update on neglect

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vet today body scored today at a 1.5-2 and the 1st pics on friday a 1.

also looks like we have some damage from the saddle being used on him (had been fitted to him again before he went)

bloods taken should have results thursday, id had bloods done in october as he was a bit down, but as the vet pointed out they are going to be a good comparison,

he deffinatley wasnt insured, the loaner has now changed her number!

vet thinks were looking at 2-3 months before i even dare a bit longreing ect, turning him away on good grass is recommended
 
poor lad, he's such a gorgeous chap. glad he's back where he has no worry of not being properly cared for.
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sorry to here about your horse i brought a shire that was neglected he was a week from death i had my doughts but i bit the bit and took him on i turn him out for a good 1/2 year before i did anything i would consentrate on getting weight on longreining can wait
feed him corn oil this will put weight back
 
I haven't posted before about the dreadful situation you're dealing with, but I just wanted to say how sad I am for you. Thank goodness you had the presence of mind to go see your boy before his loaners bought him. I cannot for the life of me imagine how they could have let him get into such a state, but at least the only way is up from here. Good luck with the recovery. K x
 
ive had abit, but have needed all the facts, ie about the insurance, vets report ect just need to w8 for bloods, and need to have his back looked at re the damage from the saddle. then with all the info in hand i shall go forwards, vet has warned me proving neglect is very hard, but i have a lot going for me ie the condtion of the horse before he went ect,

the hard bit is proving she didnt feed/look after him!
 
I am glad he's slowly beginning to improve, but I am just horrified that a horse can descend into the poor state you've described in such a relatively short space of time. I am sure you've asked this question a hundred times but, what the hell were they DOING to him to make him deteriorate so far and so fast?
 
thanks again, for the support all, at first i wasnt going to do anything, but i have to a least give it a try, to many people get away with it, iff the bloods show a virus or anything then so be i shall appolgise.... if not i shall do what i need to.
 
ive no idea, thinking back theres a cpuple of odd things about the yard. every horse there is in good conditon, even a tb, but then they all had there own turnout, the firld he was in was muddy at the front then flat??? i wonder if shed had it sectioned off, saving the grass bit for summer and hed been living in mud,
and if she just didnt have the sence to change his feed, change rugs and stop riding and using a saddle!
 
Like others, I would like to add my sympathies for the neglect to your poor lad has suffered and my best wishes for his recovery.

I saw something very similar a couple of years ago. Some people rented a field next to ours and put a pony and a really sweet TB in there. It is a good sized field, but we all know that the grass stops growing in winter and that dunged areas will not be used for feeding.

The owners never seemed to visit the horses at all, and after a few weeks there was nothing to eat. The owners had put a field shelter up and seemed to think that they had enough grass, water and shelter, so that was all they had to do.

One morning my OH went to feed ours and saw the TB lying on it's side with the pony stood close and immediately feared the worse. Fortunately the poor thing was still alive. That was the final straw, and we called the RSPCA, who reacted very quickly (yes, I know!). Also a local resident, who does not even like horses, bought a large round bale of haylage and had it delivered to the field, and a second when they had finished the first.

All we got from the owner, and her scabby mother was a load of foul language and abuse.

I am afraid if your poor lad was just turned out on grass, cold and wet would have done the rest pretty quickly. Thank goodness you found out in time.
 
I have been following this with the utmost shock and horror. I am so pleased he is starting to pick up. makes me so grateful that my loan pony suffered much less serious problems than your horse sadly did. Personally, I would never loan again, and I imagine you never will either. We trust these people, I don't understand how they can treat them so badly.
Hoping he keeps up the progress.
 
i feel like i need to protect him, id never loan him again, in 12 years hes moved home twice, last owner me then these people, i feel i owe it to him now, ive put a add up for my mare for sale, i knew when i bought her i couldnt keep them both,

its a difficult time for many reasons, but yes im so glad i insisted on going to see him,
 
I put my mare out on loan while I was at university. The people had come recommended by my farrier, so I kept an eye on things for the first couple of months as much as I could (from 50 miles away!) and all seemed to be going well. BUT these people then got another horse, an unbroken 7 year old, and this also coinincided with the school summer holidays, and them losing their grazing. In about 4-6 weeks my pony went from being a fit and healthy one to a bag of bones. The other horse was wild and had been bullying my timid mare off her hay in the menage they'd left them in, the kid had been thrashing her around god knows how many hours a day (kept going off all day without telling her mum) and as an anglo arab she was always on the slim side so had nothing in reserve. My poor baby had a massive gash on her leg from being kicked and her spine was sticking up so much she had cuts along it from where she'd rolled and it had been scraped by the ground.
I have to say, I would NEVER loan out one of my horses again... I know not everyone's this bad, but it broke my heart to see her like this. I kept her for the rest of her days, and I'll do the same with my other boy now.
 
dont let people like that put you off loaning just keep your horses at the present grazing/stables where you can keep an eye on them
my mare is on loan but there is no chance i would let her out my sight
 
I've also tried this but got the p*** taken by 'loaners' as they knew I would always step in when they opted to buy the latest chav labels instead of shoes for her, and muck out properly when they couldn't be bothered! It was easier to just do her and keep her myself in the end. Had a couple of small friends who could ride her (only 14hh) and kept her ticking over into her mid-twenties.
Some people just shouldn't have horses and I'm afraid offering someone a 'free' horse means they value them less than they would if it were their own that they'd paid for, and /or they often can't actually afford the upkeep of them. I know this isn't always the case cos I've been on the receiving end of 3 loan horses over the years, who have all been spoilt rotten and eventually offered for sale to me.
 
I have loaned a horse and shared a horse and now I own my own youngster (rising 2). The person I loaned from is now one of my best friends and has been for about 7 years and is currently housing my boy in return for rides from me when I can get up there (she is 21/2 hrs away), the loan was the best situation possible and although it broke my heart when the mare left I had grown too big really, I had to concentrate on my studies and she just wasn't as happy living in as she was living out so we sold her.

I think that loaning can be amazing if you choose properly and are careful about the environment they go to and I would never loan a horse too far away, but it can be perfect so please please please don't let one terrible experience put you off loaning if the right person were to come along.
 
hi all, ive set pluto up on horse book that way i can do what i like and put pictures up, so..... hes under pluto saffa 8th, theres loads of pics of him on there,
 
or no.... i cant figure out how,

just had the blood test results back 100% clear as i expected, so it is a case of starvation, and riding him whilst he was like it.
 
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