Annagain
Well-Known Member
Following on from my other post, I've been mulling over what to do with Archie IF I do get another one. These are the options - what would you do?
1. Current sharer has him on full loan. This would be ideal, as I love my sharer and she gets on brilliantly with him, but I don't know if she can afford him or whether she wants the commitment of a horse on full loan. She's happy to just hack at the moment, but I think if she had a horse on loan she might want to do more and Archie wouldn't be right for her in that situation as he gets too strong with her if she takes him anywhere (she's tiny). Also she's at the stage of life where a family might be a plan for her so if I lose her I'll have two to look after again.
2. Find another sharer to share with current sharer. This would mean not too much change for him and I could keep my fantastic sharer. Also if I lost one it would only mean losing half of the money to pay for him. But would I be lucky enough to find another one as good as her and can it work with two sharers? Would I findsomebody compatible with me, my sharer and my boy?
At the moment I have the majority of the responsibility and take control of things like shoeing, decisions on feeding etc. Who would be the main carer? I suppose I could still have a supervisory role and he should be able to fit in with the new one so it wouldn't take too much planning? Money might be an issue - if I charged another sharer what I charge my current one, it wouldn't be enough to cover his costs. I would have to ask for more per week or ask them to pay for shoes and feed on top of what they pay me.
3. Get someone else to loan him and keep my sharer for the new horse. Money wise this would be the most sensible, the loaner would meet all A's costs and deal with the YO directly, and I could still have contributions for the new horse. I can afford to keep one all by myself, the sharer was more about time than the money, and that situation is better these days than it was. It could be a lot of upheaval for him though and he's been through a lot recently so I'd rather he has some continuity. Again, if the loan doesn't work out I'm back to square one.
4. We stay as we are. It wouldn't be the end of the world as I can take a friend's horse to competitions for a while as she is busy with her young kids, but sooner or later she'll be back. I'm always worried about breaking her horse for her and there's nothing like taking your own horse to competitions.
So which option would you go for?
1. Current sharer has him on full loan. This would be ideal, as I love my sharer and she gets on brilliantly with him, but I don't know if she can afford him or whether she wants the commitment of a horse on full loan. She's happy to just hack at the moment, but I think if she had a horse on loan she might want to do more and Archie wouldn't be right for her in that situation as he gets too strong with her if she takes him anywhere (she's tiny). Also she's at the stage of life where a family might be a plan for her so if I lose her I'll have two to look after again.
2. Find another sharer to share with current sharer. This would mean not too much change for him and I could keep my fantastic sharer. Also if I lost one it would only mean losing half of the money to pay for him. But would I be lucky enough to find another one as good as her and can it work with two sharers? Would I findsomebody compatible with me, my sharer and my boy?
At the moment I have the majority of the responsibility and take control of things like shoeing, decisions on feeding etc. Who would be the main carer? I suppose I could still have a supervisory role and he should be able to fit in with the new one so it wouldn't take too much planning? Money might be an issue - if I charged another sharer what I charge my current one, it wouldn't be enough to cover his costs. I would have to ask for more per week or ask them to pay for shoes and feed on top of what they pay me.
3. Get someone else to loan him and keep my sharer for the new horse. Money wise this would be the most sensible, the loaner would meet all A's costs and deal with the YO directly, and I could still have contributions for the new horse. I can afford to keep one all by myself, the sharer was more about time than the money, and that situation is better these days than it was. It could be a lot of upheaval for him though and he's been through a lot recently so I'd rather he has some continuity. Again, if the loan doesn't work out I'm back to square one.
4. We stay as we are. It wouldn't be the end of the world as I can take a friend's horse to competitions for a while as she is busy with her young kids, but sooner or later she'll be back. I'm always worried about breaking her horse for her and there's nothing like taking your own horse to competitions.
So which option would you go for?