OMG my horse has come back from loan in a terrible state

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sallyellis

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As per title really I did post the other week that the girl loaning my horse wanted to return him but told me he had lost a shoe but couldnt get a farrier to come out to him. I politely asked that she did her best as he is a TB and would be terribly footsore if he didnt get a shoe back on. So 2 weeks later she brings him back to me all sweetness and light like nothing was wrong with not 1 shoe but 3 shoes missing and the other hanging off.......... my poor boy didnt know which foot to stand on, I was incredibly upset by the site of my boy being in so much pain and was quite blunt about how disgusted I was to which all she could answer was well he hasnt been ridden for a week and he was booked in to be shod next week so I dont think I have done anything wrong!!!
I just told her to go and that I would send the bill on to her as I was so angry I just didnt want her near me....I phone my farrier who came out today and was frankly appalled by my horses feet bearing in mind he had fab feet when he went and he was only gone about 9 weeks.....! The 1 shoe he had on the nails were inside the white line so farrier was amazed he wasnt hopping lame by this alone, front shoe was so badly chipped/worn down he had to glue it on, back feet were also badly chipped and worn with 1 having a hole in so am expecting to be poulticing for the next I dont know how long...sorry for the rant but I had to let it out I cant believe that some people can leave animals like this.
 
Sadly this is why i dont loan out my horses anymore. This happens more often than you think! It shouldnt but people dont seem to respect horses that they haven't paid for.
It is a terrible shame and i hope your boy gets better soon.
 
This is why I cannot understand loaning horses
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I just could never do it! Not a common thing to do here. You either keep or sell mainly.

I just could not trust anyone to keep up with my horses care but me.
I am sure there are a million wonderful stories of perfect loaners out there, but I have also heard a million bad situations like yours
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I hope your horse recovers and gets his feet all better. Too many irresponsible people in this world and I am sorry you and your horse had to deal with one
 
Thats such a shame, I'm always put off loaning any of mine out because you just can't trust some people. Did you have some kind of formal loan agreement or was she just a friend?
We have a loan horse from someone in the hunt and I always go out of my way to keep in touch, ride over, keep him looking lovely and keep him sound and healthy, returning a loan horse with one shoe on is disgusting IMO.
 
Sorry to hear about this - on a positive note though - thank god you have got him back! - if he is in this state after 9 weeks, i dread to think how he would have been if this girl had him any longer!!

Also - please please be really careful where the nail was through the white line - many years ago my farrier did this to my shetland (i soon got rid of him - the farrier that is!!!) and my poor boy had problems for many years after. it's really easy for them to get white line seperation when this happens and as i say - took years for my shetland to fully recover. All i can suggest is be over cautious with it and keep putting hoof disinfectant on it for the next few weeks at least.
 
that's awful you must feel incredibly upset, you put your trust in this girl and she has just let you and your horse down

but please don't demonize all loaners, some of us are very conscientious and I for one always put my loan horses welfare first and on our yard there have been more than a few owners who wouldn't even notice if their horse had a shoe or not!
I hope he gets back to his happy self soon xx
 
oh - that is awful

and then people moan that there are so many adverts stating 'loan to stay at current yard only'

just shows why people put that....

poor boy - hope he's better soon
 
Very sorry to hear that....sadly it's an all too common occurence and it's the horses that suffer as a consequence of blatant neglect.
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Hope you manage to get him on the road to recovery soon
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Yes we did have a formal loan agreement I checked out the yard he was being kept at, she is a polo groom and had references but I didnt have verbal references so I suppose they could be made up -I feel so guilty now as I didnt really want him to leave my yard my farrier is a super star and was with my horse for over 2 hours today sorting him out and will come out straight away if needed....It certainly has put me off ever loaning out a horse again.....

Thanks for the congratulations on the baby but its the other Sally who is having twins....
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ther is some [****] people about but there is good horse loaners about as well.
we have 4 horses on loan and we do rescue as well.
we mainly have older or ill ponies and all the owners come and see them when ever they want.
we have been given 1 pony we had on loan as the owner wanted us to keep it.
it takes a lot of trust to loan out your pony but ther is some good people about.
hope your horse gets well soon
 
Oh no how horrible for you....its a real shame things like this happen. It not only puts owners off loaning but leaves a bad taste regarding loanee's too....
A girl I know had to take a couple to court over her horse coming back in such bad condition. Unfortunately she had not had much time to go and see him and trusted that the people were looking after him. He came back thin and over worked and unfortunately will now need to be on medication for the rest of his life due to this.
I loaned my pony before I sold her after years of saying I wouldnt...my OH bought me my horse as a surprise and I didnt have the time to give to her, plus I was really too big for her. Although it got me out of a rut and most people dont really want to loan but feel they have to rather then sell...it can work out well, like mine did...they did a great job with her and brought her on leaps and bounds. However when it goes bad, it does go bad.

I always made sure my pony was local and visited every 8 weeks so the people knew I was coming and I was quite particular about them using my farrier and vet.

Hope all works out for you....sad to hear it didnt go so well :0(
 
I'm sure there are good loaners out there, but the only time I lent a horse I was not happy. The odd thing is, this woman begged and begged to borrow my old but reliable horse because husband was learning to ride and they just wanted something really quiet for him to practise on. She then nit-picked over an agree ment for days and days, particularly how much notice had to be given to end the agreement. Anyway, against my better judgement, I let the horse go. Then she started phoning up complaining - the horse seemed timid and reluctant to work - I discovered she'd been turned out with some youngsters, who bullied her. Then she seemed to stumble a lot. Probably the rider's fault, but clearly this horse was supposed to be perfect (she was - she was a darling, but she was old and getting poor-sighted by then which the lady knew). So, after about a week, the horse did stumble and hubby fell off. She couldn't get that horse back to me quick enough - unsafe, put husband off for life, etc.etc. Of course, I could have held out for this period of notice she'd argued about, but, guess what, I didn't. Had my girl back within the day. Never lent again.
I know someone else who lent a horse - mind, she was a silly cow - the owner, not the horse - who didn't (I thought) look after her horses properly anyway. She never went near this loan horse for 6 months or so, then went to collect her to sell her. Horse was rugged, but apparently looked a bit thin even so. Borrowers said they 'couldn't get near her to feed her'. Horse came home, rug came off - RSPCA case! This was in front of potential buyer. I have to say the owner richly deserved it, but the poor little horse didn't. This story had a happy ending. THe buyer gave her a choice between letting her take the horse there and then, or reporting the owner for animal cruelty. Guess which happened?
This has turned into a ramble down memory lane. Sorry! It happens when you get older. I still wouldn't lend a horse though.
 
I do feel sorry for your horse but you need to make alot of enquiries before loaning and visit very often at first to make sure things are as you would want them.
I don't know your circumstances but did you not go to see the horse in the 9 weeks she had it?
 
Hiya yes we did visit him in the nine weeks but not in the last 5 to be honest due to us being on holiday that is what is so annoying how can a horse get such bad feet in such a short time, how long had he truthfully lost his shoes....? I must add he had good feet before he went and hadnt lost a shoe before.
Lesson is learnt I am just back from the stables and checking him he seems soooo much happier tonight with his new shoes on, even if they are glued on.
 
Thats terrible, I hope your chap's condition improves soon and he gets back to his old self.

Like everything in this world, some people are just pests!!
 
Like anything else, most loans go perfectly well, but when you hear about that bad ones, it just makes you cringe. It just baffles me how slapdash some people can be with other people's property, whether thats a pencil sharpener or a horse.

I'm terribly sorry to hear about your horse, and i hope your farrier can sort his feet out in time.
 
well ive had 3 loans go bad. so now even though the ponies are sittng in the field doing nothing i will not put them on loan, some may say its a waste of 2 perfectly good ponies (who are still active, beautifully schooled and do well in the showring, ive just outgrown them) but id rather they sat in my field and grew fat and idle then go out on loan.
and yes all 3 of my loans had proper agreements, one was to a family member and anouther to a well known and quite knowlegable person. the 3rd was to a friend and that only went bad because of her livery yard owner who said no turnout over winter at all and this pony will not be stabled for long periods of time, he can cope with over night but if longer he starts weaveing stressing and box walking.
the last time i loaned out my 12.2hh pony he threw 4 cases of colic in a week and 3 the next week the woman kept phoning me asking for permission to have him pts. i went and saw him for one of these cases and found that he had been in a field with cows and she had been feeding the cows, pony being the fat native type had eaten the cow feed and of course thrown a colic episode. she didnt change his field, she didnt bring him in when they were feeding the cows, it sooo annoyed me as this pony is an absolute darling and so easy for kids to ride and he was throwing colic episodes because she couldnt be bothered walking further to anouther field where they were not feeding cows or going out and bringing him in for a while.
 
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