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I dont honestly know how people manage to sell on there ponies unless there horrible! lol

Me and my friend have been given a small 13hh mare to sell shes extra pretty shes lovely to ride and really genuine a nice easy ride compared to my other mare she is a pleasure to own and very very loveable im already attatched and she only arrived monday!!

I already dont want her to be sold as a childs pony as they wont love her as much
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Im almost tempted to return my evil loan pony that i love but i cant do it to her either as she doesn't deserve to be ridden by brats either again....

How do you all manage to sell your ponies/horses if and when the time comes?
 
Well my 14.2 was too small, that was heartbreaking it really was. But gone to lovely home.
And ben is purely not cut out to be a competition horse which is what I want.
As much as I love him its the right thing to do, I will really miss ben but when you want to be out doing things what can you do.

I cant afford to have two horses and compete, you have to make sacrifices part of life really.
 
See if that was me i would of just kept them all no matter how big or small or what they do Lol! Im far to soft and deffiently not cut out for all this selling ponies. I've already got one retired pony, One stroppy mare whose a pain in the bum, my friends stroppy mare that i made her have because she needed a better life and now a lovely little mare and i could never see them passed on not even back to there previous owners specially not my two.

Have also just rehomed an old friends horse to my other friend so he has a final home for life as i can't bear to think of anyone having horses i've met just once incase they dont look after them lol.
 
I couldn't sell my pony. Had him since I was 12. Grew out of him when I was 16. I am 25 now but that little pony is staying with me until the end of his days. Could never part with him, we have been through to much together.
 
Well my reasoning is that said horses are young and would be wasted, and I wouldnt want a horse in a field when could be making someone very happy.

I know what you are saying If I had my own land then I would do the same as I said earlier, as horses I have had wouldnt have enjoyed doing nothing.
 
I cant sell my ponies, which is why I have a 31 year old 13.3 mare that I grew out of 12 years ago and a 14.2hh 19 year old cob that I bought 17 years ago and intended to break in and sell on. The cob is now only a light hack although we have had many years of day long hacks and competitions and fun.

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I had a phone call last week from the lady who bought my 13.2hh to let me know that after 18 wonderful years and lots of rosettes, they had had to make the decision to put her to sleep.
Cheri had a fab home for life and was loved, she was still showjumping until last year aged 29 !
She was not to sort to stand in the field doing nothing, it is difficult but selling her on was doing the best for her.
 
Same as some of the others, I've kept my daughters pony, but is still ridden by me as I'm tiny! Also have a demon shetland and my 14.1h Sec D which is with me for life.

Only ever wanted to hack out so not a problem for me
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I already dont want her to be sold as a childs pony as they wont love her as much
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Gosh children do get bad press on here. My daughter and her friends take good care of their ponies and love them dearly. They know they are very lucky to have them and that the ponies rely on them. Some adults i know could take a leaf out of their books. As for selling on , i vet the home the pony is going to and keep in touch, that said it is extremely hard and heartbreaking.
 
I think 'bratty' children are few and far between actually and most lve their ponies to bits. Yes you may sometimes see them doing things you think "that's not 'proper' riding - ie playing cowboys & indians, doing improvised racing/games in fields etc (we used to do that all the time as kids) but generally ponies love kids and love doing fun things, they often seem to have more of a rapport with them than with adults I think, think it'll be something to do with the way kids talk, the energy they hav etc.

I'm sure most of us can think back to having/riding ponies as kids and many things we did we probably wouldn't dream of doing now but it was fun!
 
My daughters pony has gone out on loan; not too far away, so I can go and ride him still;

She came with me the other day as college has finished, when we left she sobbed and sobbed because she misses him so much; She is nineteen!
 
Oh god, my family and myself couldnt sell a horse to save our lives...
My ponies were always on loan, which was a very sensible decision as i know that they would all still be with us otherwise.
Horses we have kept for ever my mums two horses were brought aged 6 and 7, one had to be put down 2 years ago aged 23 and the other is now 26 and still with us and obviously will be untill the end.
I brought myself my first horse 3 years ago, in wanted something flashy and young so brought myself an impossibly talented but the most high maintenance TB mare you have ever met. I question every day wether she is for me, every time she decides not to be shod/boxed/caught i want to sell her... shes always too fat/thin/hot/cold etc etc but then i ride her and shes such a lovely ride, jumps whatever you put her at, concentrates well etc etc I decide I could never sell her. Its a constant inner battle with me!
My mum has now made the mistake of getting another horse and said to me the other day 'thats it shes with me for life now even though shes difficult'.

I think its a curse!! The curse of not being able to sell!!
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I already dont want her to be sold as a childs pony as they wont love her as much
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Gosh children do get bad press on here. My daughter and her friends take good care of their ponies and love them dearly. They know they are very lucky to have them and that the ponies rely on them. Some adults i know could take a leaf out of their books. As for selling on , i vet the home the pony is going to and keep in touch, that said it is extremely hard and heartbreaking.

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I agree, I think sometimes kids look after their ponies better than some so called adults!
Besides, ponies are ponies and if they don't like the way something is being done, they would let the child know
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