what circumstances would make you sell?

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as title really!

not that im intending to sell my boy ever! but i did enter my mind when starting uni, thankfully a second sharer came forward and saved me making that decision!

so, what desperate situation would make you sell, even if you didnt want to?
 
I hope to never have to sell my boy, unless something really drastic happened. I'd rather get a sharer, and I'm thinking of doing that at the moment, but they would need to be perfect! I think that if something terrible happened to me e.g. I became paralysed, then selling him might be a sensible option, or if my parents went bankrupt or something like that. I am in the middle of my PhD at the moment and it may be difficult for me to find work afterwards, so if I were to move abroad then I might have to sell him, although I hope these things will never happen.
 
If I couldn't afford to keep them properly, with money aside for emergencies.
If my family had to miss out on things to afford them.
If I was too ill to look after them and they weren't getting used.
 
Honey08 said:
If I couldn't afford to keep them properly, with money aside for emergencies.
If my family had to miss out on things to afford them.
If I was too ill to look after them and they weren't getting used.
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Agree with all of this other than - not being used, I'm really not sure I have a problem with a well cared for horse with turn out and company that's not being ridden. I don't believe they worry about not reaching their potential, and I've yet to meet one that was bored with turn out and company
 
Now facing the worst time of my life OH the only wage earner has just been made redundant so we now have no income apart from a small pension that will just about feed the dog and cat. He is trying very hard to find something but he is 61 so not very hopeful He is prepared to do anything which is in his favour
So while we have enough to care for them I am trying to sell them so they never have to want for anything shame as I dont want to sell but we get no benefits due to a small pension so after 50 years in full time work and never claiming anything he is now not getting anything. Aaah well we will get round it somehow I was hoping that selling one would keep the others for a while until we get them sold too but no joy so far
 
windand rain said:
Now facing the worst time of my life OH the only wage earner has just been made redundant so we now have no income apart from a small pension that will just about feed the dog and cat. He is trying very hard to find something but he is 61 so not very hopeful He is prepared to do anything which is in his favour
So while we have enough to care for them I am trying to sell them so they never have to want for anything shame as I dont want to sell but we get no benefits due to a small pension so after 50 years in full time work and never claiming anything he is now not getting anything. Aaah well we will get round it somehow I was hoping that selling one would keep the others for a while until we get them sold too but no joy so far
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oh i feel for you :( thats a shame. i hope things turn around for you soon, wish there was something i could do!
 
windand rain said:
Now facing the worst time of my life OH the only wage earner has just been made redundant so we now have no income apart from a small pension that will just about feed the dog and cat. He is trying very hard to find something but he is 61 so not very hopeful He is prepared to do anything which is in his favour
So while we have enough to care for them I am trying to sell them so they never have to want for anything shame as I dont want to sell but we get no benefits due to a small pension so after 50 years in full time work and never claiming anything he is now not getting anything. Aaah well we will get round it somehow I was hoping that selling one would keep the others for a while until we get them sold too but no joy so far
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How sad, my sympathies to you. :(

The only way I'd part with Moll would be if I was totally unable to care for her any more myself AND a close friend/relative was guaranteeing her a better life. Mollie's 18 and not a very sellable mare and I'm determined to love and care for her for the rest of her life if I possibly can.
 
putasocinit said:
I wud PTS, couldnt bear worrying what might become of them, but they are also not babies either.
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i think id end up doing the same tbh, my boys got all sorts of issues so i dont think he'd have takers if i was to sell him, even as a companion since his cribbing means he ruins fenceposts and stables, even if i put his collar on..
 
The only reason I would let him go was if I became incapable of looking after him, physically I mean. In that case I think I would gift him to Blue Cross, with a suitable sum of money, and they could re-home him where he would continue to be used and ridden until such time as he was too old and then they would know what best to do.
 
Having read yr thread now, i see problems arising with your idea of selling one to keep the others, sadly you know that wont happen because you will need to delve into that money at sometime and horses may end up going without, not that you would want that.

Suggest can you find grass livery, loaners, sharers or just pts (cruel but kind in the long run).

So you wont get a pension until your husband is of pensionable age is that correct. Dont know what your hubby does but try buying and selling on amazon and ebay, you will be surprised what you can make from a tenner. All the very best and i hope it works out.
 
I have been in the situation of being completely phsyically unable to care for my beloved horse, who was not young.

Fortunately someone I knew and trusted very much wanted him as a family horse, a role he was ideal for. I didn't sell, money didn't come into it. She loved and cared for him until his death. I was only able to see him once after we parted. :(
 
putasocinit said:
Having read yr thread now, i see problems arising with your idea of selling one to keep the others, sadly you know that wont happen because you will need to delve into that money at sometime and horses may end up going without, not that you would want that.

Suggest can you find grass livery, loaners, sharers or just pts (cruel but kind in the long run).

So you wont get a pension until your husband is of pensionable age is that correct. Dont know what your hubby does but try buying and selling on amazon and ebay, you will be surprised what you can make from a tenner. All the very best and i hope it works out.
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They are already on grass livery the money we get in pension from an old job will keep us, the dog, cat and the old girl. I would never put to sleep a perfectly healthy four year old that would be silly and the other one will make a perfect pony club pony. I am not stupid enough to think I am the only one who can care for these ponies they are bombproof family ponies worth their considerable weight in gold if and when I sell them I will do my utmost to make sure they get good homes. The money they make will be ear marked for the care of the old girl and her companion if I thought their welfare was compromised in any way what so ever I would put those two to sleep. Her companion is a young pony too but has a quirky nature that may lead him into bother so I wouldnt let him go unless I was certain he was safe he is a small pony that hates kids
I would go hungry rather than let them suffer in any way but the two good ponies will keep the old one and her mate in comfort for many years. After all if no one sold horses and ponies then most of the people would not be owning them, as you must have (in the majority) bought them at some point. I will eek out what we get so they will always be fed, watered have their feet trimmed, be wormed and vaccinated as they are now it would just be more suitable to have two rather than four.
Circumstances dictate what you can and cant do and while they are not likely to suffer in any way I am prepared to sell two of them the money will then keep the other two until OH gets his final pension or a job at which point income will be more than doubled and we can manage to support the two older ponies until the are ready to go I have savings to deal with them when that time comes I hope in about 10 or 15 years but who knows
 
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Taz would be put to sleep. no one would want him and if they did i would hate it if he turned up somewhere horrible as he just doesnt deserve it. Rio would be sold relatively easily although his old owners would take him back if we couldnt keep him. this would mean shipping him back to spain but if needs must...

The only thing i can really think of is if my mum died and i could no longer support 2... i can support 2 but if i then lost my job then they would have to go although i could keep both for up to 2 years on my savings... i dont really think there is a situation i would sell... i have sold horses before and it hasnt bothered me but we have has Taz 9 years now and no one else would want him and i love him to death and well Rio has grown on me :o
 
My poor friend has just found herself in this situation. Her husband was killed on thursday. She has a horse of her own and a young 12.2 and my 11.2 on loan/ She has a 2 year old, a disabled 4 year old and a 7 year old child. I am desperatly trying to help rehome the 12.2 if anybody is interested. kent area.
 
windand rain said:
Now facing the worst time of my life OH the only wage earner has just been made redundant so we now have no income apart from a small pension that will just about feed the dog and cat. He is trying very hard to find something but he is 61 so not very hopeful He is prepared to do anything which is in his favour
So while we have enough to care for them I am trying to sell them so they never have to want for anything shame as I dont want to sell but we get no benefits due to a small pension so after 50 years in full time work and never claiming anything he is now not getting anything. Aaah well we will get round it somehow I was hoping that selling one would keep the others for a while until we get them sold too but no joy so far
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Hard times Windandrain, but should your husband be entitled to a redundancy payment, and have you gone on martin lewis website moneysavingexpert for advice? I can't believe that you are having to face the next thirty odd years of your life living off a tiny pension especiallythe way things are going.

Please do go out and ask for advice, its annonymous so no loss of face at risk and you may glean some usefull advice. Best of luck :)
 
No only 4 year which if we are careful we can get through from his savings and occupational pension at 65 he will get his old age pension and in 6 years because I have worked all my life too I get my own pension so although it seems like a short time it is a long time in worrying for caring for 4 two would make life a lot easier
Oh and sharing or even just letting people ride has proved impossible too and loaning is worse than selling as there is always the possibility of being sent back a sick and damaged horse to treat and take on the care of so not going down that route again having been dumped on before
 
Honey08 said:
If I couldn't afford to keep them properly, with money aside for emergencies.
If my family had to miss out on things to afford them.
If I was too ill to look after them and they weren't getting used.
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^^This.

Polos Mum said:
I don't believe they worry about not reaching their potential, and I've yet to meet one that was bored with turn out and company
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Like you I don't believe they care,but personally I wouldn't keep a horse long term that had no purpose.They are my passion and i think the world of them,but they are too expensive and time consuming to be big pets.For me anyway and my circumstances,different when I finally win the lottery of course;):p
 
I wouldn't want to sell Ned into the unknown. He's had enough of that in his life.
I would only sell him to one of 4 people. New yard manager, M (lad who used to ride him and loves him as much as me), E (Girl who rides him once a week now, but I would rather loan to her, not sell) and A (Been my friend forever, has her own field and 2 other horses)

I would be iffy selling to E and M, but I wouldn't had any issue what so ever with selling him to A, he would have a perfect life with her and I know she would try her best to take him.
 
If I couldn't afford to meet the horses basic needs as well as my own would be my criteria.

The boy is young and healthy and dare I say it I'm not that attached (had last girlie for 16yrs and the boy now for just 1yr).
Wouldn't be worried about selling him as I'm sure there are many that could do better with him than me and at the end of the day he only loves me for any food that I bring for him.
 
If one of us was going to end up dead or resenting the other. Long as we are both happy and healthy you won't find any of mine going. I am very fortunate though and have on family land and if anything happened to me I have 3 people lined up for having them with own land all of whom would have them for me or as their own. I am very funny about making plans for if something should happen to me though so was an obvious thing for me to do.
 
weesophz said:
as title really!

not that im intending to sell my boy ever! but i did enter my mind when starting uni, thankfully a second sharer came forward and saved me making that decision!

so, what desperate situation would make you sell, even if you didnt want to?
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Impossible to say as no-one can predict the future.
 
If it came to putting food on the table and a roof over the heads of my family, the horses would go,without question. Family first every time.
 
Financial reason, if I could not afford to have a horse comfortably

If I was scared or apprehensive about riding the horse
 
Only ever if I couldn't afford to keep them.

But I wouln't sell. The retired oldie would be pts as its a matter of months before its time anyway, I would need to make a serious decision about brat pony as I don't know really if I could sell her (she is a rearer and used to be VERY dangerous)..but I have someone who used to ride her that I would offer her on loan to and if not it may be a pts job..as she really can be very dangerous and I don't want anyone to get hurt or her to end up being passed around and beaten.

Super Squirrel would go on permenant loan and I would make sure I had emergency savings incase he came back. He loves having a job to do but he's 15 this year, has 1 eye and bone changes in his hocks and he's changed the world for me so I couldn't sell him and risk him not being kept in the way he deserves. I know he'd also be happy being a field donkey but honestly, he lights up when he sees the lorry or when he gets in the ring...don't think I've seen a horse who comes to life the way he does when he's competing, its lovely. So I would like him to keep doing his job for as long as possible

So nothing really!


But aside from him, if I bought a new one I would hopefully grow a backbone and sell it if it can't do its job, we don't click or something like that. As I don't need to collect anymore that aren't suitable for the job!
 
Both of mine would be pts one is 22 and the other only eight but really quirky it taken me two years to work out how not to get my head boxed in apart from that never would rather sell my body than part with my babies
 
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