MiJodsR2BlinkinTite
Well-Known Member
Advice needed please. I'll try to explain briefly.
I offered my boy on loan as just couldn't give him the time and he desperately needed more work than I could give him.
So did a deal with a loanee to keep him on working livery at a big yard where he'd be used in their riding school as well as ridden by her. The deal being that she'd keep him at working livery as if he were "hers", i.e. she does him when she's there, provides all hard feed and pays for her share of the shoeing and vets bills etc; and they can also use him for lessons etc by mutual consent.
So we'd signed the loan agreement and everything was fine...... or so I thought, until over the weekend when I popped along to see him.
He has had sweet itch in the past; but when I sent him to this yard a fortnight ago you woulnd't have believed he'd got it as he had a lovely full mane - simply because I'd looked after it and always made sure he was covered up and/or had Killitch on.
When I saw him yesterday, I was gutted, he looked absolutely bl@ddy AWFUL. His tail is OK, BUT his mane is just all rubbed and raw. The reason given by the loanee - who, bless her, has been very conscientious about giving him his supplements and making sure that to her knowledge (here I emphasise) that he's always worn his sweet-itch turnout hoody, was that "another pony in the field has been nibbling at his mane". BUT there's no obvious damage to the hoody, which one would expect.
Anway, this morning, feeling very precious, I rang the YO and we talked about it. He reckons the mane damage is "old scars" and nothing new!!!!
- NOT TRUE!! He was FINE when he went there a fortnight ago!!! I'm so bl@ddy angry about this, my poor horse's mane is all rubbed, red and sore, and if I went to a riding school and rode a horse in this state I'd seriously wonder what sort of set-up it was.
So, after discussing with said YO, he did begin to listen a bit after the initiall pooh poohing of saying the rubbing is only noticeable because he's recently been clipped (rubbish!). We both agree we are mystified by this as there's no damage to the rug which wouldn't be the case if another pony had chewed at his mane, which leads to the obvious conclusion that he's been turned out WITHOUT his hoody on which is how it might have happened, especially with the hot weather we've had.
The other issue is that the loanee has just bought a saddle for him and paid for it, apparently the YM at this yard says it fits but I don't think it does as just by looking you can see its very high up at the back and when you sit in it you feel you're tipping forward, so I'm concerned about this as well! Particularly as my horse has had back problems in the past caused by an ill fitting saddle.
Sooooo...... having just signed a loan agreement which lasts for a year, I'm very unhappy. I used the BHS standard loan agreement, however, reading through it I'm not sure it provides for a situation where the owner needs to remove the horse if he/she doesn't think its being properly looked after. I wish now that I'd stopped and thought to include that because I really like the girl that's got him and he likes her and is going brilliantly for her, and I don't want to do anything awful like take him away. But the only reason I chose this yard over another one which would have been much nearer home was because its high up and therefore better for his sweet itch in the first place!
So - thanks to anyone who's got this far - wine & chocs! BUT I'm asking myself (and you the punters!) the question..... am I being too precious here? What would others of you with horses on loan do about this situation? (there's a big part of me that just wants to load him up and bring him home ...... but I know I couldn't cope with his behaviour issues if I were to do that, but there IS another place where I know they'd love to have him but which would cost me more to keep him, whereas its costing me nothing at the mo).
Sorry, am rambling, but am upset. I'd worked my butt off keeping him free from sweet itch ..... and now he's been somewhere else for a fortnight and he's the WORST he's ever been. So yes I'm upset.
I offered my boy on loan as just couldn't give him the time and he desperately needed more work than I could give him.
So did a deal with a loanee to keep him on working livery at a big yard where he'd be used in their riding school as well as ridden by her. The deal being that she'd keep him at working livery as if he were "hers", i.e. she does him when she's there, provides all hard feed and pays for her share of the shoeing and vets bills etc; and they can also use him for lessons etc by mutual consent.
So we'd signed the loan agreement and everything was fine...... or so I thought, until over the weekend when I popped along to see him.
He has had sweet itch in the past; but when I sent him to this yard a fortnight ago you woulnd't have believed he'd got it as he had a lovely full mane - simply because I'd looked after it and always made sure he was covered up and/or had Killitch on.
When I saw him yesterday, I was gutted, he looked absolutely bl@ddy AWFUL. His tail is OK, BUT his mane is just all rubbed and raw. The reason given by the loanee - who, bless her, has been very conscientious about giving him his supplements and making sure that to her knowledge (here I emphasise) that he's always worn his sweet-itch turnout hoody, was that "another pony in the field has been nibbling at his mane". BUT there's no obvious damage to the hoody, which one would expect.
Anway, this morning, feeling very precious, I rang the YO and we talked about it. He reckons the mane damage is "old scars" and nothing new!!!!
- NOT TRUE!! He was FINE when he went there a fortnight ago!!! I'm so bl@ddy angry about this, my poor horse's mane is all rubbed, red and sore, and if I went to a riding school and rode a horse in this state I'd seriously wonder what sort of set-up it was.So, after discussing with said YO, he did begin to listen a bit after the initiall pooh poohing of saying the rubbing is only noticeable because he's recently been clipped (rubbish!). We both agree we are mystified by this as there's no damage to the rug which wouldn't be the case if another pony had chewed at his mane, which leads to the obvious conclusion that he's been turned out WITHOUT his hoody on which is how it might have happened, especially with the hot weather we've had.
The other issue is that the loanee has just bought a saddle for him and paid for it, apparently the YM at this yard says it fits but I don't think it does as just by looking you can see its very high up at the back and when you sit in it you feel you're tipping forward, so I'm concerned about this as well! Particularly as my horse has had back problems in the past caused by an ill fitting saddle.
Sooooo...... having just signed a loan agreement which lasts for a year, I'm very unhappy. I used the BHS standard loan agreement, however, reading through it I'm not sure it provides for a situation where the owner needs to remove the horse if he/she doesn't think its being properly looked after. I wish now that I'd stopped and thought to include that because I really like the girl that's got him and he likes her and is going brilliantly for her, and I don't want to do anything awful like take him away. But the only reason I chose this yard over another one which would have been much nearer home was because its high up and therefore better for his sweet itch in the first place!
So - thanks to anyone who's got this far - wine & chocs! BUT I'm asking myself (and you the punters!) the question..... am I being too precious here? What would others of you with horses on loan do about this situation? (there's a big part of me that just wants to load him up and bring him home ...... but I know I couldn't cope with his behaviour issues if I were to do that, but there IS another place where I know they'd love to have him but which would cost me more to keep him, whereas its costing me nothing at the mo).
Sorry, am rambling, but am upset. I'd worked my butt off keeping him free from sweet itch ..... and now he's been somewhere else for a fortnight and he's the WORST he's ever been. So yes I'm upset.
