Finding sharers/loaners is hard work!!

I have been looking for a share all year! Is it bad part of my Uni choices are based on the amount of horses up for share when I google. Obviously not the main reasons for choice but it's helping
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I have been looking for a share all year! Is it bad part of my Uni choices are based on the amount of horses up for share when I google. Obviously not the main reasons for choice but it's helping
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No not bad at all, I choose my modules based on how many lectures per week and if possible time of day of these lectures! Am praying there are no lectures in semester 1 on a tuesday as I want to be out hunting on tuesdays... will have to check timetables when I go back but any module on a tuesday would have to be seriously good to make me choose it
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Oh and uni group work revolves around horses- can't do groupwork in winter past about 2pm as need to ride and bring in, so I drag my groupies out of bed early to get the work done after turning out in morning
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I find some of the comments really rude. I cant afford my own horse and more so it would be stupid for me to think i have the time and commitment to give a horse the love it deserves.

I am at uni doing a masters, have one good full time job and work part time in a bar. I put an ad out for a ride/part loan and have found a fantastic lady with 5 horses who we hack for about 6 hours a week. I dont care about weather at all however obviously dark nights stops you doing so much. I pay her a lot of money but not as much as lessons and i wouldnt feel right not making a finacial contribution. I am reliable and honest and although admit dont know loads about horse care i am a competent rider and have a good seat. I might not be jumping 5ft fences yet but am looking for a horse to ride to get my confidence back jumping having had 5 years out focusing on my career.

Not all sharers are time wasters some have good reasons for why they share. It would be amazing to have my own horse but realistically i know this would not be fair on the animal at all and would end up being sold and much heartbreak.
 
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Competent and experienced = riding school novice
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And that's why I stopped looking for a share.... just because I can't afford a horse doesn't make me a cr@p rider thanks very much
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I'm torn on this one, only ever having been the sharer i can't fully appreciate the horse owning side, but as the product of a riding school i have met many people who think they are very good riders and are sadly mistaken

however i have also met horse owners of this description! an they are often more stubborn, because obviously they know what they are doing because they actually HAVE a horse.

I guess what im trying to say is owners and loaners can be as bad as each other, there are alot of good owners and sharers out there and sadly there are a few who give the rest a bad reputation.

And sadly for the good sharers, owners are often once bitten twice shy, especially where loved animals are concerned, and who can blame them really!

I just hope there is someone willing to give me a chance when i start looking next month.
 
Thanks for letting me know cally that you had found something else to ride and that it why you didn't come to look at mine. Its a lot nicer to be told the truth than lied to
 
Hanandhen: Really? Because I thought EVERYONE EVERYONE *EVERYONE* who didn't have a horse was a crap rider?! oh yes I do ! I said that did't I? ! ..oh wait NO I DIDN'T !

*the original statement was a joke*

Good Morning all
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*Forum still on pain in the bum* lol

I love this place really
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from a personal view point I found that a lot of the people that claimed they were competent and experienced were competent and experienced on riding school horses therefore = riding school novice. As soon as they were out of the school on a horse that has a little more about them, they didn't know how to cope and therefore it all went wrong.

I am sorry that this comment was a bit of a sweeping statement but this is how it always seems from an owners point of view, and in this litigatious culture, no matter how careful or how many disclaimers you get them to sign you are all ways running the risk of being sued.
 
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from a personal view point I found that a lot of the people that claimed they were competent and experienced were competent and experienced on riding school horses therefore = riding school novice. As soon as they were out of the school on a horse that has a little more about them, they didn't know how to cope and therefore it all went wrong.


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I did slightly worse than simply get a horse to share. When I was 17 I left the riding school after 10 years of riding school lessons to buy a 4yo Section D. I was a true novice but stupidly thought I'd be ok.
 
I had a call from a lovely sounding lady last night, she is going to come see on Sunday so fingers crossed. She sounded very competant and like the kind of person I'd like to be my horseys share mum (eek I said Mum Im going well soft)

I want someone to feel like he's theirs too and get the enjoyment out of him I do and I get a bit of help money wise. He loves to work and is wasted at present so hopefully he'll like her too.

I have never had a sharer but I'd like to think there's good and bad of everyone out there, lets hope peoples bad experiences don't spoil it for the good sharers.
 
QR - looking for a share horse from the other side of the fence is just as difficult, perhaps because many people with nice horses are afraid to advertise.

Its amazing the number of people who seem to think they can find a complete mug to not only completely reschool their horse and do all the donkey work, but also pay an absolute fortune for the privilege too.

My advice for people trying to find sharers for their horses is that if you want to find somebody good then you have to make sure that what you're offering is an attractive deal. If you need someone to essentially help you out with schooling and exercise and yard work then it might be difficult to find somebody willing to pay - both parties have to get something out of the arrangement.
 
i have given up looking for someone to share mine and have had to put them up for sale as i dont have the time and I'm sick of getting let down with sharers
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Thats true Spiral.

I want the sharer to feel like he's their horse for a few days at least. They'll get to do everything with him and compete him etc. x
 
I agree spiral. I have told people that they can take him to shows etc and treat him like their own horse. Must admit I am getting fed up with people.
 
Can you 3 move near me? Or at least take me in as a lodger?!

I do think sometimes asking for an experienced rider can put people off. I'm the first to admit I'm the worlds worst for self deprecating but I do not consider myself an experienced rider. I've worked with young eventers, had my own on loan for years (neither 'easy' horses) schooled for people etc (and not been near a riding school horse in years
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) but I consider experienced riders to be the likes of riding instructors and those who have and can deal with anything and the horses needing a rider like that would put me off.....or is that just me having the wrong view on things?
 
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