Does this make anyone else really mad or is it just me?

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I keep looking at all those poor horses on horsemart that are under £1000. Don't ask me why, cause I just want to bring them all home. It makes me really mad though, when they advertise a horse as suffering from arthritis or navicular or some other progressive illness and they put would make great hack. Why would it! My horse has to be as sound as a sound thing or I panic like mad. Yes, he is used purely for hacking but I still want him to be right. I hack for miles and have good gallops through the fields etc., He needs to be as sound as any other horse. Sorry - rant over. Enjoy your week-end everyone
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I totally agree with you,harrytom a horse has to be super sound to be a good hard working hack. My boy is a gypsy Vanner cob, we hack for miles 5 -6 times a week most of the year and he has to be sound to cope with the changes in terrain, from boggy fields to stony pathways to cantering on sandy beaches. He can trot for ages happily on tarmac but if he had navicular or pedal bone problems no chance. Why do so many people with lame horses think that hacking is a "soft" option.
Unless you want to spend time pootling down the same road for 20 mins each way day after day, you are soon going to get mega bored if you are going nowhere - slowly. To hack, and have any fun, you need a Performance Hacker!!!!
 
I'm currently looking after one of these,supposedly sound horses that is basically b*******. Pushed from piller to post for the last few years for very little money.
It makes my blood boil!!!!!!!
 
I agree, my two are hacks at the moment and like SIATC they hack hard!! Rock, gravel, stones, a lot of hill work and some pretty long trots! I couldn't ride them out knowing they weren't 100% sound.
 
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I'm currently looking after one of these,supposedly sound horses that is basically b*******. Pushed from piller to post for the last few years for very little money.
It makes my blood boil!!!!!!!

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That's what gets me, people get a horse, it develops a problem and they just push it off onto someone else
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And it's always the horse that suffers.

Personally, I think if you have a horse in this situation you have three choices:
1. Keep it yourself and hack it gently, or get a sharer in to hack it gently

2. Find it a good loan home where you can keep an eye on things and take control back if needs be

3. If you can't do either of those things - consider PTS.

Sorry if that sounds harsh, but as a horse owner you have a responsibility.
 
Grrrrrr, get rid, out of sight out of mind.

I know how hard it is to keep a horse as a field ornament at the minute, and I am panicking about my ever decresing feed bins, but no way would I sell them on, as a ' happy hack'. THey gave me good times and the least I owe is a good retirement. Maybe old fashioned, but that is me
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I am so glad it's not just me. If a horse has served you well you owe it a duty of care. If your circumstances are such that you can keep them, then great, if not, please don't be a coward. Don't sell them on for next to nothing and absolve yourself of the responsibility. They will just go from pillar to post getting more and more confused. Do the brave thing and have them pts. It's much kinder on the horse
 
Yep I agree too, infact i hate seeing cheapo horses being sold period. Someones childhood pony worked there whole life being sold at an old age for nothing... Or really old horses being sold with a ''few good years left in them'' it's just sad.

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I agree with you in a sense.

However my girl is going out on loan/ possible loan with view to buy as a hack due to lameness problems. She's 1/10 lame on a circle in a deep surface. Sound on a firmer surface and straight line. It's been a harder decision than you can imagine, but really I have to accept that I am too big for her and that she is not suitable for what I want to do anymore, + parents aren't keen on paying for a horse that I'm not getting much back from. Sad fact, but for a lot, they have horses for a job. They expensive and time consuming.
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Are you honestly telling me that my girl would be better off dead??

She has been looked at hundreds of times by my fab vet, she's had xrays, scans, the works but we're no further. Vet reckons she's had it a very very long time and it is only with his eye that we can really notice it. He has said that she can go on to hack, she is sound enough to do that. She needs to go where she has a job and is totally adored and appreciated for that, and not with someone who wants to do so much more.
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Not everyone wants to charge about the countryside for 5 hours a day, some people just want some quiet 1h hacks at weekends.

If you did not work any horse that had any problem, showing or not, there would be very very few horses in work.

How many people can say that they do not have an ache/pain/sore spot somewhere? Not many I expect, does it mean they shoot themselves/ lock themselves up on bedrest?

The amount of lame horses you see out at shows, does it mean that they should all be shot/retired?
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Not in my opinion. Yes of course you shouldn't work a horse who is in pain, but there HAS to be a balance, between stopping completely and working the horse at manageable level which they are willing to do and enjoying yes?

She is going on loan so that I can keep an eye on her, but there is a chance in the future that she may be sold to the loaner a year down the line, for many reasons that I won't go into on here. I cannot secure her future from the moment she is not mine, and it will not be a decision I take lightly.

I do not doubt that some horses on horsemart should not be sold, they should be pts. But there may be some genuine hacking horses out there who will find a lovely home to do as they are capable.

So please, do not condemn me for what I am doing, and do not say that I am not doing the best for my horse. I have agonised over this decision for 7 months and I love her more than anything. I genuinely believe I am doing what is best for her. Perhaps just think a little bit about what the owners on the other side may be going through? Yes, there are some horrible people out there, but there are also some good.

Sorry, that got long, but a bit of a raw nerve at the moment as you can tell.
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Right, I'm going now as am getting all upset again
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I bought a TB type mare for £600 from one of these ads, The mare was an ex grade B BSJA but could no longer compete due to soundness issues - no probs for me as I don't jump, so I took a risk - That mare gave me some of the best hacks of my life!! All terrain, great in traffic, stoppable and sound - yet the seller was toatlly honest that she had the onset of arthritis, The lifestyle I gave her was great fro her - out 24/7 so she didn't stiffen in the stable, regular work to stop her seizing up, so don't write them all off!! she wouldn't have been happy just dumped in a feild, she used to fence walk, and she didn't like other horses so a companion role was out of the question!! I had her PTS in the end due to a neurological problem - not a soundness issue.
 
Like selling your granny
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It upsets me more when it is horses....... ponies are outgrown and can go on to teach another child how to do it, but unless you are as bloody tall as me it is not very often you outgrow a horse
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You may be a competative person who has picked the wrong horse, and that is fine if you are never going to reach the standards you are looking for, then it is better for you to part company and find a better combination
But to sell a horse because it is old or poorly or both is just unbelievable, sad, and sh*te....... I am broke at the moment and selling my lad would sort my problems, but no way!!!!!! He's nearly 17 had lots of homes, has been with me for nearly 3 years and he will stay with me
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