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Just interested to know how many people have kept in touch with buyers. Since selling in April I have received & replied to four positive communications with buyers of our beloved pony,( sadly outgrown) really want to send them an email wishing them merry xmas, daughter desperately wants to visit over holiday period,(never visited before as 3hrs away) but do you think as the new owner you would prefer to be left alone? Would hate to interfere. He's not ours anymore. Do you move on. I have always said I wanted first refusal to buy back as he was such a lovely boy, would hate to visit & be disapointed as I would want to bring him home. Don't understand our feelings as they were brilliant people, couldn't ask for better and we delivered him to his new home which was lovely. sorry for emotive post.
 
if your buyer has contacted you four times since April then they really would like you to visit and see how well they are looking after your baby. As a buyer and seller, I can be pretty sure of that!

Go and have a nice day out.
 
I still keep in touch with the lady that bought my ID/TB in April. Her yard is not far from my godson so when I'm visiting I always drop her a text to see if she's at the yard and I pop over with a carrot for my boy. I always ask for first refusal as they become like family x
 
I have not sold a horse before... But being a buyer (and a soppy type) I would be more than welcome to anyone who wanted to visit their horse I had brought. I think also, considering they have emailed with news/updates they would welcome it too. Plus if you stay in touch they would be much more reliable for first refusal in the future.

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We bought our girlie 3 years ago and still keep in touch with her previous owners, who are lovely people and have been to visit her this year...
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i just got in contact with my lads previous owners and i would be more than happy for her to visit if she wanted to (though she live in the highlands of scotland and i live on the south coast) you can only ask whats the worst that will happen??
 
If they're keeping in touch with you then fine. However, I do know someone who gets texts constantly from the pony's old owner (it was sold in summer) - like every day for a few days. When she doesn't reply straight away, they text again and so does the daughter (totally inappropriate, like 'hi hun, kiss kiss, etc) It's tantamount to stalking. The pony was sold, it's in a good new home, owners are getting on fine, they don't need you texting every week. Bah humbug...
 
As a buyer I e-mail once a year with updates, if the old owner gets in touch more often I always reply but if I don't hear anything back two years in a row I give up! C's old owner is still in touch 7 years later and R's 5 years later which is really nice! R's old owner has been to see him a few times.
 
I am probably an exception but for the past twelve years I have sent photos of my boy to his previous owners each Christmas, just to let them see how he's doing! They love receiving them, and I know how much they loved him and I am pleased and proud to keep them in touch.

I would certainly send a Christmas card/Email to your boy's new owners, and take them up on the offer if they had said you might visit. My horse's previous owners did visit him about six months after I bought him.

If it's them who are contacting you, don't worry that you are bothering them. Maybe I am not unique after all!
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We sold a weanling over 4 years ago now and his owners still phone us up every couple of months with what he's up to. The owner has also visited us here to see the baby brothers and sisters and is constantly inviting us to visit whenever we want. We've visited him once but intend to after Christmas holidays.

We also sold another home-bred (4 year old) back in October and to date we have received literally hundreds of videos and photos of her with her new owner. We are delighted as we never wanted to sell this filly but because she was being wasted here with us (no rider) and a 4 year old TB measuring just 14.2hh and not broken, we knew we had to find a new owner to give her a chance to show how good she could be. We are so proud with what they've achieved with her in a matter of weeks and not only do we get the photos and videos, but phone calls and emails telling us what she's been up to and what the plans are. For the past few weeks they've been so excited phoning us inviting us to visit and see for ourselves, so we're off on a near 4 hrs trip next Sunday to visit her. Her new owners tick every box we could ever have wanted for this much loved filly.

We've also got a weanling due to go to a stud farm in France in the next few days now, and her new owner has already invited us over to France to visit her whenever we want.

We still get regular correspondence and photos from owners who have purchased from us over the past 8 years or so.

If we don't hear from owners we've sold horses to after a couple of emails asking how things are, then we take it that they don't want to involve us so we sadly leave them alone.

Why not just send an email blatantly asking if you can visit and see how they respond. Hope your visit turns out how you wanted it to. We can't wait for next Sunday.
 
Ive never sold a horse that was mine but i was riding one earlier this year (sold may) who i would love to have know how she was doing... but the new owners didnt really stay in touch so as the "just some girl who used to ride her" i dont have much right to contact them! :P

On teh flip side ive owned my horse for 10years and still see and speak to the old owners... they have ( i think) enjoyed knowing how he is doing so if i ever afford another i would like to stay in touch i think...

In terms of your situation if they have been in touch a few times... whats the harm in asking... it would be very easy for them to say they are busy over christmas to politely turn you down and equally if they are happy for you to come they will make it possible...
They can only say no but if you dont at least ask you might regret it! Good luck and hope you get to see him! xx
 
I will have owned my TB for 2 years in May, I kept in monthly contact with his owners for the first few months and then it died down a bit. I haven't contacted them for probably 10 months or so now as nothing much has gone on with him as 4 months out of 10 he has been out of work but I will be emailing them a general update and wish them a merry christmas next week. I usually get a reply but they generally don't email me first to ask about him. I will continue to email them updates even if it is only once a year, as I would like to have an update if I ever sold any of my boys.
I don't keep in contact with my ponies old owner as they moved and we lost contact sadly.
 
I have kept in touch with every horse/pony Ive ever sold (bar one). I have recieved photos of them over the years and regular updates. I have found that emailing is best as then I dont feel Im bothering them as such, they can reply whenever they have time. Facebook has also been useful as I have simply PM'd them a quick message asking how they're getting on and they've always been happy to reply. Most people LOVE bragging about their horse so it doesn't take much encouragement!

I always make it clear when I sell though that I would very much like to keep in touch. Every sale is always a very difficult one for me and they tend to understand that.
 
Can you have a chat with the new owner and ask how she would feel about you visiting. It sounds like it should be fine, but I would give her an option to refuse.

I bought my horse from my instructor and now keep him at her mum's livery yard. She teaches us and rides him for me when I'm on holiday. I suspect it could be tricky with the wrong person, but she had been ace at helping without interfering.
 
I stayed in touch with the seller of my horse and 2yrs later she asked to come and visit him, I took her out for a ride on him and I took out a liveries horse. She knew he was very happy with me
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I've bought 2 new horses in less than a month and have always said to the old owners that they are welcome to pop over whenever they want,even if i'm not at the yard,i have nothing to hide!

One of the owners is coming on sunday to visit actually and i think she'll be very pleased,he's settled in well is in a lovely field and all 4 of our horses are getting on sooo much better than i thought they would.

If they have contacted you all those times then i think they would be over the moon to see you.
 
I bought George from a lovely couple, when I tried George I really clicked with the woman and discovered she was an instructor, so asked if she would teach me and she was more than happy to, so she sees George every two weeks!!!
 
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