Guess who’s home...

[catembi]

...Trevor!

 

[catembi]

He has been on retirement livery for 15 months while I was battling with house purchase, planning permission at new place etc. I have jumped the gun by getting him back before my facilities are ready and felt v guilty about getting him home and was wondering whether I ought to leave him til spring. OMG I am glad I got him now. Feet are on the very point of no return 😥Also looks v wormy. He is subdued, but it’s hard to tell because he’s always been withdrawn.

 

[catembi]

Urgent farrier visit booked and I will be doing a cleantrax soak on Saturday.

 

[Red-1]

Wow, what did the livery owner say about that?

Were you charged for regular trimming? If so, I would want an instant refund!

Which area of the country was the livery in? (Just so you don't get inundated with PMs from nationwide over who to avoid!!!).

On the bright side I do think they are entirely recoverable. Lucky Trevor, coming home!

 

[catembi]

I sent my transporter chap to collect as Trev won’t load into a side loader so I never saw his feet til he was home. I was told that their horses are all trimmed regularly 😥He also has the wormy pot bellied look so I have wormed him. And sent a poo sample beforehand for my own interest. He is very withdrawn but he has never

 

[catembi]

...been effusive. Florence the Shetland was delighted to see him again 😄

 

[catembi]

I was thinking of leaving him there til spring as I thought he was in paradise with loads of friends and I thought it would be cruel to bring him back to my half baked facilities! OMG I am glad I didn’t wait! But I have had sleepless nights wondering if it was wrong to get him!

 

[catembi]

I sent my transporter chap to collect as Trev won’t load into a side loader so I never saw his feet til he was home. I was told that their horses are all trimmed regularly 😥He also has the wormy pot bellied look so I have wormed him. And sent a poo sample beforehand for my own interest. He is very withdrawn but he has never

 

[catembi]

Apologies for multiple posts but the site keeps reloading on my phone and losing them!

 

[catembi]

Back fetlocks both swollen; mane in solid mats 😡😥

 

[catembi]

He will be getting drenched in TLC. Better late than never.

 

[MrsMozart]

Bloody hell lass! What the heck?!

So glad he's home with you. I pity the poor buggers that are at the livery.

A period of TLC and he'll be right as rain.

 

[be positive]

Those feet are dreadful, my retired horse has missed a trim and I felt guilty because they are a bit long and tatty round the edges but nothing like that, I suppose once every year is 'regularly' to some people, we hear so much about retirement livery, mainly good, but I guess there will be just as many bad ones looking for 'easy money' with owners trusting their horses are being properly cared for.
You must be so relieved you got him before winter set in, he will be happy to be back even if he doesn't show it.

 

[Trouper]

I wouldn't for a second be wondering if I did the right thing - you certainly did. Horses don't worry about swanky facilities - just where their food and security is coming from and he will know that he is safe with you. He is probably a bit quiet with relief that he can relax now!!!

 

[DressageCob]

Wow, this is not what you expect when you entrust your horse to a retirement livery. Such a relief you got him back when you did. There's no excuse for him being in that state.

 

[BenvardenRach2]

oh goodness his feet
So glad you have him back in your care now.. absolutely not what you expect - to receive your horse back in that poor condition whist under someone else's care

I'm sure he is absolutely thrilled to be home xx

 

[catembi]

And they stole his head collar! He left with head collar and lead rope and came back without! I amazon primed him another set which are coming today. It was a nice cottage craft one as well, and one of those thick elastic ropes as he

 

[catembi]

...pulls back. Luckily the transporter took their own head collar with them!

 

[Shady]

To echo Mrs M... bloody hell those feet. That is shocking and the event lines aren't much better either . Poor lad. Very glad he is back with you now Catembi.
Whoever that yard is would have had me screaming my head off at them

 

[be positive]

Even if they had 'lost' his headcollar what type of yard doesn't have a few spares to send off with a horse, if they are a yard that advertises retirement livery I think a clue to their whereabouts would be fair even if you do not want to name the place it may save someone else going through similar or possibly worse.

 

[OldNag]

Blinking heck. That's shocking
Bet you are glad to have him back.

 

[AnShanDan]

OMG those feet are horrendous, it takes a v long time to get that bad

I'd be naming and shaming, that is totally unacceptable horse "care".

 

[ElectricChampagne]

Thats just disgraceful. His poor feet.

I was gonna ask about his fetlocks/hocks after seeing those pics of his tootsies. Poor poor Trev.

Bet he is glad to be back with you and enjoying his lashings of TLC.

I'd be writing that yard a very strongly worded letter after that.

 

[twiggy2]

Glad he is home with you and tlc in bucket loads is due to be delivered to him.

 

[Michen]

Sorry have to ask, you sent him to retirement livery and never checked on him??

I would be furious if my horse came back in that sort of state an I’d be checking a minimum of once every couple of months if my horse went anyway, potentially lessening if I knew the place and owners really well. What a relief you got him back when you did!

 

[ihatework]

Sorry have to ask, you sent him to retirement livery and never checked on him??

I would be furious if my horse came back in that sort of state an I’d be checking a minimum of once every couple of months if my horse went anyway, potentially lessening if I knew the place and owners really well. What a relief you got him back when you did!

Very valid point.
I know if you are paying good money then you should 100% be able to rely on a livery to do a decent job, but we have all been in this game long enough to know that doesn’t always happen.

Thank god you got him home when you did, but it’s a good reminder for everyone to do periodic checks in their horses

 

[catembi]

I can only post fragments as they keep disappearing.

 

[catembi]

To all those lovely judgy people. It was an awful time. My house purchase fell through as did 3 more.

 

[catembi]

All my stuff was in storage.

 

[catembi]

Horses in livery. Dogs in kennels.