Rehoming from the Blue Cross?

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Hi, Just wondered if anyone had any experiences of rehoming from the blue cross? I'm thinking of applying to rehome one of their companion horses.

I've got a couple of questions;
1) How many times did you see the horse you loan/loaned?
2) How long did it take from your application to the horse arriving at your yard?
3) Was the homecheck as terrifying as I imagine it to be? :D

Any advice/experiences welcome :D :p
 
We rehomed one over 20 years ago :D I was quite young at the time (7?!) but don't remember it being that long or onerous a process. They visited us every year to check up on the horse and companion donkey we rehomed. Had them for 14 years - horse died when he was 36. They never quibbled over our yard/field/fencing and ours isn't exactly a post and rail, perfectly kept and swept idyll.

Good luck, hope you find the right one :)
 
Aw thanks, I really want to apply, some of the companion ponies are gorgeous.

Do you think they'll be happy with my facilities:

4 acres rented, currently only 2 and a half acres fenced off (other will be fenced in spring)
Winter field is currently atrocious but there is plenty of hay out.
Two stables
Storage
2 areas of hard standing, one inside the field, one outside (used for brushing, washing etc)
And in January/February time I'm getting a field shelter for the winter field.

Its not the best by all means but it suits me fine, but I'm not sure if a charity will feel the same way... :o honestly, I'm dreading the homecheck and I've not even applied yet :D
 
Bit different because we rehomed a dog but they were really lovely people to deal with, we were worried about the homecheck for the dog but the lady was lovely and it was fine! I think it is just a check, as they would be silly to turn down lovely homes when they've got so many to rehome!
 
Their home checks are more like suitable fencing and surroundings, also if you have other horses on the land what condition they are in. Also, if you want a Shetland companion they're looking for you to have suitable for them (they're all escape artists and being a Shetland lamanitic)
My friend has 3 blue cross ponies, 2 ridden and 1 mini Shetland... I don't think it took them too long to apply and receive horses. They also do 6 monthly checks on the ponies and they come to your yard and check everything ok x
 
Oh yeah - forgot about our stable cat we got last year :D

He was a right little miserable b*gger when we got him, and they pretty much just handed him over. He lives in the hay store, they probably couldn't wait to get rid of him!

I don't think they expect people to have 5* facilities as long as the horses have food, shelter, care they're happy. When we adopted we would have had 2 stables (I think, there's a possibility the horse came before the stables were put up) 12 acres as one big field, 1 metal sheep trough (still in use!) and field fenced with sheep netting and barbed wire. We still have the fencing too, although it is well kept (only boundary fencing is is farmer stock fence)

Thinking about it, at some points the donkey would have had to walk through some pretty awful mud, but they did always have access to hardstanding and stables/field shelter
 
Feeling slightly more confident now :D but the winter field is horrendous, but he's only got another month in it. (I rotate often, one winter field; october - december, the other january - march and then out in the other fields).

Might apply online now or give them a call tomorrow :D
 
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