advice about putting my happy hacker for part loan?

[ellieplatt]

have a lush happy hacker for part loan, just retired from full work due to old injury, but doesnt stop him from hacking and popping a odd jump on the hacking routes. Does anyone know anyone interested, if so pm me with info about urself ect..
i know i shouldn't be posting him on here, but im worried about advertising him, sometimes you can get right nutters sometimes.. any advise about what webbys to put him on?

 

[canteron]

Try tack shops, feed merchants, fets, farriers, horse pysios, livery yards, RI, Riding Club website ... all the places local horsey people go and where there is a fair chance someone will know something about anyone who enquires.

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

You need to make sure that before anyone has him that you both sign a loan agreement, saying basically what they will be responsible for (i.e. shoeing, vets fees etc) and the tenure of the loan; also, (very important) what sort of access you as the owner will have to him. I personally would set a geographical limit so that you can pop to see him on a regular basis just so's you know, basically, that he's still alive and kicking!

Perhaps you could offer a months trial to the prospective loaner to make sure they are happy and that he's settled into his new home and any issues can be resolved.

If the prospective loaner won't sign an agreement, then don't let him go!! Also make sure you've got your access to him thoroughly sorted, i.e. if you want to ride him occasionally then this needs to be clearly stated in the agreement, and if they start messing you around then don't be afraid to bring him home again! I would suggest at the very least that you should see him once a month just to check he's OK.

Loaning can be a good way of sorting out a difficult problem but its important in the early stages to sit down and thrash out a proper loan agreement (I think the BHS has a sample one on their website?). Owners can sometimes get "precious" over their horse and that can sometimes be threatening to the loaner; also the loaner can put a lot of time and effort into the horse, only for the owner to suddenly demand it back! So you need to sit down and work things out for not only the loaner and the owner, but also for the horse's benefit.

Hope all goes well.

 

[nofie]

Good luck finding a loaner I'm sure there are lots of people who would love to take him on. What's your local horsey community like? I know that word of mouth is a very powerful tooland is how I found my current share