Just got my loaned out horse back home!

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Went for horse and it was loaners friend there to meet me (how lucky am i
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She had a right go saying she wasn't allowed to let him go with out money for vet bill i told her get lost and then she was saying that i only wanted him back now because she had done all the schooling with him (he can't even canter in the right leg) and she thinks i should just give him to her etc and that i can't be bothered to go visit him i went once in 4 weeks and she didn't even want me to do that. Then i put his headcollar on and she stood in front of door trying to stop me from getting him out so i just opened it and walked him straight at her and she soon moved.
He loaded fine and seemed to want to get home as usually hes a bit of a git to load, and he is now settled in his stable munching away with his old friends.
LOANING NEVER AGAIN
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Wass thinking about how you got on earlier. Glad he is home safe and sound - hopefully no permanent damage done.

There are nice loaners out there - hopefully me - I am about to take one on full loan and hope we dont have any problems like this.....)eekkk hope my new girls mummy isnt reading about your nightmare situation!

Can you give me some tips on how to be a good loanee?
 
Mrs m - baisically they had him 4 weeks he gashed his leg they didn't tell me and they signed a contract saying they would, they kept pushing for insurance to be in their name also in contract that it would be in my name and they kept pushing for his passport and weren't happy about me going to see him
TwoBays - i would baisically just say keep owner informed of everything that you are doing with horse and look after it as you would if it were your own
 
So glad you got your horse back and you are safe.
I have one of my horses out on ful loan, best advice i can give is do as my loanee does she emails me at least one a week and she post piccies on here quiet often and i visit when ever i want normally one a month.
Only takes 5 mins to email and does give so much piece of mind, even it is just to tell the owner about a hack you went on
 
I am dreadfully sorry you have had such a bad experience. My horse is loaned out as a companion and the HHoer who has him is his new best friend. If I wasnt so glad about where he is and how he is being looked after I would be very jealous. He has been in his new home for about 15 months now. I can visit anytime I want. Everyone at the farm he is at is lovely and we keep in touch regularly about all our horses even swapping advice when I am tempted to throw in the towel with the new boy!

I mostly posted this so you would know that there are still good people out there.
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Oh and I often get random texts with photos of him too.
 
I am sorry you had a bad experience. I have had horses on loan and also loaned them out with only a few minor problems. To be fair they should have had his passport, the law states clearly that the passport should be with the horse. Were you paying the insurance or were they and did it cover vets bills., I can see potential problems there.
 
yeah but the problem is once they have my passport i may aswell just say goodbye because thats my only proof of ownership and wouldn't trust her with anything
 
I am glad you have him back, there are good loaners out there (me) the lad I have is on long term permanent loan, I keep bullying his owner to come see him lol

its a long story but he is getting better care now than when he was on £500 a month full livery
 
I am sorry you had a bad experience but to be honest the insurance should have been in the new loaners name - and the passport legally has to be with the horse. AS to your only proof of ownership I am afraid a pssoport does not prove ownership. You needed to write a letter for them to sign and date stating what they had to do and that the horse was on loan to them and you were the owner.

I have loaned a couple of ponies for my niece. I had passports I was required to provide full insurance through NFU and the owner saw them about once a term in uni holidays. I would update her every month or so by text or email and it worked well.

If you didn't trust them enough to give them the passports - how could you trust them enough to look after the horse.
 
Ditto Bosworth sentiments

'If you didn't trust them enough to give them the passports - how could you trust them enough to look after the horse. '

The passport is legally supposed to be with the horse.
 
well i asked defra and they said i was should keep his passport at all time and in my opinion you can't trust anyone without properly knowing them and the reason he is home is lack of veterinart care
 
When i loaned my mare out the passport people told me to send the passport to them so they could put in their the loanees name and address but told me I was to keep the passport with me and not the loaner.
 
Defra rules clearly state that the passport must be kept with the keeper of the horse. So if the horse is on full livery it must stay with the yard owner, if it is loaned out it must stay with the horses at the new keepers address. Fazzie - you were given totally incorrect information. In no circumstances should the loaners details be put in the passport =- the passport details owners not keepers and it must be kept with the horses.
 
I have to send my passport back to my breed society if I put a pony out on loan. It is clearly recorded in the passport as a LOAN. This happens in many of the pony societies. The passport however must remain with the pony.
 
I had a problem like this.. When i had my first horse on part loan/share (her owner was in the army) everything was fine and dandy, i took her to shows and had regular lessons on her. However when the owner was posted up north, the mare was left in our care. As she was a VERY hairy Cob working through the summer, she sweated up really easily. One of the "instructors" at the time decided that it would be a fantastic idea to call the owner to tell her that i was working her horse to the ground. Therefore the next day we recieved a phone call to tell us that we are not to go near the mare again, that she will be used for the riding club untill she (the owner) is able to arrange transport too collect the mare and take her back to her parents farm. We vowed never to part loan/share ever again!
 
I am sorry to hear some bad stories, but please don't everyone be put off loaning - there are some great loaners and owners out there. Over the last 20 years we must have had at least 10 horses or ponies on loan or being loaned out and have really never had any problems.

In fact one we had on loan to fatten up and get healthy (admittedly, from poor treatment in another loan home
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Well done. Isnt it the best feeling in the world. I got my boy back from being loaned out in Feb, whilst he was very well cared for during the loan, as always when they decide they dont want them anymore, it turns difficult. Luckily the loanees husband returned him. He whinnied (my horse not the husband) when he heard me and I cried and just sat on him bareback hugging forever: Loaning never again, I now have a wonderful sharer at my yard from which he wont be moved from.
 
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