Rehoming a horse

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Tanner-Ashby

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We've recently had to make the hard decision to let our horse go due to personal circumstances. Problem is nobody seems to want her. She is a lovely horse good in everyway however now she is a happy hacker at 19.

We're hearing tales of people putting their horses down as they cannot find buyers but this would be an absolute travesity. We want to give her a good home but is the market really that bad nobody wants horses anymore?

Any advice appreciated...
 
How about selling her quite cheap or loaning her out? Many people aren't buying now so you could loan her out and still own her without paying anything!
 
Can you keep her until spring? The middle of winter's a very bad time to sell or rehome a horse.

If she's in good condition for her age (ie no underlying veterinary issues) and good natured, I would think someone would want her.
 
Tanner-Ashby - can you tell me more about her, size, likes/dislikes as I know someone that might be interested. Oh and where you are xx
 
Sorry to hear of your predicament, must be very hard.

In truth the market looks pretty saturated to me yes. I have been looking for a new the last two months or so and there are so many. I have seen people slash their prices to next to nothing for some, even saw a well bred and smart colt for free who had a great future ahead of him potentially.

Sorry it is not better news, but in truth it is not. This is not to say you should give up hope or think that you cannot find a good home for your veteran, keep trying. There are people out there who may well be able to take on your horse for very little money. I would not expect to gain money as such from a 19yr old, although there could be plenty of life left you just don't know. Good luck
 
there are homes but it depends on what you are expecting to get for her, sadly at her age her options are more limited but it is not impossible, if you give us more details it would help, i was thinking of taking on another but wasn't planning on looking yet but if the right one came up I wouldn't turn it away;)
 
It might be worth looking at the Veteran Horse Society website. They have an advertising section for Veterans and you are more likely to find someone who would be prepared to take on an oldie.

If you really love your mare, please try and loan locally rather than sell, you can then keep an eye on her welfare. Once sold or even given away, she could so easily end up being ridden into the ground and sold for meat at her age.
 
SamanthaUK said:
How about selling her quite cheap or loaning her out? Many people aren't buying now so you could loan her out and still own her without paying anything!
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FGS, DON'T sell her below meat prices - or that is exactly where she will end up :( And if you loan, try to find someone known/personally recommended to you. Not always possible, but follow up references, make your own enquiries, and have a contract. Keep a copy of the passport, update with PIO, and keep very close tabs on her. Don't rely on anyone else to do the right thing by your mare. The only person who can do that is YOU. Good Luck.
 
Probably too late for anyone to read however we listened to your advice and advertised for a loan. To save a long story it was awful and though the people were nice they really hadn't read what we were looking for; however purely by luck there was a new yard opened 2 miles up the road from me so we decided to keep her.

I put it down to a moment of madness as I'd have never forgiven myself had I let her go. Infact the wife is taking her out for a stroll as we speak so a happy ending
 
Tanner-Ashby said:
Probably too late for anyone to read however we listened to your advice and advertised for a loan. To save a long story it was awful and though the people were nice they really hadn't read what we were looking for; however purely by luck there was a new yard opened 2 miles up the road from me so we decided to keep her.

I put it down to a moment of madness as I'd have never forgiven myself had I let her go. Infact the wife is taking her out for a stroll as we speak so a happy ending
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I'm very glad it's a happy ending. :)
 
Llewelyn said:
You don't know until you try something - the loan might have worked, but lots don't, and it was worth a try. Sounds like you are all happy now!
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Plus, at least you got your horse back! :) If you'd sold for a cheap price while things were difficult, you'd probably have no idea what happened to your horse and now be trying to live with the guilt. :(
 
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