Do you keep on contact with your horse's previous owners?

On the whole, yes.
Also, in more than one case, the horses breeder, as well as the previous owner.

One seller, no, she turned out to be as mad as a box of frogs so I dont keep in contact with her.
 
My boys were bred by my friend so we keep in touch from that perspective.. Other than that, no..
 
Well we're FB "friends" so that she can see/read my Kali updates and about every six months or so I message her with a photo or two and a more detailed update.

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I found my horse through a fellow HHO - we still keep in contact.

When I sold my TB the buyer was nice enough to keep in contact with me, which was lovely.
 
Nope :) but if they txt or phone to ask about said horse I would be polite and send back a short reply.
 
Not really one was from a friend/dealer and she's moved away and come away from horses still Facebook friends though so she knows how Hon is and sees pictures etc.
Second mare was given to me free to a good home from a riding school .. Sent them an update once didn't get a reply so didn't bother again. :(
 
I do with Jaspers breeder, Mainly through fb but its lovely she takes such an intrest in her foals once they've left her.

I'd like to still be in contact with Jens old owner but she moved to France and dropped off the radar :(
 
Yes, I get regular updates which is lovely and first refusal if ever they are sold on. I did buy one back and the lady still visits him 7 years on.
 
Used to keep in touch with the breeder of my 23yr old, but not the person who had her from weaning to 2, didn't like them & they weren't interested. Wish I hadn't lost contact with breeder though.
Daughters pony came from someone I wouldn't **** on if she was on fire. And dams owner no better. Horse I sold when pregnant we keep in touch once a year or so now more so at first.
Various projects & a horse I had in my teens came from owners that weren't bothered what happened to them. Horse was pts not sold. Projects I kept in touch at first but lost contact after a year or two, except ones sold to people I know anyway. Do a bit of internet stalking of a couple though & some of the horses from yards I worked on.
 
I actually feel sorry for my boy when it comes to this.

He was broken badly, bucked the rider off and then they lost interest. I like to keep in touch with previous owners so offered them the same and said if they ever wanted updates or anything, they had my number.

I got told "it's ok. We only had him 7months that's not long enough to form a bond with a horse"
 
Nitty- I'm friends with on FB and so she sees all out pictures and as we live reasonably locally I expect we'll bump into each other at a show eventually

BH- I bought from a friend so yes, very much still in contact although we chat more about her horse than BH! :)
 
Yes occasionally send updates and keep in contact more through her daughter who also has horses. Have each other as friends on facebook so she keeps up to date with pics etc
 
My stories are a bit unusual, so I don't think that I'm a good exemple, but yes, I kept contact with my horse previous owners... and it would have been difficult not doing it! :D

I've been riding Bellinda for 3 years before buying her, and then, she stayed for free at her ex-owner yard for 10 years. It was convinient for everyone that way because she didn't really want to see her leave, and I couldn't afford to pay a livery.
Finally she left for a different place one years ago, but I still see her ex owner from time to time, and her family sees the man who I groom for. And her daughter will work for him this summer. So we still have links even if Bellinda left their place.

And for the other horse, he was given to me by that man I was talking about, who has carriage horses. I groom for him since 2005, and Sherpa is a sort of repaid for everything. And he still lives there with his mother and his sister. So, of course, I keep contact with the previous owner of course! :D

But, thinking of more commun way of become owner of horses, about the carriages horses that lives with Sherpa (my new horse), there is only one ex owner that kept in touch. The two old ex racing horses were bought to horse sellers, so they didn't really care of their becoming.
Oligo, Navigateur (that one died :( ) and Iris (Sherpa's mother) were bought to a breeder association. No more contact with them, they don't really care about the horses after they are sold.
The last one to be bought was Java, and for that one it's a bit different. When we went to see her, we could tell that she was loved by all the family, especially the old granfather. Three years after, he came to visit her, but as he didn't announce himself, no one was there and he couldn't see Java. Of course he wondered if she was still there.
That's sad because he died without seeing her. Last year his son came back and could see Java, and was pleased to see that she was well.
 
There is one that we have tried to get in touch with, through the freezemark company.
Its still the same peoples names on the answerphone as the freezemark details apparently, but they havent returned messages.

Obviously we cant have the address or phone number directly, as Id like to drop them a brief note asking for a few details, its not like we want to be best mates or anything, but it doesnt look like they are interested.
 
Two them yes one I see all the time and the other I sent a short video clip of him last night and I know she seen him when someone put him on youtude from us at a comp and he's on the club Facebook page and she left a comment ( nice ! ) it's nice to know he was loved and she still cares whats happened to him.
 
Yes I do and as a seller, I'm still in touch with my old horses new owners bar one (huge shame)
I think it's nice to keep in touch both ways :)
 
Yes I do
I took on a free pony who was old and blind in one eye, the sort that should off been pts instead off passed on. But he's fit and healthy and the old owner stays in touch with pics and updates
also keep in contact with my 2 yr old breeders again with updates and pics
 
I keep in touch on fb very regularly with the old owners of our pony.

With the one I sold 4yrs ago we have occasional contact. They have just sold her on though & I would love to stay in touch with new owners who were asked but I've heard nothing from them yet :(
 
Even though we do sell a few irish horses I always want to stay in touch with them and always keep in touch through FB or email. The new owners know I am here if I can help at all no matter how far down the line.

We always keep in touch with the boy's horses and ponies former owners and Christmas card writing becomes quite a task!
 
One of mine came from a dealer and we passported her etc

One yes as was friends at a previous yard

One she didnt want to know, trying to get back into contact with breeder if anyone knows a Caire Marsh in East Grinstead?:o

One we got from the TRC

The last one yes as he was gifted by an older lady my sister helps out.

Xx
 
Nope they stopped replying so I stopped sending updates. I tried to contact his breeder as well but never got a reply which was a shame as I dont really know much about what he did before I got him.
 
Saffy was given to me by a friend and we agreed that if I ever have to give her up then she will go back to her and I totally intend to stick to it. Being friends, she gets regular updates and can see my photos on Facebook etc.
 
We bought Dolly from a dealer, and prior to that she was at a riding school.

However, I managed to track down her last "proper" owner (don't mean that badly, just well, her last "special person"!) via her passport.

Both mum and daughter added us on facebook, and we exchanged emails.

Seems Dolly was a bit of a troubled soul for a while, and didn't give her daughter an easy time. We didn't go into the ins and outs of her cheekiness, but it's just the feeling that I got.

We now get amazing messages from them and they are so supportive of us. The girl who used to own Dolly regularly sends my daughter messages saying "you two are made for each other" and "I'm so glad she found the special owner she deserved" - it's humbling.

We're talked about meeting up one day. We'll see. :)

There are great big gaps in Dolly's life that I'd love to know about, but have no way of finding out now. Shame really.

But at least I'll know everything about the rest of her life going forwards and I suppose that's what matters :)
 
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