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Hi,

Just thought I'd introduce myself as a new member ... I've followed all your posts for a while but have decided to officially sign up!

Whilst you're here, I'd really appreciate your opinions on something. Back in 2003 I bought a horse from a dealer. He was a gorgeous little 9yr old Connie x TB type, very nervous and heavily scarred, but he had a heart of gold. I was only in my mid-teens when I got him so was naieve to the world of dealers, and my parents were pretty un-horsey at the time so we were relying on our YO for guidance ... we never received a vaccination record and the dealer couldn't give us any info other than he came from a 'Dr OConnor' in Ireland (this was in the days before passports).

Now I wonder if he was perhaps involved in a bad accident before he came to me (hence scarring), or if he was put into early retirement and stolen, then sold onto us.

Has anyone had similar experiences, or any idea on if you think it was really odd for us not to receive ANY documentation with him? I've tried contacting the dealer but he's since passed away ... but I've also lost my lovely gelding and I'm heartbroken :(

Sorry it's a bit of a negative first post, but would really appreciate any views you may have, good or bad! Thank you x
 
Sorry hun, I'm not completely understanding what you're saying. Are you saying that you think that the pony was older than they said, and that the pony died soon after?

I think a lot of horses came without any documentation until recently.
 
Hey,

Sorry, I wasn't very clear was I...waffling on as always! He was sold to us as a 9yr old which seemed believeable enough, but when we started to work him heavily problems kept cropping up and one day when we were schooling we had a nasty accident, and I unfortunately lost him.
With this incident and his heavy scarring it just made me think that maybe he had underlying problems from a previous accident and had been sold on dishonestly?

Although I think you're right about most horses being sold without paperwork up until recently, I suppose I'm just a bit desperate to piece his history together and find out why it all went wrong lol!

Thank you for replying :)
 
This is really scary. Because my boy is a Connie X Tb aswell. And we are CONVINCED that he was hit by a horse lorry when he was a baby (vet agreeance), mainly due to his unpresedented fear of horse lorries on the road (fine with tractors etc.). He also has scarring all over his upper left and offside shoulder.

We were told of course, that the "owner was having a knee operation" and so was being ridden and looked after by a jockey to sell him on (this lovely guy eventually admitted he was a troubled horse).

But all is fine and now he is perfect. I guess, you just have to ignore what everyone says and just look at the horse infront of you! - My boys perfectly fine now, and an absolute star (had him 7 years now).

Does seem abit odd to not have recieved 'any documentation', but if the dealer picked the horse up at sales - perticually in ireland - there rarely is paperwork involved :/
 
Hi Lizzy,

If that's your boy in your pics he is gorgeous (although I'm biased as my Connie x was exactly the same colour!).
It's such a shame that some people will be so dishonest isn't it, your poor lad must have been through such an ordeal with his accident. I can indentify when you say he's petrified with lorries in particular, as I couldn't get mine past a pony trap or carriage for love nor money, he used to go loopy so it wouldn't suprise me if it was something to do with that!

So pleased your boy is okay now, hope you have many happy years together!
 
Hello and welcome.

We must have bought our Cob (can't remember exactly when) around a similar sort of time in a private sale and didn't get any documentation with him. It was the days before the passport laws so wouldn't have been too unusual to receive a horse without unless they were registered/imported.
 
I am so sorry that you lost your lovely friend. Sadly they are so often with us for such a short time. I lost my first horse when I was 16 after only 3 months,she was 4 . I am now in my 50,s and lost my beloved lancelot a year ago ,he was 6. Ebony died from colic and we will never know why lance died,but sadly it happens. Dont torture yourself with all the what ifs and maybe s . Just remember that you gave a lovely horse a loving home for as long as you were able.As I said ,It is a year since I lost lance and I thought I would never have another horse,until a few weeks ago when I met Bob,and my frozen heart melted. I bought Bob last week. It is hard to loose a horse, and I do understand why you are asking these questions, but it just happens .Somewhere out there is another Bob ,looking for you.
 
Hello and welcome :) Until the passport laws the only paperwork I ever received with a horse was a receipt (and they were often litteraly the back of an envelope! :D) Actually that is not strictly true as had a breed passport with the current appy five years ago.
We have had horses that were with us for well over 20 years, who died a happy old age, those who lived into their early twenties abd late teens, and two beautiful big mares, one who died at age 6 and one at age 9. We also lost a foal at about 4 weeks. No real rhyme or reason as to why some last forever and rival metheusela and some barely make it out of 'childhood'. Sadly as with all living things they are finite and we have to say a final good-bye to many if we start with horses early in our lives and keep going with them.
There are never good reasons and I believe that we have to learn to accept the old adage of if you have livestock you will have dead stock. Our old farrier told us when we lost the foal after a four week struggle that we should breed again, as by then we knew plenty about how it can go wrong (difficult foaling and we nearly lost the mare) and had more skill than people who had had a few good foalings. I have to say I have not ever been tempted to try that again, but might one day if I ever feel that I have enough time to devote if it goes wrong.
I can only say, be pleased you met your horse and I am sure he was glad that he met you.
 
Thank you all for replying, and for your wise words! I am sure you are all right in that it wasn't that unusual for him to come without any identification or paperwork. And I'll keep my fingers crossed for finding the perfect replacement in the not too distant future! x
 
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