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she deserves better than this
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She has been on there a few weeks as well, so I fear the worst for her
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I might just buy her as a companion for George, but then whose hand am I playing into? Just can't tell with these things.

It would hurt me more than words could explain, to sell G on just because he isn't rideable (which might be likely at the moment). I can't understand people - surely I am not the only one who doesn't see their horse as a simple machine?
 
I really hope she finds a home to live out the rest of her days in happiness and good care, with lots of attention bless her.

Its a sad situation I know but without knowing the exact details its harsh to judge people as to why they are selling a golden oldy, sometimes its just because they want rid, other times it can be due to unforeseen personal circumstances.
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very sad i wish i had room as she is not far from me. I would never dream of selling any of mine at that age. I hope it is for a good reason and not because she is old and not able to be ridden.
 
<font color="blue"> surely I am not the only one who doesn't see their horse as a simple machine? </font>

No, you definitely aren't - just sometimes we think there aren't many of us...........

I hope she finds a lovely home and I think it looks like they'll try and make sure she is safely re-homed.
 
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It is very sad, but surely it's kinder to have her pts
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Probably. Or even if they loaned her as a companion they would retain some control over her future. They could send her to a retirement livery. Sending a loyal horse of that age to an unsure future is horrible, but as I now know, there are people who see horses as commodities who are there to do a job and are easily replaced. It doesn't matter what assurances you get from a new owner, once you let a horse go you have absolutely no control over its future.
 
Why would anyone think that the owners are not doing the best for this horse? She seems well looked after and they have forked out for an expenssive ad on H&amp;H to find her the best of homes. Like other forumites I am very priviledged in that I have land at home and it is easier for me to keep my retired ones, but this is not true for everyone.
 
Hope this mare has found a good home. I just think it is wrong to sell a horse of this age on.
It's a horrid, horrid experience, but i feel that you owe it to the Animal to end it's days with you. I think it is the test of a true Owner to do the right thing at the end of it's life and not pass it on to someone else.
I speak from experience because i have had to go through this dilema myself. I know absolutely i did the correct thing with a horse i doted on and adored. Putting her to sleep at home with polos in her mouth in familiar surroundings not knowing anything about it.
I can sleep soundly at night i never have to wonder if she is on a slaughter transporter somewhere or freezing cold in a field in the middle of winter..No, i did the right thing, Gut wrenchingly hard as it was.
 
I wouldn't be so harsh as to jump on the boat - as someone else mentioned, they have advertised in probably the most expensive equine advertising space in the country, and therefore must have some shred of decency about them (or at least a lot of money to throw about). I mean, they really could just not have the time/money to keep her as a field ornament.

At least they are not charging 500 quid for a field ornament like I have seen on Project Horses !! Think that is a cheek - hey, lets throw away a fair amount of money on a cripple that someone else can't really be bothered to deal with, but wants to get every penny out of that they can. Now that irritates me, and shows people treating their horse as a machine.

Hope this little hoss finds a lovely home. Sure she would make a lovely nanny.
 
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Why would anyone think that the owners are not doing the best for this horse? She seems well looked after and they have forked out for an expenssive ad on H&amp;H to find her the best of homes. Like other forumites I am very priviledged in that I have land at home and it is easier for me to keep my retired ones, but this is not true for everyone.

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Because it is a veteran horse and deserves better than to be sold. Once you sell a horse, you lose any control over its future. Who knows where it will end up? It doesn't matter how expensive the advert is, they are selling a horse for £1 and once it is no longer theirs, anything could happen to it. The better options IMHO are retirement livery or pts. Or loan.
 
Unless there are very genuine reasons I hate to see the elderly sold on to an uncertain future. I really hope she finds a loving home but I somehow doubt it.
 
I know the first thought that many of us may think is that...typical selling the poor thing at that age etc etc and yes is some cases it is a sad fact that this happens but let me give you an example that might make some of you guys think before you leap...

a widow can no longer look through his window and bare to look at his late wife's horse, it brings back too many memories, he can no longer watch her stroking him, riding him around etc etc the things she loved to do and decided that he can no longer cope owning the horse, putting the horse down would not be an option for him, his wife would of never of forgiven him, instead he's got he option to adverise or pass onto to a local yard for them to sell.

Yes this does happen, so please before jumping the gun or saying its kinder a healthy but old animal down...just bare in mind that there really is sad situations like this so unless you know just spare a thought.
 
If his wife cared so much about her elderly horse then I am sure she would not have wanted her to end her days being passed around, or having an uncertain future. If you cannot keep an oldie yourself, then IMO you should have the animal pts at home, that way it ends its life as it has been lived.
 
My Mum passed away in May. Amongst her papers I found a letter stating if I was unable to keep her old GSD she wanted her pts. As it happened the dog had been with me for 2 years as Mum had gone into a care home 2 years previously, and is still here now at 13 and a half. I know a horse is slightly different but even in the scenario mentioned above I still think it would be kinder to put the horse to sleep if the owner is unable to find someone known to them to take it.
 
and at what point to you plan your own sudden death? and decide to have your horse put down before the event?

sorry but it does happen, not only that but life changes, everybody peoples feelings change, the state of someones mind changes when they loose a family member, I'm not condoning it and it certainly does not mean they dont deserve to have a horse when they have loved and looked after it for many years.
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I know it sad, and perhaps going into too much depth on this subject but all I'm asking is that people think a little before making there conclusions
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If the wife truly cared for the horse, she would want what was best for it. In the circumstances you describe, that would not be being sold on to an uncertain future. Offloading a bad decision as being a dead person's wishes is a poor excuse for not doing the right thing.
 
What a strange question in response to my reply to your post. I was talking about the reaction of the widower (as I thought were you) and the fact that his wife would not have forgiven him for having the mare pts. I would have thought that her wish would have been for the end of the mares life to reflect the life she had had with this owner, not been sent out into an uncertain future and possible bad end. Very few people offer a secure home to a strange retired horse, their own yes, one they have not known, no. To this end it will be known to my family that if they cannot care for any of our elderly animals that they should be pts at around the time of my death.
 
Well from personal experience as my Mum died last year. Her 28 year old boy has been made provisions for until the end of his days at her best friends place - as she can provide him with a better retirement than I could.

When it's his time he will be cremated and their ashes are going to be scattered together. Her younger horse has been bought by my best friend and is at the same yard as me.

No way would we have let her old boy face an uncertain future (Mum would probably come back and haunt the lot of us if we did). Nor could my father have coped with keeping him at home, it would have been too difficult for him emotionally.
 
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Why would anyone think that the owners are not doing the best for this horse? She seems well looked after and they have forked out for an expenssive ad on H&amp;H to find her the best of homes. Like other forumites I am very priviledged in that I have land at home and it is easier for me to keep my retired ones, but this is not true for everyone.

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Because they are not selling her in as much as 'offloading' her. She has clearly served her purpose and they are not prepared to look after her in her twilight years. Poor girl
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