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charlieandblue

charlieandblue

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im back!
after a long time away, im hooked again, so thought id pop by to ask your opinions!

well...blue, my gypsy cob, has now turned 3 1/2 and im thinking about loaning him out/getting a sharer. As just recently i havent been able to spend as much time with him (just sat my GCSE's! :( ) and i know it will be the same once i start college for two years in september.

Would you consider loaning a 3 1/2 year old horse? i wouldnt want him to be away on permanent loan, as he is my baby, and would want him back once id finished college ( 2 years time) but would people think they were putting all the hard work in, and i would just want the horse back afterwards? Or would it be an idea to leave him as a paddock ornament until i do have the time to break him in? ( i couldnt afford to send him away as have no job -yet!)

If so, does anyone have any other suggestions of what i could do? anything much appreciated! <3
 
Seems a bit harsh asking someone to put a lot of work into him for 2 years then you take him back. Couldn't you sweeten it a bit by saying they could continue to part loan him afterwards? Maybe you could agree to pay something towards his costs, the backing should be your financial responsibility alone IMHO, as he is your horse & you stand to gain from the increase in his value once he is backed.

Can't you turn him away until you have the time yourself? You are only talking a couple of years. It wont do him any harm to be backed later. I have a youngster who is late maturing I don't intend to back until she is 5.
 
It wouldn't do him ant harm to wait to be backed in a couple if years, do lots of ground work, insure he has matured.
You might find a sharer but you will have to look hard and be very fussy.
Also if he isn't backed yet and you are doing it yourself it expecting the sharer to help then I doubt they should be paying towards him.
 
yeah i can understand what your saying, i think it would be harsh too, just wondered what other people were thinking :) being turned away for two years would is likely to be the best option, as it would give him more time to mature, and i will be able to spend much more time with him once ive finished college. x
 
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