Hi everyone, firstly I would like to thank everyone for their support on this post and even the people who were critical, thank you for opening up such a great debate. Believe me I agreed with everything everyone said about breeding etc.
Just to let you all know that I passed on her details to...
don't worry you're not being harsh at all, I completely agree. She needs to be with someone who can spend time during the day with her and who has the land etc to sort her feet out.
Thanks for your support, this is quite a difficult time for me.
she used to be almost unhandleable (is that a word???) but I have worked quite hard over the last 18 months with her and she is just a bit unpredictable now. Problem is being a Cleveland Bay and 16.2hh she doesn't know her own strength and so I have had to be really firm with her. Getting there...
her owner is no good on a computer and so asked me to help. I know it's not fair for her to put it on me but I'd rather do that and know that she'll go to a good home.
She's a really good doer (hard to get the weight off!!) but the owner doesn't have enough space to winter her out hence the...
That's why I mentioned her as a companion horse as well. Unfortunately the other option if I can't find her a home is that it is the end of the line for her - if you get my drift cause I can't bear to type the words. Her feet may well harden up I don't know but I don't have any money any more...
I didn't breed her... I had her on loan and due to financial reasons had to give her up. The owner wants to rehome her. PLease don't shoot the messenger cause I'm trying to make sure she goes to a good home and somone who will love her as much as I do.
unfortunately I'm not the owner. I had her on loan and had to give her up for financial reasons and her owner wants to rehome her. I love the mare and so am helping the owner out. Believe me it breaks my heart to do this but when you don't have the money...
she's been on biotin for over a year now. when you look at the feet they look fine but then she'll stand on her shoe (with the other foot!) and rip it off taking half her foot with it. When the farrier drives the nail it goes in fine but then just slices down trough the horn when he pulls down...
She can be ridden but we have been having problems keeping shoes on and we're not sure if she will go barefoot cause her dam couldn't, therefore she can't be ridden when she loses a shoe and I can't afford the farriers bills anymore. She can only be ridden by a very experienced rider as she can...