give me strength! is loaning horses always so difficult?!

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diggerbez

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my lovely little TB is advertised for loan at the minute and i seem to be having real difficulty finding a good home for him!
first person who tried him loved him and i liked her, yard was great- turns out she was a raving looney and a complete liar so had to go and rescue horse back...so then readvertised him and arranged for 2 lots of people to come and see him. now he's an ex racer and advertised as not novice ride- one girl came, was quite novicey (despite having apparantly ridden ex racers before :confused:) but loved him so arranged for him to go on trial. in meantime had a granny come and try him- she was lovely but he would be way too much for her so had to tell her that- now after waiting a week and telling people he's no longer avialable girl rings me and says he'll be too much for her- now i know i should be glad she's told me this now rather than after he's gone up there- but i did ask her last weekend whether she needed time to think and she said no, she definitely wanted him! :(
i've had lots of people wanting a horse for their daughter who has just come off ponies (so yes an exracer described as not novice ride should be perfect :confused:) and a few people who haven't ridden for years but want something to help get them back into it! god give me strength that there are some NORMAL people out there?!!! :confused:
 
I seem to be having trouble part loaning my small horse, advertised to an experienced rider only. Had loads of timewasters enquiring and couple of people tried her but one got funny about the BHS loan agreement and wanted to totally re-write it to suit her and the other was a fifteen yr old and her mum decided it was too fat to travel. Other than that loads of 13 yr olds and people who can't drive when its in the countryside. You'd of thought at this time of year it would be easy but I guess the credit crunch has affected things.
 
\it's as bad the other way round. We've had horses on loan & after paying a fortune in Vet bills for what turned out to be pre-existing issues, I reckon I wouldn't have a loan again without having it vetted first
 
OMG i have had to part ways with 2 fairly recently as they had just lied through their teeth about what they were doing with my horse - on the other hand i have a lovely sharer for another 1 of my horses but the bad people just put you off of loaning completely - unfortunately my horse suffered twice in the hands of loaners so has put me off of re-advertising.
 
Next time, insist they have horse 'on loan' at your place before moving. This will test their commitment and give them you a chance to see how they bond before unpheaving your horse yet again.

I have just put a horse out on loan and before she took him I took the horse to a girlfriend for a fast ride in unfamiliar country, took the horse to a local Xcountry where they jumped a few things and made her ride out with me on a quite boring hack when I knew the horse would be at its most uninterested.

So quite a lot of effort on my part, but I know that whether the loan is short or long they are going to have a lot of fun together!!
 
the problem with that canteron is what if they are a bit too far away for them to do that? in an ideal world i;d like him to stay at my yard but haven't had any phone calls about that- have had much better response to current advert but a lot of them are loons! :rolleyes:
 
Diggerbez, how far away is too far. Could you take the horse and meet them half way? My point is that if they can't be bothered to make the trip at least twice before they have the horse, then they possibly aren't the person you are looking for!! Put them to the test!!

Maybe I have just been really lucky with current loanee and it that finishes (she is only over here for a year or so) then I might be on here moaning as well!!
 
I have notting but nightmares loaning horses out. All come back in a few months or just as winter kicks in which is bloody charming or iv done a spot check and unhappy with how they look. I'm sure there is very good loan homes out there but Arent they hard to find. Iv got a little pony with special needs and is now out grown by my son but just can't loan him cause I dread to think what would happen to him. Oh and I also find the first hint off trouble and they won't take responability and just sends them home messed up. Sorry but I hate loaning now
 
Oh god, my experience was awful! Poor horse came back very nervous and a bag of bones with a forged dentist and physio signature - charming!
 
It's not all bad - I've never had any problems finding someone to loan or share mine and have always managed it through word of mouth. Each of her loaners had her for a number of years and were very sad to give her up. She is a very easy to do sort and a really sensible all rounder that is happy to be ridden by a novice or more experienced rider.
 
I've loaned my pony for 6 years now and its still going strong, only going to part with him when I have to :-)

Not all loans are bad :-)
 
Unfortunatley loaning is one massive grey area!! I've had two horses on loan which are no longer with me : o (
One was great and just went back as daughter wanted the horse back - still keep in contact with the owner and ask how the horse is etc as we had a great understanding and got on really well.
The other was not good - the horse was stressed with me in his new home from the start - couldn't keep weight on him no matter how hard I tried. I spent a fortune on back appointments, dentist fees, farrier fees as feet and general well being were so bad etc etc.

So the point to my rambling is...if you find the right person and the right home it can be a great position for both owner and loaner. Don't give up hope the perfect home is out there somewhere!

Let us know how you get on.
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