Loan Dilemma

I am so pleased for the little girl that she has got her pony - and a lovely one at hat.

Do people really loan ponies to children without expecting a responsible adult to be involved, though?

Not criticising you AE, as I know Jenny has been on your yard, so you were able to keep an eye on her but lots of people seemed to think it was ok for the child to be on her own.
 
Pearlsasinger said:
I am so pleased for the little girl that she has got her pony - and a lovely one at hat.

Do people really loan ponies to children without expecting a responsible adult to be involved, though?

Not criticising you AE, as I know Jenny has been on your yard, so you were able to keep an eye on her but lots of people seemed to think it was ok for the child to be on her own.
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Yay for the little girl. Although, I was quite looking forward to the scrum from the HHO collective if she was on the open market. Heck, even I was wondering if she would like to be a companion here!

PAS, I was another who walked to the pony, although I was 13 before I got one. I could either walk 45 minutes or take 2 buses and walk 5 minutes. What I did depended on whether I had the saddle with me or not. I did look silly once on the bus with a feed bucket and a lunge whip. Got some strange looks for sure :p

I didn't feel abandoned at all, although it was my mother's idea - so I would give up before GCSEs. Far from put me off, I felt part of the mystical 'horse world' with an early morning start, walking in the dark and the morning mucking out club. I would change in the toilet at the stables and walk to school. Mum would pick me up at around 7pm at night, on her way home from work (as much to make sure I was home in time for tea as anything). If she was early she would simply sit in the car and read the paper.

Safety is another matter, but some areas would seem safe enough to me and some not. Also, 6am is safer IMO that 10pm.

The girl is learning a life lesson on perseverance, hard work brings its own reward etc.

Well done AE for finding Jenny a FAB new mum.
 
So pleased this has a happy ending.

With regards the digression topic, I got my first horse when I was 13 (so not far the age of the lass buying AE's mare). I couldn't get to the barn on my own until I had a driver's license, as it was seven miles along the US equivalent of a fast, rural A road, and there were no buses, but my parents chauffered me there, dropping me off and picking me up when I called two or three hours later. They have never been horsey, and they didn't hang about.

There was another barn within walking distance of my parents' house, but they would not take a boarder under 16 unless the kid was supervised at all times. Mon and Dad really did not want to be spending entire evenings at the barn, and the deal with buying the horse was that I took care of it. They opted for the barn that required chauffering, but where they didn't mind parent-free kids running around.
 
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