Loan horses - how involved do owners get?

I would advise to check on your horse every month even if you are loaning to an expert. I loaned to a BHSII and my horse was ruined. I had been stupid enough to trust them!
 
Depends on the owner, when I had horse on loan last year I had emails once a month or so until the horse went lame, then she didn't want to know. Everyone is different though
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I suppose it depends on the deal you have.

I have had 3 loan horses 1st was a nightmare as I kept him on his owners livery yard and I ended up giving him back as her and her husband used to fight over him leaving me being stuck right in the middle.

2nd was moved to a livery yard I chose. Worked really well and they visited every 3-6 months let me get on with it all myself and never really interferred.

3rd and current one is kept at his owners home works very well as they still do the day to day looking after of him but I have a free rein to do whatever I like with him really. The owners are very involved but actually thats how I want it and it works brilliantly ( I hope!!! His owner is a HHOer so please correct me if I am wrong vic07)
 
I've almost always loaned my ponies/ horses, as has my sister. Sometimes, our owners have been scarily possessive, and very pushy, and other times have been very laid back about what we do. We always write a monthly letter/ have a regular visit day/ competition though, so the owners always know how wee're doing and how grateful we are to be allowed to own there horses for free.
 
I used to work for the lady who I have my older horse on loan from. She knows this is a permenant fixture and she's happy as long as he's with me. Were only 2 miles down the road but she hasn't come and seen him since we moved yards (3 months ago) When he was kept in the same village as her yard I would ride him down there about once every three weeks or she'd pop round but never really got involved in what I was doing with him. Now we've moved 2 miles down the road she has nothing to do with him really, I will ring her if we go to a show to let her know how we get on and speak to her quite regularly but she hasn't bothered to come see him. But having worked for her for 4 years and having him at the prevous yard for a year she trusts me and knows if something happens I'll let her know immediatly.
 
im not invloved with my horse whos out on loan. i watch a few shows but i compleatly trust her new mum to know what she needs.
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I check up by txt, and after the first week, first month and first couple of months actually go and visit and see the horse. Am probably going to shorten it to every 6 months or so now as I am happy with how he is being looked after.
 
I've not seen one of my boys since the day I dropepd him off!!! but saying that I am in weekly contact with the loanee and see piccies of him and get regular updates etc.... trust her explicitly and know if there was a problem she would be in contact straight away.
 
I don't see my boy very often now he's out on loan. I should go more often really
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I have a detailed loan contract for him which (I believe!) the loaners stick to. They call me if they need to change something, more to ask if I've tried him on X feed and what happened. I get texts occasionally or a phone call if there's something wrong, like him pulling a tendon at Xmas. The loaner is one of my FB friends so I see her updates on there, plus she sends me photos if they go somewhere interesting.

Other than that, I don't hear much. I hear from the people who own the horse I have on loan (yes, I own one which is out on loan and have someone else's horse on loan!) even less than my loaners here from me. They don't interfere at all, don't have anything to do with the day to day stuff, and it took them a week to call me back when he was poorly at Xmas (he wasn't suffering anything serious or terminal though!).
 
I email/text the owner at least once a week. I ask for help with various things when I'm stuck with a particular thing, as she knows the horse very well. I send pics etc regularly. I like that we are in touch a lot.
 
The two i loan out are at same yard so see them daily. I dont interfere with the riding etc and they ask if they think there is a prob. Works well for all of us. I would speak out if i thought they were doing something i wasnt happy about, but to be honest they are fab with my horses. One has a horse of her own too, and she treats them both equally.
 
We've had little sec a on loan for nearly a year and heard from owner ONCE. That was at xmas, sent me a card and asked how pony was...
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She said she would visit every now and then but would keep in regular contact.
I do look after said pony well and she is happy ( i think ) but how can the owner possibly know that, I know i would want to see her occasionally if it were the other way round.
 
I have loaned 3 horses.I ended up making new friends as the owners came to watch their horses/ponies at local shows and daughters lessons .They still come and watch my daughter on her new horse.We kept in contact by phone and email and I sent loads of pics.Good experience all round.
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I had a horse on loan once and basically the owner knew the people at the yard and they kept an eye out for anything amiss, aspecially the YO who took me under her wing.
The owner visited about once a month when I was at school, looked at his bed, peeked under his rug and left. Infact I didn't even know she was visiting like this until the YO told me after about 4 months! But it didn't concern me, I had nothing to hide
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My horse's owner is very hands off. She has never been to see him but we have seen each other at shows. We treat Tufty as if he is our own. She also kindly gave me another horse to ride a few years ago. We have had a number on loan, we allow the owners to visit whenever they want but many choose not to.

We once had a horse on loan where the owner challenged my sister with everything. Even complaining that the tail had been cut too short. The owner had very ambitious dreams for this horse but she was lacking in ability. The partnership did not last long.
 
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