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Riding 4 years and you think you're desperate - been waiting for about 17 years - am nearly at the stage where I can afford one, it's not a god given right to own a horse it's a privilige that most people work ridiculously hard for. I suggest you help out at a local riding school or offer yourself out for stable chores in return for rides, that's what the rest of us do, not demand a horse for £200!

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i would hepl out at yards for rides but there is none round my area that do that
 
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200 is what a horse costs to keep a months.. thats doing it cheep.. so you sure you can afford one.. and you sure you know enough to have one sorry.. you dont strike me as knowledgable..

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With shoes, hay, straw, feed, livery and vets (ignoring insurance here), you are lucky to hit £200 a month really.

ILH, forget it for now. I suggest you wait until you are in a position to really afford a horse. Why not look for a share horse?
 
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i no how to look after a horse ye and i no the cost i had a horse on loan for about 1 1/2 and i paid for everything not ma parents me i can afford the weekly care its just the first cost the buying and i always do every thing by the horse if he needs something he will get it no matter wat so dont go around critisiszing wat u dont know

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Hmm, well I think that will ensure no one reading this post will want to loan you a horse...
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You are 14, you say, how can you afford the cost of weekly care without help from your parents?

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because i dont have any thats how and i do this little thing called work
 
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You are 14, you say, how can you afford the cost of weekly care without help from your parents?

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because i dont have any thats how and i do this little thing called work

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OK - you're 14 and you work and you can afford a horse when many of the 20-something year old's with established work histories are finding it really tough to manage.


If you can afford the care of a horse why haven't you been putting that money aside each week and then you'd be able to afford to buy the sort of horse you want.. Heck, if you start putting that sort of money aside now you'll be able to afford one come the summer when you'll have a lot more time to enjoy it. You must be short of time what with work AND school.
 
Troll. Sorry for posting a reply folks!
Note to self:
*Don't feed the troll*.... try to remember you egghead.
 
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i carnt share/loan

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You posted 2 weeks ago looking for a share/loan horse. Forgive me for asking but what's changed? I understand that some owners are difficult, but many owners would love to have a good reliable sharer.
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dont go to school going to bishop burton in september so theres no point says school carnt loan loan coz theres nothing in the area hence the post anyway thats non of ur buisness
 
So back to what everyone is asking, if you can afford 200 a month, why haven't you been saving that to buy a horse? Why don't you look after the college horses? Ask if you can care for them at week ends in return for riding?
 
ILH- if youre not a troll your replies are doing yourself no favours. I know you are only 14 and it may seem like people are having a go but they are just trying to point out the realities. Unfortunately with an attitude like yours you will be very unlikely to be offered a horse on loan.

I think you need to do some serious budgeting, with help and review your searching if you are still convinced you can commit to a horse.
 
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i get my vet bills free as do 2 of my friends if out goes wrong we go to our vet and he sorts it out

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Please can I have this vet's number?
 
Sorry but £200 is just not enough.

I have spent in the last month Fany's last vet's bill (£145) That was just for a call out, full check over, bloods/urine tests and anti biotics, and was just one of many, luckily she finally has the all clear. Their livery bill this month was £420, add on around £60 for supplements, hard feed and bedding, then there is Fany's new rug at £35, Captain's new hood at £25, Then there is 4 bags of carrots and 20 bags of pears/apples at £18.

So overall this month I have spent around £700, next month there will be no vet's bill *touch wood* but there will be 2 x physio £35 each and 2x dentist £35 each.

Horses cost a lot, and if you find one for £200, you will probably be either buying a youngster or something that needs a lot of work or vet's visits.

I hope you find a nice horse, but you will probably need to compromise. What about the WHW, they often have nice horses for adoption.
 
I have loaned a couple of lovely horses but I would not answer your advert.

Just asking for any horse and then expecting to buy an all rounder for £200 is makes me assume you have not put enough thought into ownership.

I have been looking and nice allrounder type can easily set you back 5K
 
ILH - you may well be a genuine fourteen year old who has come on here to ask for help in getting a horse. Unfortunately your keeness may be your undoing, i.e. the title - you probably meant it as being keen, but it hasn't come across that way.

I know you work, and that is to be applauded, but whilst you no doubt have done your sums and you are able to hit the monthly livery costs, can you also afford the insurance, the farrier, the vets, the wormers, the innoculations, the tack, the rugs, etc.? I see you have loaned a horse before - was that a full loan? In other words, did you pay for it all. If so, then say so.

Anyone who puts their horse out on loan is going to be damned nosey. Part of the reason is that they need to know the horse will be well cared for, and that it isn't suddenly going to come back; some owners are okay with that, but a good portion aren't.

Before you get too angry or upset with us, remember that a good number of us didn't have horses when we were younger due to not being able to afford the upkeep. I am not saying that you should not have one, rather that we understand the drive and the passion and the desire.

So hun, if you want our help, have a think about what it is you want and repost.

Have a hug and a hot choccy.
 
i did have him on full loan and along with his tendon injury and then havin him put down and the rest i think i spent enough ok
 
guys, she's either 14 or a troll... either way your (very valid) points are wasted...

let's all have a nice early night, and for once can we PLEASE try not to have a juicy thread when i'm in bed which then gets deleted before i have a chance to read it?

please? for meeeee?!?

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u cud have his number but phone dead soz

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Ah right.

I'm going to go with the general consensus on this one I'm afraid (it begins with t and I won't be replying again to this thread).

ILH, I applaud you for working, but as I said before, a budget of £200 is not enough and if that's all you can afford I'm afraid I very much doubt you could afford all the general care, even on a shoestring. With horses there are always hidden costs. I spent YEARS working for rides and helping out at riding schools before finally getting my first horse of my own when I was 21. Just be careful that your keeness isn't, as others have said, your downfall.
 
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