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Polos Mum- I don't often wear my really cynical hat, but the more I see these kinds of ads, the more I find that it's the hat that fits.
It doesn't sit right with either.This doesn't sit right with me. What do you think?
Same here.If I put my really cynical hat on - I do wonder sometimes if people advertising really old horses (well over 20) or really old ponies (which often live longer than horses (so well over 25), they are trying to pass on the cost of PTS to someone else.
It's not just this ad that irked me, there are plenty of others at the moment including a 16.2hh, retired, 24 year old for £100. If that horse was mine, I would be either ringing the hunt or the Vet and having her quietly PTS at her home.
Yes. I did, when I was looking for my first horse. I wanted something older, who had done everything and seen it all before. I was his last home and we had six lovely years bumbling about the lanes before he died. And he taught me a lot...posted too soon
What I meant was there are homes out there for oldies and some people actually want/prefer them.
To be fair NBC, she's a lot younger than the horses i was concerned about. I'm glad she found a good home and is happy.
I have strong opinions on this. People should be responsible, if you can't keep your horse till the end of its days when it is already that old you should PTS.
Earlier this year I was involved in a operation that was following drugs and the illegal horse transport/meat trade. Off the lorry full of the typical welshies/cobs/ old unwanted horses was a grey tb type. Although he was in very poor condition I could see he was a very smart type and well mannered. We managed to find his passport and I was disgusted to see that this was a former professional event riders horse that had been to two Olympics and numerous 4 stars. This was a well known horse that had been a servant for this rider for over a decade and it was seriously upsetting to see this once mollycoddled athlete in such poor condition, exhausted, covered in cuts, dehydrated, ill and on a lorry destined to Europe. How on earth did this horse get there. The rider pleaded ignorance and it's more than likely he didn't know, that 18yr old horse deserved to be taken care of responsibly.
I will never forget what he looked like.
Hallo Dandy, the oldest surviving Grand National winner, who was in a poor condition when rescued and sent to the Thoroughbred Rehabilitation Centre in November 1994, was put down there on Monday 8th January 2007 on the advice of vets, having just turned 33 years old.
Horses in this sort of situation are just for Christmas sadly.I have strong opinions on this. People should be responsible, if you can't keep your horse till the end of its days when it is already that old you should PTS.
Earlier this year I was involved in a operation that was following drugs and the illegal horse transport/meat trade. Off the lorry full of the typical welshies/cobs/ old unwanted horses was a grey tb type. Although he was in very poor condition I could see he was a very smart type and well mannered. We managed to find his passport and I was disgusted to see that this was a former professional event riders horse that had been to two Olympics and numerous 4 stars. This was a well known horse that had been a servant for this rider for over a decade and it was seriously upsetting to see this once mollycoddled athlete in such poor condition, exhausted, covered in cuts, dehydrated, ill and on a lorry destined to Europe. How on earth did this horse get there. The rider pleaded ignorance and it's more than likely he didn't know, that 18yr old horse deserved to be taken care of responsibly.
I will never forget what he looked like.
Makes me feel sad. Personally, if I had an older horse who had served me well and given me some great memories, I wouldn't dream of parting with it. I would feel I owed it a nice retirement, to live out its days in a loving and safe environment where it felt safe. It wouldn't matter to me if I had to put competing or whatever on hold for a while. It's hard to find a good home for an oldie - if it's owner doesn't want it, why would someone else. I always say that if I win the lottery, I would open a retirement home for horses - I see too many of them wanting for homes
If your going to retire a horse then I feel you much be prepared to give a lifestyle similar to the life it's had when working that does not mean in my book standing knee deep in mud in Febuary freezing in a torn rug watching your younger friends tucked in their stables .