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ok, me and mum have been talking and due to personal reasons, in the future, we may have to loan out or possibly sell my mums much loved horse. however, in all honesty, he wouldnt be worth anything. hes a laminitic (however unless a stupid mistake on our behalf, has been kept away for the past 5 years with a careful eye), with the worst conformation possible, he can be grumpy and wont go faster then a very slow and unbalanced canter (although he would walk and trot all day) AND hes 16. However. he is worth his weight in gold to us. hes 100% safe, any one can ride him, i have schooled him and he would do a fantastic walk/trot dressage test. does work lovely when ridden properly but he would rather be hacking. he has the most amazing charictor and will have everyone in stitches and is loved by every one who meets him. he can be trusted with anyone from little tots to the elderly, hes 100% in all ways with no vices such as windsucking or anything. he is such a good natured horse with still alot to give someone. we really dont want to give him up but situations suggest otherwise!

so my question really is, is there actually anyone out there who would loan a horse like this or even buy? (im really not expecting anyone to say yes i was curious!) we love this horse so much and i still dont want mum to even consider giving him up as he was our first horse and has tought us SO much. to us hes a one in a million but to other people hes a fat old cob with crap conformation!
 
I'm sure some happy hacker would love to have him, although some will be put of by the laminitis.
 
If he would look after a novice or a nervous person someone might like him as a confidence giver perhaps?

Sorry to hear this might happen hun
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Given his age I'd probably loan him because he wouldn't be worth that much and I'd be worried that you might attract the wrong people with a low price. You could always put "loan, may sell"

I know plenty of people of keep their horses for the occassional leisurely hack and never want to canter. I'd say for the right person he'd be ideal.
 
thanks, we have even considered him as a companion to someone however due to his laminitus, it makes it difficult. he is an old 'wiser' horse and although hes 16, he still has plenty of gas in the tank. we would rather loan him as we know where he is and legally he still is ours, however, we wont turn dont he prefect home if they want to buy.
 
people pay for safety. especially for kids. as long as the horse is safe then people are happy. i know people will be put of by laminitus but tbh people are much more aware of it now and therefore know how to deal with it. with any new owners maybe you could tell them how you have controlled it etc. etc.
good luck, hope you find a fab home for him
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There may be someone out there who will love him just as much, its hard to know for sure though. The laminitis would put alot of people off i think, i own one myself, and its a constant worry and very hard, if i could (next time) get a horse and avoid a 'rotated pedal bone' horse so to speak, then i would. I am aware that mild lami does not always mean rotation but i would be put off with some history, as once they have had it, its always a real possibility with devastating consequences.
So anyway, i am rambling, there will be some people out there who would take him on, but not too many in honesty
 
were in Bedfordshire and unless home was absolutly perfect then we would like him to stay close ish.
 
A word of warning...

We had a very lazy old cob on our yard, who had been sold to the family as a quiet hack for their novice kids.

Then the kid's cousins, who could all ride but didn't have their own horse used to come up and ride it, leathered the bejesus out of the poor beast to get it to canter and jump, and were generally horrid little illegitimates!


I'd always loan!
 
i think if you have a "special needs" horse (and i mean that in the nicest possible way), its better to loan rather than sell. Ella is mildly special needs, in that she is getting on a bit, she has really dubious-looking knees and while she doesnt have a nasty bone in her body, she IS a chestnut mare and will test her mum as much as she can ! Her owner loves her to death and wouldn't sell her, but she has a nice life with me, at a lower pace than before, and we are all happy.
 
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