/2007 4:40:49 PM
Keep halter and mane/tail hair.
10/9/2007 4:37:31 PM
I had a painting done of my mare.
10/9/2007 4:33:28 PM
The beloved Standardbred gelding is now our computer moniters wallpaper
10/9/2007 4:28:31 PM
Our sweet friend, Lang Carel Piaffe, has a Memorial Trophy for the Best Dressage Horse.
10/9/2007 4:28:29 PM
Have his picture mounted over his stall.
10/9/2007 4:27:25 PM
plant a beautiful garden
10/9/2007 4:27:14 PM
I have had to put down two of my horses. I took a bit of hair from their tails and had them braided
10/9/2007 4:26:42 PM
Pictures on the wall not in a book
10/9/2007 4:25:29 PM
Have some or all of the horse hair braided into jewelry.
10/9/2007 4:18:48 PM
framed a horse shoe, pictures, pieces of mane and tail - enclosed in barnwood frame
10/9/2007 4:12:39 PM
We put a cross with our horses name on the gravesite in our horse pasture.
10/9/2007 4:11:26 PM
farm named after mare of 34 years - send $ to cover expenses of mare that resembles her at rescue
10/9/2007 4:10:53 PM
I keep framed pictures.
10/9/2007 4:10:36 PM
web site tribute
10/9/2007 4:07:20 PM
we took a lock of mane and had it braided as a keepsake
10/9/2007 4:06:42 PM
I braided a section of his tail and cut it out and saved his halter
10/9/2007 4:05:40 PM
I like painting a rock, something I can take with me if I move.
10/9/2007 4:04:48 PM
I hung his halter on the tree under which he is buried. It was his favorite corner of the pasture.
10/9/2007 4:04:45 PM
used tail hair to make a bracelet.
10/9/2007 4:03:24 PM
I have Pegasus's tail hair, I'll eventually have it made into a bracelet.
10/9/2007 4:02:16 PM
Keep framed photos out
10/9/2007 4:00:57 PM
had a mane hair mecate made with some of his hair
10/9/2007 4:00:38 PM
webpage
10/9/2007 3:56:33 PM
Sponsor Championship horse show class in the horse's memory
10/9/2007 3:55:37 PM
I remember her every day.
10/9/2007 3:55:07 PM
Prepare a portrait or photo montage. I also have an oil painting of one of my horses.
10/9/2007 3:55:01 PM
Have a bracelet made of their tail hair.
10/9/2007 3:54:29 PM
Talk about Henry - never forget him.
10/9/2007 3:49:05 PM
I keep a braid of my beloved horses to remember them.
10/9/2007 3:45:34 PM
I always keep a horseshoe and some mane and/or tail hair.
10/9/2007 3:43:49 PM
Take some tail hair, braid it and frame it along with a special picture of that particular horse doi
10/9/2007 3:40:58 PM
The horses fore locks and a picture
10/9/2007 3:38:56 PM
oil painting
10/9/2007 3:38:54 PM
Have custom horsehair jewelry created
10/9/2007 3:36:20 PM
And I have never removed his name plate from his stall.
10/9/2007 3:34:57 PM
Rockabilly was a beautiful, 17 hand, white
10/9/2007 3:32:16 PM
Keep them forever in your heart
10/9/2007 3:32:00 PM
For one old friend we planted Blue, Red & Yellow tulips to represent all the ribbons won at shows.
10/9/2007 3:31:17 PM
Painted memorial portraits
10/9/2007 3:30:48 PM
MAke a shofly out of someof the hair so they can be with me going forward.
10/9/2007 3:30:36 PM
Wore a brass bracelet with his name for 1 yr
10/9/2007 3:30:27 PM
I keep there baby molars and a lock of there hair with a favorit picture
10/9/2007 3:24:19 PM
cremated
10/9/2007 3:22:13 PM
I have a stone engraved with their name and dates w/hoof print
10/9/2007 3:19:33 PM
picture with tail hair
10/9/2007 3:19:28 PM
I just lsot a horse that I had for 13 years. Im planting an apple tree & a small flower garden over
10/9/2007 3:19:11 PM
I had a leather bracelet made with my beloved horse's name engraved on and I wear it all the time.
10/9/2007 3:18:26 PM
have them cremated and then plant a tree over their ashes
10/9/2007 3:14:46 PM
Cremate him and keep the ashes
10/9/2007 3:14:06 PM
Lassie was my best friend in my teens years and helped me to survive illness and my parent's divorce
10/9/2007 3:12:56 PM
Memorial Marker & scrapbook & photos
10/9/2007 3:07:46 PM
Burn a candle annually to mark their date of passing
10/9/2007 3:07:01 PM
Purchased a brick at the Saddlebred Hall of Fame with her name on it
10/9/2007 3:05:14 PM
STORE ALL TACK THE HORSE USED AND SEAL IN TUB ALONG WITH PICTURES, VET RECORDS, ETC.-JULIAN ,NC
10/9/2007 3:01:09 PM
helped to found a horse resuce to save other great horses
10/9/2007 3:00:40 PM
The Morris Animal Foundation is my favorite
10/9/2007 2:58:34 PM
Kept some of his mane & tail, had a long trail ride in his honor.
10/9/2007 2:58:00 PM
Plant bulbs where each is laid to rest; with Spring, there's a great reminder of each horse.
10/9/2007 2:57:12 PM
a museum with the awards/ribbons/trophy saddles they won over the years and photos
10/9/2007 2:44:16 PM
photograph
10/9/2007 2:43:28 PM
Memorial tribute on Hoofbeats in Heaven website
10/9/2007 2:42:08 PM
I talk about him with anyone that will listen!
10/9/2007 2:41:06 PM
Silver maples
10/9/2007 2:40:01 PM
they are always on my mind what wonderful memories i have
10/9/2007 2:39:13 PM
Take a long solitary walk in the woods remembering.
10/9/2007 2:37:39 PM
Flowers
10/9/2007 2:37:38 PM
After 26 years together, I'm having a bracelet braided from my sweet mare's mane.
10/9/2007 2:37:05 PM
custom portrait and I also wear a pewter angel horse necklace every day in his honor
10/9/2007 2:36:40 PM
I keep their braided tails and plant flowers.
10/9/2007 2:36:14 PM
My Quarter horse mare that I purchased at 4 months old went to horse heaven after 28 great years. S
10/9/2007 2:35:39 PM
As Mrs. Jackson said "Grief is the price of LOVE"
10/9/2007 2:31:02 PM
Buried at a pet cemetery with headstone.
10/9/2007 2:29:00 PM
light up angel resin/bench/tree area set up
10/9/2007 10:37:25 AM
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I allways have my Horses creamated
10/15/2007 11:21:18 PM