Help- I need to get my horses back from rescue centre!

Thought the horses were retired,but if she's signed them away the only thing she can do is report the charity for cruelty and name the said charity, so no other numpty sends their horses there. Either put the animal down or keep it till they die,they are your responsatbilty,not some chaff charity.
 
Echo bravo they are not a charity, they are YET AGAIN another " non profit" set up :( and if you go through their page, most horses are brought from the sales saving them from the meat man. Not 1 REAL rescue. Oh and a bunch off cow boys.
Would love to post the pic off them backing the shetland but the thread would go mad.
 
thatsmygirl said:
Would love to post the pic off them backing the shetland but the thread would go mad.
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Um...I don't suppose this organisation had some photos of shetlands being 'backed' by full adults on a facebook page? I remember seeing something like that a little while ago and there was uproar so the photos were removed...

Echo Bravo said:
So why say a Rescue Charity, if they are not??? and non profit means nothing.
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Anyone can purport to be a do good rescue centre when they're not really anything of the sort I guess...
 
They are calling themselves a rescue center but when u look into it they are not, but from the outside to the general public they will come across as such.
"non profit" yes means jack ....... Or in my way off thinking " paying for private horses"
She often advertises for horses with problems and I rung her up after seeing her ad to find out more but after seeing her facebook page, pics and the horses she had for sale at the time put me off having anything to do with her. But she comes across nice on the phone so I can see why people would feel it's a honest place.
 
Ladydragon yes there was pics off a Shetland being backed with a very large lady on board who swollowed the saddle. Sorry but it was awful
 
jhoward said:
south west devon/cornwall boarders.
nope they are not!







om very glad someone else is aware of this place, re the shetland im not sure what is worse the far to heavy person or the saddle on the poor mite.

to everyone else.

the op, has done her best by this horse, when she originally bought it she was unaware of most of its history, barring knowing it had been through dealers and sales rings, yet in its day had been a graded stallion and a good show horse.
she has done her best to protect this horse whilst rewarding him with a happy ending, she has tried to stay in contact with said rescue, and be kept up to date on both horses progress, but said rescue turned nasty on her.

thats not a bad horse owner, its an owner trying to actully do the best for a horse that realy did deserve to go and eat grass, and enjoy his last days.

whilst you all bitch, just keep in mind one day, no matter way you say, with the way the horse world is these days you just can not guarentee anything simular will not ever happen to you.
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Pushes like button, i feel really sorry for this girl, she sounds gutted, but is taking advice and trying her best
 
thatsmygirl said:
Pixiebee you didn't see the pic off her fully on the Shetland than? That's not there anymore I believe
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I'm not getting involved with this one other than wishing the OP the best of luck, but if anyone is considering getting welfare agencies involved it is really useful to take screenshots of any material on facebook or other websites ;) :) as they have a habit of disappearing rather quickly when they realise they are being discussed in a negative light.
 
thatsmygirl said:
Ladydragon yes there was pics off a Shetland being backed with a very large lady on board who swollowed the saddle. Sorry but it was awful
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This was a couple of little shetties (duh, they are little by default) being ridden around in a school by a couple of adults IIRC...

I don't remember the name but they were making themselves known on some horse/pony pages as a rescue type organisation I believe and there was uproar at some of the photos... They did have a website too with the same pics on there...
 
cptrayes said:
OP be very cautious of going to law over this.

Judging from what you/others have said, she is not unlikely to send the horses to auction the moment she gets your solicitor's first letter, knowing that once they are not in her possession and you cannot get them back from her that it will not be worth your while to sue her. Unless you know where the auction is and when you could lose contact with them completely.

This isn't really a case of whether she is legally right or wrong. The law will take far too long to sort that out. It's just a case of making the best of a bad job.

I do hope you manage to get this sorted, but the most likely way to actually get them back safely is to go and offer to pay her for them. I had to do this with a horse of mine once, so I know what you are going through :(
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^^^^^
As a dog rescue we have had to deal with similar situations, funnily enough 2 horses also.........as suggested above, folk are unpredictable and the law (esp in regard to animals) it is not always helpful. I can tell you this (whoever has the animal/s) has the upper hand so it may mean the likes of you and me (people wanted the animals) in their care have to sometimes be a little underhanded;) we went down the solicitor route and after a few thousand pound and little progress I took matters into my own hands in regard to the horses (both came back) both loaners attempted to move them the moment they sniffed a rat, we where one step ahead. We did of course have contracts and covered every base but it still not fail safe and these where rescues we placed out on loan to what we deemed responsible homes one a previous vet nurse.
Im happy to tell you what we did it may help, PM if you need to. Good luck getting them back.
 
Thanks For all your help, the solicitor has been helpful it's going to be costly but as I hold all paperwork and they have non if it goes to court it will be taken in my favour as we have written evidence of proof of ownership, however I'm hoping I won't have to take it to court and that she will hand them back with a reward of a hefty donation for her "rescue" centre. And yes the 10hh pony being ridden by a 15? Stone woman, I have saved the photos and videos, so they can delete them all they like but I'm saving every bit of evidence I can! Again thank you x
 
OP - really hope you get your horses back, I realise you feel annoyed at everyones response on here. I happen to agree with most of them.

I realise you have said that you 'hold you hands up' and are trying to sort out this huge mistake, well done you for saying this. Can I just check that you understand the dangers of passing on a horse as a hack (when you said you wouldnt hack him yourself!).

I can see that you want your horses back, I can see that you realise your mistakes, I just hope that you will never do anything as irresponsible as passing on a horse that you deemed unsafe to ride.

Anyway, I hope you get your horses back.

The sad fact is that horses are expensive, if you cannot keep them and they are unsound or retired or are known to be particurlarly dangerous to ride then the only kind responsible thing is to PTS.
 
thatsmygirl said:
jhoward well said.
Oh and iv just clicked what horse it is as well. I loved him and so neally brought him as you well know :)
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after she had him a while OP found out pretty much all of the horses history, it was messy and its a wonder the horse is as saine as he is tbh.

she never wanted to sell him/loan again hence the so called rescue centre.
 
Is this the same coloured that you had advertised as free to a good home sound and good with experienced rider, can be unpredictable to handle, message or details perfect to hacking, hunting and poss light competition work
 
Ok ok i didnt realise that he had since been diagnosed as being unsound, I just remember seeing the advert saying he was sound. and suitable for hacking/ hunting, Fair enough.
 
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