immigrating to australia, have to sell horses

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Evening everyone,
Im thoroughly excited about moving to Oz, with my other half, but as time passes and I have to sell my horses, atleast 4 of them, Im feeling really low and depressed about the whole thing.
I hate advertising them, and feel like Im letting them down, plus I had some silly woman today ask whether my advertised broodmare would compete at novice level, and thats just made me feel even worse..It clearly reads being sold only as broodmare and cant be ridden, I couldnt understand why she thought she would be a competition horse for 500.00 ?
Any way, how does one cope with selling, Is it supposed to be this hard?
Sorry, for moan, but feel better writing down how I feel,
Plus I have a longterm gelding who is low grade lame, and I dont know what to do with him, was planning on taking him with me, but now Im not sure whether its plain madness, its costing me 12000!!
I may as well stay here, I wasnt depressed before I decided to move.
 
Bless your heart I'm so sorry.
Keep up beat no matter how hard it is.
Vet the homes you go to, I would sell my horse for pennies if I knew he was going to be loved and cared for.
All the best, sorry i can't be of much help. X
 
Feel for you! There are always plenty of prats whenever you're selling horses, must be even more difficult when you're under time constraints. Are you going to Oz for certain period of time? Would you be able to get an understanding loan home for your low grade lame gelding? Not that easy I know
 
Lintel said:
Bless your heart I'm so sorry.
Keep up beat no matter how hard it is.
Vet the homes you go to, I would sell my horse for pennies if I knew he was going to be loved and cared for.
All the best, sorry i can't be of much help. X
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thanks for saying so, my whole family, oh included think Im some looney tune, but I cant help how I feel, I am trying to get info from all thats interested, and try and get the best homes, but still feel like my little world is being pulled apart,
God life is cruel, why cant it cost a reasonable amount of money so I can take them all !! very peerved.
 
kirstyl said:
Feel for you! There are always plenty of prats whenever you're selling horses, must be even more difficult when you're under time constraints. Are you going to Oz for certain period of time? Would you be able to get an understanding loan home for your low grade lame gelding? Not that easy I know
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well, its supposed to be a permanent move, which is good for us in all respects apart for the horse problem,
Im not sure who would want to spoil a 16 year old 17.3hh highly pampered high spirited gelding who will only hack in company and may not be fit for much more than light hacking, hes had his second dose of injections into his hip for lameness, so Im just bringing him back to work now, see how he progresses..plus hes a poor doer!!
 
Sorry to barge in on this forum. I'm moving back to Oz next year and will be taking my neddy with me. I spoke to IRT and they advised me it would be much cheaper to fly my boy back with another shipment I.e. with the horses flying over for the Melbourne Cup pre November. I was quoted £6500 for my 18.2 hand monster. Is there anyway you could at least take one of your horses with you? I have a friend who flies his racehorses around the world with IRT and he said you can negotiate the prices with them. I realize £6500 is certainly not cheap but if you have the money then at least you could take one of your neddy's with you and not feel so depressed ( I told my OH of 30 years I would divorce him before I left my big neddy behind, so horsey is in for a very long flight). Trust me I don't want to go back to Oz after living here but have no choice due to my OH's job. IRT will also consider allowing you to travel with your horse/s thus saving you the cost of your airfare.
In the event you can't take them, maybe you could lease one or more until such time you have the funds to fly one or more of them out.
Just a thought.
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn.
 
Gusbear said:
Sorry to barge in on this forum. I'm moving back to Oz next year and will be taking my neddy with me. I spoke to IRT and they advised me it would be much cheaper to fly my boy back with another shipment I.e. with the horses flying over for the Melbourne Cup pre November. I was quoted £6500 for my 18.2 hand monster. Is there anyway you could at least take one of your horses with you? I have a friend who flies his racehorses around the world with IRT and he said you can negotiate the prices with them. I realize £6500 is certainly not cheap but if you have the money then at least you could take one of your neddy's with you and not feel so depressed ( I told my OH of 30 years I would divorce him before I left my big neddy behind, so horsey is in for a very long flight). Trust me I don't want to go back to Oz after living here but have no choice due to my OH's job. IRT will also consider allowing you to travel with your horse/s thus saving you the cost of your airfare.
In the event you can't take them, maybe you could lease one or more until such time you have the funds to fly one or more of them out.
Just a thought.
Sorry if I'm speaking out of turn.
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I am super surprised by this, can I Pm you???
 
no, not helpful.

Clearly shes thought about both selling her horses and taking one with her, hence the OP.
 
Gosh you are dedicated :) I thought you were just taking the one hence the 12000.

I must admit I dont think Id take any of mine, too far and too expensive for me I think. Maybe one at a stretch, although Im not sure the climate would suit him anyway.
 
Capriole said:
Gosh you are dedicated :) I thought you were just taking the one hence the 12000.

I must admit I dont think Id take any of mine, too far and too expensive for me I think. Maybe one at a stretch, although Im not sure the climate would suit him anyway.
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no, I mentioned him, as hes the one I was most sceptical about, due to the lameness issues, but I have had him 10 years and spent thousands on, in vets diagnosis, etc.Very good friend to me too, bless him.. Its just really the two broodmares, a youngster, and a dressage guy who have just had a year,that Im selling, too many though. the longterm ones im not prepared to leave..climate supposed to be ok, if you can work it in with the seasons, ive been told ?!
 
yeah I think it varies widely, but everywhere Ive got family there seems to be in a hot bit :)

I know what you mean about the lame guy though, Id have been torn about taking my last horse (now deceased) as Id always want him with me but it would have been too far for him. Much as I love my current horses Id sell them though.

Where are you planning on living?
 
Capriole said:
yeah I think it varies widely, but everywhere Ive got family there seems to be in a hot bit :)

I know what you mean about the lame guy though, Id have been torn about taking my last horse (now deceased) as Id always want him with me but it would have been too far for him. Much as I love my current horses Id sell them though.

Where are you planning on living?
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perth, Im heading, but Ive only been on holiday in Queensland !! I loved it there, but its such a distance to take horses. Although I have been told they take very good care of them in quarantine, so hopefully they will be ok X
 
CC,

What a horrible thing to say. Normally I'm all for the other side of an argument but not here. One of the only reasons I'm still in Ireland and not home in America making a much better living are my horses. But you know what at the moment it's getting harder and harder to stay here. Trying to live and save enough to bring my 5 home. Including a 17yo ex chaser with a very dodgey hock who was supposed to be put down at 17. He too can be lightly hacked but is a moron hacking. So my thoughts now are to find summer grazing while hubby and I go home to make up the rest of the money which we can do in no time.

I am in absolute turmoil at the moment over these choices but if I want to have a quality of life again I need to get the hell out of this country. At the moment the easiest choice is to sell up and go convincing myself that they will all find good homes and life will be fine. It won't though as my horses are so very important to me. Trust me my family also thinks I'm a nutjob.

So I very much get what the OP is going through. At the same time in America I can do the same exact thing in my job and get paid double to triple what I make here with the conversion. And have a bit of a life as well.

OP wish you nothing but the best. I'm off to look up IRT myself.

Terri
 
Good Luck OP

Have you tried embryo transfer places for your broodmares? My mum tried it for hers and was really keen but then a family friend said she wanted her anyway.. Maybe worth a shot :)
 
Before you book their plane tickets,make sure that you have somewhere suitable to keep him/them.OZ is not like the UK,lots of people have horses BUT livery yards are not a great part of the horsey culture,many people keep their horses at home,often not in the the same way ,you might expect.Also the Cup horses fly into Melbourne,after quarrantine you will have to organise transport to Perth..plane or float.
 
I'm sure your horses will acclimatise to the heat in Perth - and I mean HEAT - but it make take a while with clipping etc to sort it. I went out there for 18 months, but did not take mine with me as I knew it wouldn't be a lifetime move, luckily my mum and sister were able to look after him for that time period. Mine does not cope well when it hits 20 over here, so I think he would have had to be bic'd all over to cope with the perth summer! :D

Also prepare for flies and ticks, I helped a lady on her stud out there and had to wear a head net as the flies were unbearable in the summer. There are plenty of places for agistment (livery - took me ages to figure that one out :rolleyes: ) as far as I remember. This is the woman I helped out - from Scotland originally, there's lots of horses in her region - south of Perth.

http://www.torridonlodge.com/index.html?0.9084673791885708

Of course one upside of WA is limitless beach riding, there is sand and sea just everywhere :)

Good luck with your decisions, is not easy - I cried when I was moving, even though it wouldn't be forever :o Incidentally I think the OHs mum is very grateful to my horse, as I think she knows without him to come back to we may have not come back ;)
 
Hi, thanks everyone,
I know exactly how you feel equilibrium, I hope you can work it out, although I understand its not as costly to get them to America. So I hope you can sort out taking them, I wish it was only America that I was going to, and not as far as Australia. But oh well!Thanks for posting, its comforting to know that someone else has the same dilemma, (sorry ofcourse to hear it), but you know how I feel.
Everyone keeps on telling me to find them all homes and buy a horse over there,,etc, but thats not how it works, for me, anyway.
I take it Ireland also has been hit hard by the recession, hopefully we can work out a better exisitence in Oz, as here, in Aberdeenshire, with the winters, it is increasingly difficult.
 
Stencilface said:
I'm sure your horses will acclimatise to the heat in Perth - and I mean HEAT - but it make take a while with clipping etc to sort it. I went out there for 18 months, but did not take mine with me as I knew it wouldn't be a lifetime move, luckily my mum and sister were able to look after him for that time period. Mine does not cope well when it hits 20 over here, so I think he would have had to be bic'd all over to cope with the perth summer! :D

Also prepare for flies and ticks, I helped a lady on her stud out there and had to wear a head net as the flies were unbearable in the summer. There are plenty of places for agistment (livery - took me ages to figure that one out :rolleyes: ) as far as I remember. This is the woman I helped out - from Scotland originally, there's lots of horses in her region - south of Perth.

http://www.torridonlodge.com/index.html?0.9084673791885708

Of course one upside of WA is limitless beach riding, there is sand and sea just everywhere :)

Good luck with your decisions, is not easy - I cried when I was moving, even though it wouldn't be forever :o Incidentally I think the OHs mum is very grateful to my horse, as I think she knows without him to come back to we may have not come back ;)
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thanks,I will look her up, she might be able to give me some help,
Sounds like you enjoyed it there alot too.
 
Just looking at this the other way round, certainly for your lame gelding £12000 would buy a LOT of retirement livery at a reputable place meaning that you stayed as owner and in ultimate control but he was properly cared for. There are forumers who run them, the one I've been to was idyllic!
 
Dee O'Dorant said:
Just looking at this the other way round, certainly for your lame gelding £12000 would buy a LOT of retirement livery at a reputable place meaning that you stayed as owner and in ultimate control but he was properly cared for. There are forumers who run them, the one I've been to was idyllic!
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Actually, I did give that some thought, too, but after the reading the thread the other day posted on here, about the lady with the coloured, who gave him to a charity, it put me off, a bit, as I know I will be so so far away, and I dont have anyone to keep a check on him, and how hes being looked after. But I agree it is worth giving some thought to !
 
Dee O'Dorant said:
Just looking at this the other way round, certainly for your lame gelding £12000 would buy a LOT of retirement livery at a reputable place meaning that you stayed as owner and in ultimate control but he was properly cared for. There are forumers who run them, the one I've been to was idyllic!
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I am sure there will be some HHO's who can point you in the right direction :D:D
 
orbie said:
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I am sure there will be some HHO's who can point you in the right direction :D:D
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HenryHorn on here used to do retirement livery - but I'm not sure if she's taking any more horses.

Totally and utterly 100% bonafide trustworthy and honest.
 
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