Advice on loaning

[CalliChristmasTree]

After some serious thinking over the last few weeks the topic of putting Calli on loan has come up.
Since the brain injury my mum is a different person and has lost all interest in Horses. She wants to sell Calli but I can't do that.
I spend my days cooking, cleaning, ironing, washing and looking after my mum. I just don't have the time for Calli. With it being summer she is out 24/7 so it hasn't been too bad, but winter I don't think I will be able to manage.
I was just wondering if anyone had any advice on how to go about loaning. I have never loaned a horse before or put one out on loan so this would all be new to me.
What are some of the things I would need to consider?
Thanks in advance if anyone has any advice.

 

[galaxy]

Firstly big hug!!

My only suggestions are take your time and make a create a good loan contract.

 

[Brandy]

Gosh so sorry to hear about your mum! Sounds like it has been pretty life changig for you too.

I have loaned my old pony out a couple of times, and without wishing to put you off, it can be a minefield.

You can get a loan agreement off the BHS website. If you can find someone local through word of mouth that would probably be better. Be as picky and choosy as you want, it is your horse after all. I would want to inspect their facilities and visit them at their home if they will keep the horse at livery. I would also want numerous proofs of address, and references.

This may sound excessive but I could easily provide all these if I were looking. I would want to see the person ride the horse on a number of occasions, and if they are reasonably local, maybe start out by them part sharing for a few months so you know you will get on with them and they will get on withthe horse.

 

[MHOL]

So sorry to hear about your mum. We offer free advice and usually help with tracing missing on loan horses, please look at our website www.missinghorsesonloan.co.uk, there is a phone number on there to speak to someone if you need advice and also information on the website.

Please get a loan agreement signed by a solicitor with the wording "THIS HORSE MUST NOT BE SOLD" the BHS one is available on their website but must be signed by a doctor, solicitor, police officer etc like a passport to gain any weight with the police treating it as a criminal rather than a civil case.

Tell the passport office so they may flag your horse is on loan and the passport must not be changed. Associate yourself on NED Online and flag the passport as on loan. Join NECD and put your horses details on there, free for the first year then £10 a year, bargain, if any of your stuff registered goes missing it is sent Nationally straight away and has its own unique number so it can be traced back to you.

Ask to see the loanees passport, driving licence and utility bills and make sure they all match, don't be fobbed off with excuses if they don't, you wouldn't be able to borrow a car without any of this! Why let your horse go off with stranger.

Take a photo of the loanee with your horse, make a note of car/lorry registrations and details or get a photo.

Go and visit your horse, don't just accept emails, photos on phones and certainly DONT accept excuses and being fobbed off why you cant visit, this delay is the most common factor in all missing on loan horses and can make the difference between us even finding the horse or it still be alive. I don't want to scare you off loaning because there are some genuine people out there, but there are also people who prey on loan adverts and free to good homes who sell them within days, two of our cases are going to Crown Court, they took horses on loan and even advertised and showed the loaners where the horse was going, luckily we have found all these horses. In our very latest case we have traced the horse to being slaughtered earlier this year, we have to deal with her very distraught owners.

If we can be of any help please let us know.