Free to good home, a warning.

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Having read many threads on here lately asking for retirement/companion/light work homes for a beloved horse, I think it might be prudent to make people aware that not everyone who posts on a forum has the best interests of the horse at heart, no matter what they might post.

A free horse is a profit to some people, whether that horse is to be sold on to an unwary novice or sent to an abattoir to profit from the meat price.

Sadly it would seem that some people out there seem intent on making money from horses in the worst way, and that to become 'a dealer' is in some way 'cool'. Maybe it's so they can fit in with their friends.

So, to everyone out there who is looking for permanent homes, please make sure that the horse is not just going to make someone some money, because someone keeps jumping at the chance.
 
So true. Why I worry about selling Rosie on, even at a price above meat value - she is a cracking pony yet has allergies and has to be on a specific supplement. Someone could so easily sell her on in the winter when they're not obvious, for far more than I'd honestly ask.
 
Well done you, I was also tempted to post exactly the same. There is one on here to jump on the chance of a free horse!!
 
I had hoped that she had lost interest and got married and had 7 kids by now, but alas, the horses are still going though the mill instead.
 
On the other side of the coin, you can take on a 'freebie' thinking you know the issues and that you have the ability and facilities to cope and give the freebie a good life. It could then turn out you've been fed a complete pack of lies! Being a mug, once that freebie has nearly killed you, and after the doctors tell you you are a medical mystery, you then have a full blown nervous breakdown, lose both your jobs, your house etc, but still you and your family could spend thousands rehabbing said freebie and ensuring he has a bright future.

It wouldnt be soo bad if I was a mug looking for a cheap horse but I'd been working with rehab projects for 5yrs+ and asked all the right questions before I took him on. I was very clear on what I could and couldn't cope with. if the owner had told the truth I could have dealt with his issues, but instead she choose to lie through her fecking teeth.

My freebie project is now a reliable member of society and is doing sooo well. However I would NEVER take on another project from a private owner. My freebie might be ok but I'm still suffering the physical and mental fall out!
 
lhotse said:
I had hoped that she had lost interest and got married and had 7 kids by now, but alas, the horses are still going though the mill instead.
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'got married and had 7 kids by now' - would take some very brave person to tackle such a challange, maybe once but surely not 7 times...................
 
Dexter said:
On the other side of the coin, you can take on a 'freebie' thinking you know the issues and that you have the ability and facilities to cope and give the freebie a good life. It could then turn out you've been fed a complete pack of lies! Being a mug, once that freebie has nearly killed you, and after the doctors tell you you are a medical mystery, you then have a full blown nervous breakdown, lose both your jobs, your house etc, but still you and your family could spend thousands rehabbing said freebie and ensuring he has a bright future.

It wouldnt be soo bad if I was a mug looking for a cheap horse but I'd been working with rehab projects for 5yrs+ and asked all the right questions before I took him on. I was very clear on what I could and couldn't cope with. if the owner had told the truth I could have dealt with his issues, but instead she choose to lie through her fecking teeth.

My freebie project is now a reliable member of society and is doing sooo well. However I would NEVER take on another project from a private owner. My freebie might be ok but I'm still suffering the physical and mental fall out!
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Hell yeah!

A fewyears ago, before we got our own place, a woman there took on a freebie, and after it blacked her eye, broke her nose and smashed most of her teeth (I picked her up after he had dumped her, and stood smirking in the corner....) she had to admit that I 'had told her that there was a reason he was a freebie...'...

Horse ended up as companion as the original owner wouldnt take him back....
 
When you are an unemployed dog walker, I guess having 7 kids is the only way to make ends meet!!!!

Dexter, I understand where you are coming from also, but rest assured, this person would have no problem sorting out any issue, she is far too 'experienced' for anything to be a problem!!!!!!!!!!!
 
lhotse said:
When you are an unemployed dog walker, I guess having 7 kids is the only way to make ends meet!!!!

Dexter, I understand where you are coming from also, but rest assured, this person would have no problem sorting out any issue, she is far too 'experienced' for anything to be a problem!!!!!!!!!!!
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Arghhh. I still don't know who you're talking about. I am going to burst if someone doesn't tell me!
 
Well, NP, the topic of whether anyone should pass on older/unsound horses is another matter entirely, but this person is promising things that she doesn't deliver, and it needs to be brought to people's attention.
 
Ok going to be brave here but yes said person got me 'good and proper', she did nothing but lie. Now I accept he has gone to a new home now and probably a better one but she potentially has sold an unsound horse for money to some unsuspecting persons. I have all the proof etc stating his issues so if anyone knows where my horse has possibly gone please PM................I was so honest with his problems and he was moved on as a companion, light hack ONLY
 
Meandtheboys said:
Ok going to be brave here but yes said person got me 'good and proper', she did nothing but lie. Now I accept he has gone to a new home now and probably a better one but she potentially has sold an unsound horse for money to some unsuspecting persons. I have all the proof etc stating his issues so if anyone knows where my horse has possibly gone please PM................I was so honest with his problems and he was moved on as a companion, light hack ONLY
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:eek: This person is on this forum?
 
Just goes to show that despite how well we get on, on here, and how we might appear on here is nothing like it is in real life.

Just a reminder really that someone may appear nice and well doing in cyber land doesnt prove anything about the person taping the key board. There could be some right nutters on here!!
 
Prancers_Rider said:
Just goes to show that despite how well we get on, on here, and how we might appear on here is nothing like it is in real life.

Just a reminder really that someone may appear nice and well doing in cyber land doesnt prove anything about the person taping the key board. There could be some right nutters on here!!
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Yah, sorry, I'm a nutter...so they tell me! :D
 
find it slightly offensive that you assume everyone who takes on a free horse is after a quick buck. I got my lad free to good home 5 years ago, I could have flogged him for 4k within 6 months, but i didn't because 1) i promised his old owner he would have a home for life and 2) i love him. some times people can't afford the outlay of a horse but they can afford the upkeep. so to say everyone who takes on a free horse will either sell it on quick or flog it for the meat money is a bit harsh.
 
Dizzy The Blonde Reindeer said:
find it slightly offensive that you assume everyone who takes on a free horse is after a quick buck.

some times people can't afford the outlay of a horse but they can afford the upkeep. so to say everyone who takes on a free horse will either sell it on quick or flog it for the meat money is a bit harsh.
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You've got the wrong end of the stick - we are discussing a person who takes on free to good home horses that may have health/soundness issues and then flogs them on to unsuspecting buyers. Eg Dopes the mental horse that turns into a human eating monster once the drugs have worn off, gives a horse massive doses of pain killers so that it appears sound. Basically unscrupulous with no conscience as to what may happen to the person or the horse.
 
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