Is your horse ....

What type of a horse owner you are?

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On phone so can't see poll.. So would be member of the family. Nothing would make me sell my horse, not losing my house or anything as she is a member of the family, luckily my boyfriend would never consider it either :-)
 
I put family for mine as he is my forever horse. He wouldn't come 'before' my family, he would come along with them ;). Besides I promised him i'd make sure he is ok forever and that I would do.
Any other horse I would sell (to the right home!) if they weren't the horse for me or if I didn't have the level of attachment that I do for the current one.
 
A horse would always be a friend in my world - there is no way I would put a horse before my family and if push came to shove and something had to give financially then I would very sadly choose her over the family's home! Sorry but anyone with a family who has ticked member of the family is selfish in my book. The children's welfare must always come first however sad I would be and trust me I would be devastated!!
 
I'd like to keep them forever, but would sell to an approved home if I became unable to care for them properly; age, illness or financial problems.
Family comes first, horses close after, but I'd rather they were happily doing a job rather than existing in the field - even if they don't mind.;)
 
I put friend. My two are with me for life, but a few years ago due to illness, I had to sell two and kept one.

The one I kept, was because of my promise to him that he would always have a secure future and never be starved again.

He will always stay in the family and hopefully, my other horse will too, but if ever I could not do them justice due to changing circumstances, I would sell or rehome.
Their well being is more important and if someone else could do it better, they'd go.
 
the poll said equal to family though not over :p, and thinking about it there's a few friends that mean more to me than family too ;).

Mine not going anywhere but it would be a non starter as he isn't really saleable :D
 
mcnaughty said:
A horse would always be a friend in my world - there is no way I would put a horse before my family and if push came to shove and something had to give financially then I would very sadly choose her over the family's home! Sorry but anyone with a family who has ticked member of the family is selfish in my book. The children's welfare must always come first however sad I would be and trust me I would be devastated!!
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I think it depends on how you interpret the available answers. I read 'last thing to go' as I make all practical cut backs first and/ or take on a second job etc. not I would sell my home and make my OH and son homelss just to keep him!
If that is what the OP intended I answered wrongly! - as have the majority as I suspect very few would make their children homeless over a horse (no matter how lovely).

Although I do know people can be a bit mad over animals - the lady that increased her mortgage to offer a £20k reward for the return of her dog could fall into that category - BUT if she can afford the repayments (and presumably the bank checked this) and that's what she wants to spend the money on - I won't be the one to critise
 
ester said:
am sure you can sell the son instead of make him homeless ;)
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Hmmm - not sure on that, he's only 2 and while he loves to help muck out his favorite job is putting hay in the waterbuckets after I've cleaned them out !!!

Not sure I'd get that much for him currently - when he's 16 and can help in harvest and hay making I certainly intend to sell him to our neighbour farmer, as a thank you for all the favours he does us!
 
mcnaughty said:
A horse would always be a friend in my world - there is no way I would put a horse before my family and if push came to shove and something had to give financially then I would very sadly choose her over the family's home! Sorry but anyone with a family who has ticked member of the family is selfish in my book. The children's welfare must always come first however sad I would be and trust me I would be devastated!!
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Maybe the poll wasn't perfectly designed for those of us with more than one horse, it was more about general sentiment than specifics. After all the horror posts of recent weeks of horses being really badly treated, abandoned, eaten, etc I just wanted to be reassured that most people have a pretty good and well thought through attitude towards their horses.

To me, I feel really privileged that I can have 3 horses and afford to look after them. Sometimes I hate the work and getting out of bed, but overall as long as I can give them a good life they will be with me ..... and if I can't I would PTS rather then pass on the 2 older ones and the younger one would work really hard to find an amazing home. I am definitely in the 'member of the family' camp!
 
I see him as family. But have opted for 'friend'. Purely because I couldn't let myself be in deep financial strain, struggling to feed him if I knew there was an option of letting him go to another home where he could be well looked after.

Luckily for me, my sister acts as my sharer and she's on good money. So if I went broke she'd happily take him over until I was back on my financial feet :D
 
Both mine are like family. And my dogs too. I've been in a position where financially it was hard to keep dogs and horses and run a home on my own, but luckily I managed. I would sacrifice anything I could to keep my animals.
 
Both my boys are like family to me and I hate the thought of being parted from them :(
However, I have a severely disabled daughter and she will ALWAYS come first no matter what, so although they are family I would have to sell if it was a choice between them and the welfare of my daughter. Otherwise, not ever if it could be helped..!!!:p (I have to confess though that I would sell the horses before parting with my dogs and Macaw :o)
 
Isn't life always about compromise? I suspect my family already technically 'go without' for my boys - without them we would have a smaller mortgage and enough spare cash to have a foreign holiday or two every year. But they then would have a very grumpy fat and unfit wife/ mum so for the price of a holiday or two I suspect they are better off!
 
Commercial.

If I wanted family,I'd marry and have kids.
If I wanted more friends, I'd spend less time in the barn and put more effort into my social life.

I don't, I want to earn a living. That's not to say I don't love them dearly, but when it comes to the crunch I buy horses to event, either I'll make money eventing then, or I'll sell them at a profit.

Willy will stay with me, only because it wouldn't make commercial sense to sell a horse that gets me endorsements, and who may break down at any point. But the others, sell them in a heartbeat for the right money.

I - my career, my future - come first.
 
George would be the last thing to go, no doubt about it, I would sell my house and move into his stable with him if needed, although not sure he would be too impressed.

The big thing to point out though, is that I am single and have no kids (unless you count George) so have no responsibilities bar George and myself so can be completely selfish.

In the future it would depend on the bond I had with the horse to be honest.
 
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