How sad. :( Horses needing urgent rehoming

Bit wrong to state a charity wants a rescue to go to stud though.
Makes no odds how well bred he is, he was taken in as an unwanted. Totally wrong to breed from him
 
Delta: a 12-year-old 16hh thoroughbred stallion, who is well bred and the charity would like to go to stud.

This line has absolutley narked me off!!!
Clearly its not going to be that amazingly succesfull to be actually worth breeding from, there is plenty of top class thoroughbreds that are bred from and produce good youngstock....
And even more that go for dog food...!! Why encourage the breeding of more!! :mad:

i'm suprised whw or someone like hasn't stepped in the interim, i guess there is just so many homeless horses now.
 
I'm pretty certain it's them trying to find him a good home and not intended that way. Remember the owner is dead - is it people who actually know horses who are rehoming or family who have heard that he'd have been good for breeding?

I can see the reasoning. A stud taking in a decent stallion will hopefully know how to handle etc. If he is genuinely well bred he may be worth something. We also don't know how he ended up at the charity. It may have been unwanted due to previous owner passing etc.

While I absolutely agree that breeding isn't the solution. A good stud would be a better place for an older stallion to end up than many others at short notice.
 
Also remember the guy dropped dead from a heart attack not something expected. I have family who breed for themselves and others and don't see the problem with him having bred one if he had the funds and knowledge to care for them or if the mare came in foal.
It's just sad there wasn't a back up plan - we know all of ours have a home should either or both of us die.
 
Can't say I agree.....and more so if the deceased owner allowed the thing to breed on site (but p.s maybe the mare came to him in foal...not read enough so don't know).
Either way if he were that well bred, he would have been taken by a stud, not needing to be taken in by a charity.
The whole rescue notion is undermined if you breed from the flipping animals that have been rescued....no matter what the reason for him being there.
 
Saw this on FB the other day -
Happy Horses Rescue Centre: 1990 to 2012 He is a solid chap and he has produced a lovely foal (Tess) who very much takes after her dad in build That might be a possibility but you will have to email Lorraine via the website for more info because she is the lady in charge of rehoming
January 1 at 11:12pm ·


Happy Horses Rescue Centre: 1990 to 2012 Sarah I think you are misunderstanding our situation. Dave had personal horses as well as rescues, and it was his choice to breed from his horses. As he sadly and tragically passed away suddenly on xmas eve we are now left with the task of rehoming all of the horses and we are only volunteers who are keeping things going purely from donations, so we just simply cannot afford to geld any of our stallions before we rehome them.
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This is Logan (who if memory serves me correctly was originally 'rescued from France. went to Guernsey, then passed to HH).
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Looks like needs a good wormer!

Tess foal Logan sired - 8 month old filly

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Misty Tess's dam (9 yrs old, never backed - described as a dominant mare)

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I know they claim Dave had his personal horses blah, bla, but Logan when there as a rescue and was still used to cover.
 
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Hello HH! A friend pointed out this thread to me as it had a picture of Logan on, so couldnt resist an update as i am Logan's new Mum :D

I went to look at another pony but totally fell for his fluffy charms as he is just the sweetest horses you could meet. You would never know he was a stallion and the only indication of his troubled past is a worried look in his eye. Other than that he is sweet, trusting, friendly and biddable and is to be foster brother to my haffy and mini shetland mares. I into NH, mainly hack, do a bit of novice endurance and recently got into horse agility so we'll see what he takes a shine to. He's smart but not very forward (at the moment - who knows how his personality will change) so susect he might like it all as my haffy is the same.

Logan has had quite a week - on Tuesday he was loaded (carefully - we coaxed rather than pushed him in and he was happy to load in just an hour and a half!) travelled to a temporary home, sedated, gelded, teeth done, vaccs started, discovered 2 sarcoids. On Wednesday he was wormed, deloused, brushed through, trimmed, dematted, very sensitive ears creamed, began teaching him to pick up his feet, began teaching him to lunge/circle and are walking him up the lane for some exercise. He's met dogs, cars, vans and rubbish bins and not blinked an eye! The poor boy is a little shell shocked but as long as we take our time and are gentle he is taking it all in his stride. He's a huge fluffy tank of a horse and we love him to bits!

He will stay stabled for three weeks and continue on his basic educatunion until ready to come share a field with my girls (just a couple 100 yards up the road) and we'll be able to do more stuff with him, plus he'll be able to chill out in his new forever home :) He'll live out 24/7 - stable life doesnt suit him, he's sweaty all the time - at this stage not sure if thats the coat or hidden stress!
 
Good to hear annareeves.
Misty is gorgeous, please don't post photos piebald...I'm trying to be restrained as down the road from ours :p

If an official rescue and is a rescue horse and he wasn't keeping as his own I disagree with the breeding, equally if they needed worming/handling/delousing etc he shouldn't have bred them.
However had it been separate rescue and personal horses and were all cared for I wouldn't have had an issue
 
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Logan has had quite a week - on Tuesday he was loaded (carefully - we coaxed rather than pushed him in and he was happy to load in just an hour and a half!) travelled to a temporary home, sedated, gelded, teeth done, vaccs started, discovered 2 sarcoids. On Wednesday he was wormed, deloused, brushed through, trimmed, dematted, very sensitive ears creamed, began teaching him to pick up his feet, began teaching him to lunge/circle and are walking him up the lane for some exercise.
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Thank god for people like you! Coming from a "rescue" he ought to have already been gelded, wormed, deloused.
I'm sorry it fell to you to have to do that. But what a lucky boy!
I wish you every success with Logan, he deserves a break, and hopefully with you he will get that.
Please do keep us updated with how you get along. I would love to hear how he blossoms! :D
 
Unfortunately because Dave was the heart and soul of the centre, now he has gone, no one is 100% sure of the histories, worming program etc The volunteers have snippets but i think he was the only one with the entire stories. I think many small charities are like that - I chair a charity and 99% of the stuff is in my head as it is my 'baby' and I suspect the Happy Hooves was similar.

We are covering our butts and making sure everything is 100% from the start as we arent sure what has been done to date. Fresh start, all the horrible stuff is out of the way and the only way is up :) There is a lot of critism about the lack of gelding, but what is done is done. Volunteers have been dumped with this to sort out amidst their grief and are doing a sterling job, the best they know how, to sort this out. I have every admiration for the work these guys are doing in the circumstance, espcially Lorraine Thackwray who is going above and beyond to secure a future for these horses. The past may not be all it should have been, but the future is looking pretty rosey.
 
annareeves0 said:
Hello HH! A friend pointed out this thread to me as it had a picture of Logan on, so couldnt resist an update as i am Logan's new Mum :D

I went to look at another pony but totally fell for his fluffy charms as he is just the sweetest horses you could meet. You would never know he was a stallion and the only indication of his troubled past is a worried look in his eye. Other than that he is sweet, trusting, friendly and biddable and is to be foster brother to my haffy and mini shetland mares. I into NH, mainly hack, do a bit of novice endurance and recently got into horse agility so we'll see what he takes a shine to. He's smart but not very forward (at the moment - who knows how his personality will change) so susect he might like it all as my haffy is the same.

Logan has had quite a week - on Tuesday he was loaded (carefully - we coaxed rather than pushed him in and he was happy to load in just an hour and a half!) travelled to a temporary home, sedated, gelded, teeth done, vaccs started, discovered 2 sarcoids. On Wednesday he was wormed, deloused, brushed through, trimmed, dematted, very sensitive ears creamed, began teaching him to pick up his feet, began teaching him to lunge/circle and are walking him up the lane for some exercise. He's met dogs, cars, vans and rubbish bins and not blinked an eye! The poor boy is a little shell shocked but as long as we take our time and are gentle he is taking it all in his stride. He's a huge fluffy tank of a horse and we love him to bits!

He will stay stabled for three weeks and continue on his basic educatunion until ready to come share a field with my girls (just a couple 100 yards up the road) and we'll be able to do more stuff with him, plus he'll be able to chill out in his new forever home :) He'll live out 24/7 - stable life doesnt suit him, he's sweaty all the time - at this stage not sure if thats the coat or hidden stress!
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Im so pleased to read your post. Updates are now a must with photo's of course. Best of luck with Logan your fluffy 'Sherman' horse, I am so pleased for you both :D
 
annareeves0 said:
Unfortunately because Dave was the heart and soul of the centre, now he has gone, no one is 100% sure of the histories, worming program etc The volunteers have snippets but i think he was the only one with the entire stories. I think many small charities are like that - I chair a charity and 99% of the stuff is in my head as it is my 'baby' and I suspect the Happy Hooves was similar.
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Makes compelling argument to why things such as worming, veterinary visits, farriers and the like should always be documented in well kept written records...............also helps when the charities commission need to see your accounts!
 
annareeves0 said:
Hello HH! A friend pointed out this thread to me as it had a picture of Logan on, so couldnt resist an update as i am Logan's new Mum :D

I went to look at another pony but totally fell for his fluffy charms as he is just the sweetest horses you could meet. You would never know he was a stallion and the only indication of his troubled past is a worried look in his eye. Other than that he is sweet, trusting, friendly and biddable and is to be foster brother to my haffy and mini shetland mares. I into NH, mainly hack, do a bit of novice endurance and recently got into horse agility so we'll see what he takes a shine to. He's smart but not very forward (at the moment - who knows how his personality will change) so susect he might like it all as my haffy is the same.

Logan has had quite a week - on Tuesday he was loaded (carefully - we coaxed rather than pushed him in and he was happy to load in just an hour and a half!) travelled to a temporary home, sedated, gelded, teeth done, vaccs started, discovered 2 sarcoids. On Wednesday he was wormed, deloused, brushed through, trimmed, dematted, very sensitive ears creamed, began teaching him to pick up his feet, began teaching him to lunge/circle and are walking him up the lane for some exercise. He's met dogs, cars, vans and rubbish bins and not blinked an eye! The poor boy is a little shell shocked but as long as we take our time and are gentle he is taking it all in his stride. He's a huge fluffy tank of a horse and we love him to bits!

He will stay stabled for three weeks and continue on his basic educatunion until ready to come share a field with my girls (just a couple 100 yards up the road) and we'll be able to do more stuff with him, plus he'll be able to chill out in his new forever home :) He'll live out 24/7 - stable life doesnt suit him, he's sweaty all the time - at this stage not sure if thats the coat or hidden stress!
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I despair when I read this sort of thing!

Yet another 'rescue centre' who are unable to provide even the basic care.

:(

Glad he is now with you, he sounds like he will lead a happy and well cared for life!
 
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