Loaning but staying at same yard - does it work?

[GinaGem]

Does anyone loan their horse but have it stay at their yard and if so do you find it difficult not to interfere?

And in general do people have good or bad experiences of loaning? Any tips etc?

Is it worth the potential stress of numpties

 

[GinaGem]

Silly phone!!

Meant to say the stress of numpties coming for a free ride etc?

 

[Meandtheboys]

If you get the right person then yes I think it works - also it can offer great support to maybe a new horse owner.

 

[GinaGem]

Yes true, not sure how I find the right person though. Is it best to advertise or stick to word of mouth?

 

[TheBayMonkey]

Mines out on loan for a year and is at the same yard. It works brilliantly. I don't interfere at all. When I'm feeling low ill go and sit in the field with him but always ask the loaner if I can give him a carrot as I am treating him like her horse. I feel she is doing a brilliant job with him and couldn't wish for a better person to have him!!

 

[wtdnh131]

i loan a horse and she stays at the same yard, the owner is at university and in the holidays she only comes down to see other people at the stables or if i ask her if i cant make it she says she does not want to "get in my way"

i found mine advertised in the local tack shop, i went in i said mom that one looks nice mom said yeah we will get the number tomorow, we went into a different tack shop the same day and saw her advertised again so we got the number there ive had her 6 months now and its going really well ive made lots of new friends at the stables and i love it

 

[GinaGem]

Thanks that all sounds positive. I have a second horse so I'd be about plenty to see they were ok but I've had a bad sharer before so am a little hesitant!

 

[rockysmum]

I hope it can, I am currently thinking of loaning / sharing one of mine. Its a big yard though with 3 block. If someone wanted to be independant they could move to one of the other blocks. Its quite rare that we see people from the other blocks.

 

[GinaGem]

Mine is the opposite. 3 stables, my two and a friends horse so it needs to be someone that I get on with well lol!

 

[MizzPurpleKitten]

Yes it can work well, My little lad is on loan and part of the stipualtion was that he HAD to stay at the yard I keep him at, he shares a field with my other boy and they're happy and settled, why take that way from him? He was originally on part loan but the young girl now has him on full loan, it works well for us.

I don't interfere but I'm still a very big part of my little man's life and always will be, if evber she needs advice or anything I'm always there and we always help each other out if one of us cannot get there for any reason.

 

[Golden Girl]

Hi, I full loan one of my ponies and share loan another. I never interfere, especially with the full loan, the pony is her's as far as Im concerned. It works well for both of us, I still get to see him and enjoy watching his new mummy spoil him.

The share loan is slightly different, but again I do not interfere, we discuss who is doing what chores and which day's we are riding. It works very well.

I have loaned horses for a while now and always insist they stay at the present yard. I have made the mistake of allowing a pony to go out on loan to another yard, only to have to collect her a week later when I heard she was being miss treated, as she was young, I had to go back to basic training with her as she had been whipped around the head, and generally beaten!!!! If I had insisted on her staying at my yard I would have been around to prevent this from happening.

With the right loan agreement, this works really well.

 

[Aidey]

2 of my ponies are out on loan, both on the same yard as me, my coloured has been on loan to the same girl for the past nearly 8 years who happened to become my best friend and my palomino has been on loan to another girl for the past 3 years, I think it depends on what you are like as a person, some things that the girls do can annoy me alittle, as it may not be the way I would do it, but at the end of the day, not everyone is the same and if the horse is being well looked after and in good health, does it really matter?

 

[MissMincePie&Brandy]

I loaned one of my oldies out, and he stayed at my yard. I made a conscious effort not to interfere at all, or offer any 'advice' if it was not asked for and the arrangement worked brilliantly. I made a good friend too.

 

[claireandnadia]

I think I would interfere from a distance, not sure I could do it.

 

[Paddy Irish]

On the flip side , I loaned a mare from my friend and kept her at the owners yard , which was brilliant as she was my first horse , so anytime i wasn't sure about something or the mare was naughty ( she was pretty highly strung at the best of times! ) i had someone to re-assure me..i had her on loan for about 10 yrs before i got my own , which i keep at my own home , but this step up into horse ownership taught me soooo much and the owner would never get involved unless asked , i was totally responsible for her 'doing' her twice a day and seeing to all her bills / insurance etc.

 

[sianb]

My boy is on loan/share (it a bit complicated, not really on loan but his owner lets me treat his as if he's my own and i'm the only one who rides him so it's more like a loan than a share if you see what I mean). His owner has 2 others at the same yard and it works out really well. We share duties on a weekend now they are in at night so only one trip each is needed. She is really good and we speak on the phone regularly if we donnlt see each other at the yard to discuss how he is going and if we need to change rugs, feed etc.
So yes, I recon it does work. I found her through word of mouth.