Cautionary Tale

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Some time ago I posted with regards to my mum's elderly horse who had been out on loan. The loan owner said he was going lame and didn't want him anymore. So we made the decision to have him PTS due to lameness and age and other issues which made any other solution extremely complicated. So my dad went on Tuesday to pick Loz up
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Dad took him to kennels, unloaded him and couldn't get him to settle or stand still
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. So while discussing the situation with the huntsman they were looking over him, checking his legs out and noticed his hooves for the first time proper. If Loz's condition was not as good as it is (he is a really good doer anyway) you'd call him a negligence case. His feet are hurrendous (sp!!) Going to post pics when uploaded them. Anyway seen as he was supposed to be lame they trotted him up, on gravel, and he is sound as a pound!!
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So he's back home and we're getting the farrier to him and then dad's going to ride him and see if he stays sound and if so I might just have a horse to hunt this coming season
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The warning of this tale is even if your horse goes to a "friend" on loan they may not be looked after. The loan owner of Loz was an family friend and has neglected his hooves and let his vaccinations lapse.
 
Not going to go into the history of this case Amymay as posted about it ages ago. But basically when an experienced horse person tells 'you' the horse is lame and doesn't come right then 'you' don't generally question them. No we wouldn't have had put him down without checking (maybe I've worded my post wrong
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) but we were under the impression that he was lame
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and wasn't showing any sign of coming sound. Now believe he either had loan owner off and she decided she didn't want him or they have just decided in general they didn't want a horse anymore.
 
if it's a trusted familly friend then why not? The collected the horse and took it the kennels so they checked it over there and then and it turned out to have a happy owner.
But yes the caution to this tale is any horse out on loan needs to be checked frequently.
 
Apologises if my original post if a bit confusing and doesn't explain things too well
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Basically what I was trying to get across is that even if you are loaning to a trusted friend they can sometimes let you down
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It's more the horses welfare I'm bothered about but then he's ok in general and his feet will soon be sorts. Just asking people to be careful
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It is good advice, anyway - there have been times when I've assumed someone is trustworty and more knowledgable than me but they have turned out to be totally wrong. Doesn't happen often, mind. I listen to my instincts more these days and they are usually right!

Glad you managed to save your horse from a sad fate.
 
Believe me when I say that my "trusted " friend let me down when her daughter loaned my horse and took her to equine college......lies ,lies,lies lies lies!!
Needless to say I would think very very hard about loaning again!
 
So sorry to read about your woes. Can I say from the other side (as a loanee) that I understand where you are coming from, but I hope other people won't be put off by your story. I have had Clyde since September and even his owner says she has never seen him look so good(despite his recent injury) The vet and the farrier both said the same. You need to be so careful when loaning, his owner made me go the farm to see him for nearly 2 months before she let me have him. Good luck withyour horse and happy hunting!
 
It's sad that some people take advantage.
I've been so lucky with the people who have my baby on loan. I reckon he's better looked after with them than with me
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(they get the vet out for every little niggle, when I would give him a week off and then see what it was like!!!)

It is always a good to keep these things in mind when loaning a horse - the people may seem nice and even come with references, but people change.
Glad it was a happy ending!
 
poor you, what a horrid situation. glad hes ok and back at home with you know.

I also loan my mare out and i would like to say its such a shame a minority ruin the reputation of honest loaners, my girl is also look after in exemplary fasion, and i think that honest loaners do look after horses well as if the loanee doesnt like the way the horse is looking/kept etc it will be taken back, and the loanees loose their pony.
they have a standard that has to be met as it were.
 
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