Why is loaning so hard?

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My horse has only been out on loan for a month and i am already wishing i hadn't bothered it was agreed that i would go visit him every month and now when i am trying to arrange a time to go see him they aren't replying so will have to ring tonight and if they aren't happy with me going every month looks like i will be having him back but after my one month experience so far don't think i will bother again
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I wouldnt ever loan again, a bad experience when i thought I had ticked all the boxes dotted the i's and crossed the t's still didnt work out! Instead he ended up injurying himself then they didnt want him when he wouldnt come back sound after 3 months - instead of telling me they stopped looking after him. I went to visit him to find the sparkle in his eye had gone the gloss in his coat had gone and he looked like he had lost the will to live! He wasnt there 3 days later!!
 
Is there a reason you want to see the horse once every month - is it to check the horse is being well looked after. I am presuming the horse is out on full loan? How long have you agreed to have the horse out on loan for?

My mare has been out on loan and it's been 2 years so far. I see her at Christmas/New Year again and Easter and finally once or twice in the summer.

I get the occasional update via email/text but I found it easier to cut down my contact and allow the pony and her loaner to bond.

Please don't let it put you off, I hope things work out.
 
Glad you have posted this - not because it's nice to see that you're finding it hard, but because it's nice to see that somebody feels similar to me - me horsew as meant to go out on loan last week and i found it too hard to see him go, even though i knew i'd be able to have him back, so i didn't go through with it in the end. I'm glad that i've still got him with me and i'm still the one caring for him, but, on the other hand i'm still not sure i made the right decision in so much as keeping him means i have to put my other plans on hold.

So a slightly different situation and sorry i'm not much help, but this is just my roundabout way of saying that yes it is very hard!
 
You have EVERY RIGHT to go and see your horse! I don't get it at all. I have one in on loan and one out on loan. It's open doors either way. Absolutely no other way will do, sorry. Waltz up unannounced at a reasonable hour if they won't answer, in your horsebox. If all is not well, take it away with you. Dear Lord. It is your horse!
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You have EVERY RIGHT to go and see your horse! I don't get it at all. I have one in on loan and one out on loan. It's open doors either way. Absolutely no other way will do, sorry. Waltz up unannounced at a reasonable hour if they won't answer, in your horsebox. If all is not well, take it away with you. Dear Lord. It is your horse!
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Echo Brighteyes!

I have just sold the horse I put out on loan (to the people who'd had him on loan for nearly 2 years) and myself have another horse on loan. My loaners always complained I didn't go and visit often enough! I trusted them and knew they were looking after him but they always returned my phone calls. Same with new boy's owners; they haven't been to see him since Oct last year but we speak occasionally. They'd always be welcome whenever they wanted to visit (but they don't seem to want to!).

Loaning should be completely open. At the end of the day it is your horse. If you aren't happy, take it back.
 
just got it sorted and i am going at the weekend not scary like i thought he is apparantly very happy and his schooling is going well so i just need to stop worrying!
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Still miss him though
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