Need a home for a veteran horse - Derby/Nottingham

Taishi said:
Hmm.. you do have a point.



Well they don't need to be obnoxious and rude about it. Also, not that I think it matters but I too am 31 years old and to me thats not "quite young" and the person who rents the field to us is quite furious and unhappy about is as much as I am so stop judging my age just because I'm "sensitive" enough to care. Also you're wrong about horses emotions. No, they may not be able to fear or sense pts but horses who are taken away and put down can and will effect other horses emotions! Infact she has a mare who is literally attached by the hip! she will not leave her! and she is also very old! I'd hate to see what will become of her if that mare was put down. They maybe animals but they're not stupid.
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So what will happen to this other mare if the horse you are talking about is to be placed in a retirement home/rescue? I assume she will face being left alone or she will have to go with her?
 
Moomin1 said:
I'm not sure what you don't understand here OP. The country is in a massive equine crisis with hundreds, if not thousands of unwanted horses. Every rescue centre is overflowing and buckling under the amount of pressure they are under trying to squeeze horses in here and there, and to be quite frank, it's reached a point where the larger charities are having to decline removing horses from neglectful situations simply because they have nowhere to go. It's a harsh reality which everyone needs to wake up to. Trying to put a 31yr old horse into somewhere and then expecting it also to be free is naive at best and pretty selfish at worst.
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Thats fine but no one really properly explained that, most were just plain rude not understanding why I wouldn't want her dead and don't agree to having her killed and there's nothing wrong for seeking advice and guidance on this sort of thing. If there is no where for her then fine, but without asking or investigating one will never know for fact and it does not hurt to ask!
 
Moomin1 said:
So what will happen to this other mare if the horse you are talking about is to be placed in a retirement home/rescue? I assume she will face being left alone or she will have to go with her?
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Depends, the other owner has expressed wanting to move her as well, perhaps they could move together? I don't know. You do have a point but at least I wouldn't have to live with the fact that you could never reunite them because someone selfishly took her life!
 
Taishi said:
Thats fine but no one really properly explained that, most were just plain rude not understanding why I wouldn't want her dead and don't agree to having her killed and there's nothing wrong for seeking advice and guidance on this sort of thing. If there is no where for her then fine, but without asking or investigating one will never know for fact and it does not hurt to ask!
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Fair enough, there's nothing wrong in caring and enquiring of course. But threads like this will always get peoples' hackles up because it's such an emotive subject and most people in the equine world are more than aware of the current situation and become frustrated to see people not taking responsibility with their elderly horses.
 
Taishi said:
Depends, the other owner has expressed wanting to move her as well, perhaps they could move together? I don't know. You do have a point but at least I wouldn't have to live with the fact that you could never reunite them because someone selfishly took her life!
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But it ISN'T selfish OP. It's selfish to try and palm the horse off to a new home at the age of 31, stressing the horse out beyond words, and also fuelling the crisis we are currently in.
 
Hi Taisha,
It is hard think of a healthy animal pts, evan if the horse is 31.
It really is the owners decision to make , ive been in that situation before and unable to do anything because i don t want the expense of two horses.
Rehoming at that age is dangerous too because it could easily fall into the wrong hands. Its very sad, but there are no other realistic answers.
its not wrong to wish it was different though.
 
OP your intentions are admirable and I can tell you are a caring person but unfortunately life is not like that. Wouldn't it be great if all animals (not just equines) could live out their days in relative peace and harmony at little expense but life ain't like that.

So look at it this way what if you 'rehomed' her only to find out later on that that 'perfect' forever home didn't actually exist and they had neglected and abused her or sold her on to the meat market? How would you feel then? Would you not think that by giving her a perfect last day feeding her all sorts of nice things and then PTS would be kinder?

Life's a bi*** unfortunately and not everyone is as caring as you obviously are.

Please do not berate the owner, they know what is best for their girl as hard as it is.
 
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