do u think i need to get a grip?

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we have had loadsa interest in poppy clogs, and as you know i want to put her out on perminant loan but my dad now really wants me to sell her. but i can't imagine my wee pony belonging to someone else. what if something went wrong and they sell her on and she gets passed about? i hate the thought of my little pony not having here to come back to.

do u think i'm just being too sensitive and should get a grip? or does anyone else have a pony they feel this way about?
 
I'm in the middle of selling my 16.2 that i rescued 5 years ago and am having lots of issues parting with him as he really did have a tough time before i had him. At the end of the day there are plenty of other people put there who will also love your horse, look after them properly etc, just be careful who you sell to. You can always ask that when the time comes for them to sell the pony on that they give you first refusal.....
 
From experience I would never put a pony of mine on loan again ever! I carefully selected someone to have my 7 year old home bred and she was only gone for a month then they rang me and said she had a bad back which would cost them thousands to have fixed (rubbish), she had pulled a muscle in the field and was sorted by one massage when she came home. Her feet were crumbling and she would not pick her feet up at all. Before she went I could pick her feet out while she was loose but she just pushed me over on her return and was really bolshy! I really believe that someone will look after something much better if they have paid a lot of money for it than if they get it for nothing. I have since sold the pony and she is now in a permanent loving home and I couldn't have asked for better.
 
Yeah, putting them out on loan can be worse! I think some people don't care so much when a horse is on loan to them because they know whatever happens, they can just give it back!

Having loaned out in the past and ponies come back to me with laminitis having never had it in my care - I would never do it again.

I have had horses who I really did not want to sell but eventually I realised it was best for the horse (for whatever reason). I chose the very best home I could find and luckily have managed to stay in touch with every single one Ive sold! I see 2 of them out and about at shows which is very odd, but nice
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tbh having done both (sold and loaned) with beloved horses, i would sell. i will loan them only if they stay at my yard. unfortunately there are people who seem to think that if they don't pay for something, it isn't worth anything (i call this The Company Car Attitude), and i would not want a horse or pony of mine to be with someone who thought it was worthless. i've loaned horses out who have come back wrecked (this has happened more than once, with different horses) whereas the ones i've sold have been valued and well cared for.
i know there are lovely people out there who wouldn't be like that, but it's too big a risk imho. if someone pays for the pony, and you let them have a month's trial (because that's enough time to make sure it's perfect for them etc), and ask them to let you buy the pony back if they ever decide they don't want it any more, then i think that gives great peace of mind for everyone.
 
'Yeah, putting them out on loan can be worse! I think some people don't care so much when a horse is on loan to them because they know whatever happens, they can just give it back! '

Conversely, when you have a horse on loan you have a responsibility not only to your horse, but to the owner too. I am probably more scrupulous (if that is possible) with my loan horses than the ones I actually own, and would be more likely to call out a vet for example as I have to answer to the owner rather than just using my own judgement and living with the consequences.

I know some people abuse loaning, but for others it can be an arrangement that has benefits of the owner, the loaner and the horse.
 
I had both my hoses on loan first.

when I got beau on loan he was a hat rack, his owner let me take him without visiting my yard, or seeing anyone else, which i could never do.

Luckily I looked after him..and bought him 6 months early..she hasnt seen him..despite countless offers, since I took him this year in Feb.

Personally I couldnt do it, there are genuine people like me out there, but his owner let him move 4 hours up the country with me, and never even came to see him.

I woud vet people very carefully, because like Kerry said lots of people adapt the company car attitude.
 
I did feel like this when I first put my boy on loan but I now know he's happy with the people who have him, should have a home for life, and they are hopefully going to buy him in the spring *crosses fingers*

I wouldn't have advertised him and sold him, but because I know the people he's going to then I'd be delighted if they do buy him.
 
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