guesstimation
Well-Known Member
Im bored at work and been looking through the web and there are so so many horses free to good homes at the moment, it scares me how many could end up in inexperienced homes or homes where people just want to sell them on which if done correctly is not the end of the world but there are too many dodgy dealers who could take advantage.
How do you ensure you arent being taken for a ride when re-homing a horse yourself rather than through a charity, are there guidelines available with how to proceed. Is there anything that could be set up that would help bring together people looking for animals and those trying to re-home without going directly through a charity but where certain procedures have to be complied with on both sides of the re-homing.
I know Vetran Horse Society has a section for people to put adverts of the horses they are looking for homes for, would a site doing this for all privately owned horses needing homes be useful or would it just breed more dishonesty from people wanting to take them and knowing where to look and work a system.
Do you think there is anything that could be done to help or is it all already out there for people to just get on and use common sense (which sadly some people do lack).
Not that I am in a position to do anything, just interested!
How do you ensure you arent being taken for a ride when re-homing a horse yourself rather than through a charity, are there guidelines available with how to proceed. Is there anything that could be set up that would help bring together people looking for animals and those trying to re-home without going directly through a charity but where certain procedures have to be complied with on both sides of the re-homing.
I know Vetran Horse Society has a section for people to put adverts of the horses they are looking for homes for, would a site doing this for all privately owned horses needing homes be useful or would it just breed more dishonesty from people wanting to take them and knowing where to look and work a system.
Do you think there is anything that could be done to help or is it all already out there for people to just get on and use common sense (which sadly some people do lack).
Not that I am in a position to do anything, just interested!