oliviacharley
Well-Known Member
I put an ad up for a riding companion in my area. Had a lovely lady call me and I am hoping to meet up this week sometime.
My ad has been up for about a week and out of the blue I had a call from a lady asking if I would come down and show her how to lunge her horse? She also mentioned maybe moving my horse down to her field so I could eventually ride out with her and become a bit of a companion. She seemed very nice but from chatting to her discovered that her friend who did not know anything about horses had bought a horse for her daughter and they didnt realise it was a colt. The colt was in with her mare...and luckily they worked out he had not been gelded before any problems.
As much as I did not mind helping this lady, well to be honest I just dont have the spare time as I am concentrating on my own youngster and was not really looking at taking on an extra project, I then found out she could not drive so realises on friends to get her to the field. I went down to the field to check on the horses etc & found the mare was extremely thin, looked like she needed worming, the field was bare and there would be no way enough room to put my two in there as well and had a mass of straw piled high in the middle of the field.
As much as I know people take on horses under many different circumstances and I am sure they are very much loved I am now stuck with what to do. I do feel sorry for her and would like to help but I also think that I will be lumbered too....
My ad has been up for about a week and out of the blue I had a call from a lady asking if I would come down and show her how to lunge her horse? She also mentioned maybe moving my horse down to her field so I could eventually ride out with her and become a bit of a companion. She seemed very nice but from chatting to her discovered that her friend who did not know anything about horses had bought a horse for her daughter and they didnt realise it was a colt. The colt was in with her mare...and luckily they worked out he had not been gelded before any problems.
As much as I did not mind helping this lady, well to be honest I just dont have the spare time as I am concentrating on my own youngster and was not really looking at taking on an extra project, I then found out she could not drive so realises on friends to get her to the field. I went down to the field to check on the horses etc & found the mare was extremely thin, looked like she needed worming, the field was bare and there would be no way enough room to put my two in there as well and had a mass of straw piled high in the middle of the field.
As much as I know people take on horses under many different circumstances and I am sure they are very much loved I am now stuck with what to do. I do feel sorry for her and would like to help but I also think that I will be lumbered too....
