TheBlackMoth
Well-Known Member
At the end of June we sold our ex racer TB. We thought we had found a good home and we bought my daughter a new horse.
The people we sold him to promised that we could keep in touch and visit. However, after the first few weeks they stopped answering texts and phone messages. We didn't want to come over as stalker family so decided to give them some room. However, last weekend was three months and my oldest daughter was getting upset about not knowing. I tried ringing them again - no reply. In the end I rang the riding school - a fairly big school close to Liverpool - and they said he was absolutely fine.
Surprisingly, the next very day we get a text from the girl we sold him to saying she had to sell him. My daughter was distraught and in the end, after giving the matter some thought, I told her I would lend her the money to buy him back. Now, bear in mind he is a crib biter and a wind sucker and he needs coligone to keep him in condition. He drops weight easily and needs to be out as much as possible. We told our purchasers all this and they convinced us they understood.
These people didn't answer the phone but communicated by text. In the end we agreed that we would buy him back and we went to pick him up today.
Well, we were devastated. He looks so bad - he is a rescue case. He is so bad that the yard he was on had called the RSPCA and they tried to stop us taking him because they said he was under a caution (whatever that is). I am afraid that I just told them to try and stop me as we were taking him where he would be looked after.
We have paid a considerable amount of money to take back a horse that is worth nothing at the moment. I don't regret the money - as I would have paid more to get him out of there. But I do regret that they get away with such maltreatment scot free and with money they don't deserve in their pocket.
When I was there I just handed over the money and said nothing as I felt if we started berating them about his condition they might not let us take him home. I feel bad that I didn't give them a hard time over it - but I knew my daughter was upset enough already and any fuss would have made a really bad situation worse.
So now we have three horses again until we are able to get him fit enough to consider re selling him. I don't think it will be until next summer though.
I have to say that my daughter's instructor has been fantastic - not only has she found a stable for him - but she has given lots of advice about looking after him.
He has always lost weight easily but in the two and half years we had him he has never ever looked like this. I am gutted and feel totally responsible. My animals have always been pets. I just can't come to terms with the fact that you sell them on and anything can happen.
The people we sold him to promised that we could keep in touch and visit. However, after the first few weeks they stopped answering texts and phone messages. We didn't want to come over as stalker family so decided to give them some room. However, last weekend was three months and my oldest daughter was getting upset about not knowing. I tried ringing them again - no reply. In the end I rang the riding school - a fairly big school close to Liverpool - and they said he was absolutely fine.
Surprisingly, the next very day we get a text from the girl we sold him to saying she had to sell him. My daughter was distraught and in the end, after giving the matter some thought, I told her I would lend her the money to buy him back. Now, bear in mind he is a crib biter and a wind sucker and he needs coligone to keep him in condition. He drops weight easily and needs to be out as much as possible. We told our purchasers all this and they convinced us they understood.
These people didn't answer the phone but communicated by text. In the end we agreed that we would buy him back and we went to pick him up today.
Well, we were devastated. He looks so bad - he is a rescue case. He is so bad that the yard he was on had called the RSPCA and they tried to stop us taking him because they said he was under a caution (whatever that is). I am afraid that I just told them to try and stop me as we were taking him where he would be looked after.
We have paid a considerable amount of money to take back a horse that is worth nothing at the moment. I don't regret the money - as I would have paid more to get him out of there. But I do regret that they get away with such maltreatment scot free and with money they don't deserve in their pocket.
When I was there I just handed over the money and said nothing as I felt if we started berating them about his condition they might not let us take him home. I feel bad that I didn't give them a hard time over it - but I knew my daughter was upset enough already and any fuss would have made a really bad situation worse.
So now we have three horses again until we are able to get him fit enough to consider re selling him. I don't think it will be until next summer though.
I have to say that my daughter's instructor has been fantastic - not only has she found a stable for him - but she has given lots of advice about looking after him.
He has always lost weight easily but in the two and half years we had him he has never ever looked like this. I am gutted and feel totally responsible. My animals have always been pets. I just can't come to terms with the fact that you sell them on and anything can happen.
