Would you buy him back/How much for?

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Bit of a long one so will try and give a quick run down! Sold a horse last year with shivers, it was diagnosed after i saved him from a dealer, i didnt have the time to give him the exercise he needed so i advertised him, was totally honest and thought id sold him to a nice couple, they didnt pay alot as the way i seen it they were buying a horse with a problem. Since found out they didnt ever manage to ride him so he was basically neglected for 8 months then sold on. I think iv found him again (thanks to nadine who saw my post about him on the forum and is helping me out) and if possible i want to buy him back and bring him home! Iv possibly spoken on the phone to the girl who has him now but not sure, very complicated!

Would you buy back a horse you made the hard decision to sell for his own good? Clearly didnt do him any good and i feel really bad for him.

What would you pay? I think girl who owns him now, if he's not sold on again, paid double what i sold him for in the first place as she wasnt told about his shivers and i believe she doesnt want to take less than that so il have to make an offer and cross my fingers.
 
I think we've all been in that "shall I sharn't I sell" position and often once we do sell them we live everyday wondering how they are
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Good luck with the offer - I hope you get him back home
Kate x
 
I have to be honest and say that I wouldn't - not unless your situation has changed to the extent that you can give him the care and exercise he needs. If neither you, nor the current owner can do that then it would be fairer to the horse to find him a companion home where he can live out his days happily with a bit of love and attention.
 
if you have the space for him and think you could find him a good ret for life home then offer em 200 quid,,, not an ideal situation but horses are'nt just what they can do for us, sometimes if we are in the posititon to help em out its worth a bash!!!
 
your right kvs he hasnt got much going for him but i did have him all sorted out and being ridden then i sold him on into a life of neglect where he's probably been miserable since he left me.

iv got space for him to live out as a companion which is my plan, money wise its got to be head over heart though and knowing the state the horse might be in now id making the decision really hard, i blame myself for whats happened/happening to him.

it may turn out that he's already sold on again and with someone who'l give him a happy life - fingers crossed.
 
No it's not and it always ends in heartbreak one way or another - whether it's because we have to sell them .. we lose them or we have to have them pts - why oh why do we do it?
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Kate x
 
Well if you've got the space for him and you still feel some responsibility for him it might be worth speaking to the new owners. The thing is, they can probably get more money for the horse if they sell him on without disclosing the problem, than what you ought to offer for a horse you know is unsound. Appeal to their conscience and point out the future he's likely to have if they try to sell him for riding. Also point out the comeback they could get if they fob this unsound horse off to the wrong people. You could try making a low offer and wait and see if they accept.
 
This is difficult. You obviously can't get the horse out of your head as you have actively looked for him after selling him. Therefore, if you do nothing, you will feel responsible/guilty for ever.

If you do buy him back, you need to be prepared for the cost and time of caring for him - even if he is kept as a companion - for the rest of his life (how old is he?) Alternatively, if you could get him right again, you could loan him out on the understanding he is to stay on your yard, or find a rider/sharer for him?

I don't think the current owner can expect to get what she paid for him once buyers are aware of the problem. If the people you sold him to didn't ride him, then presumably she didn't ride him when she went to view him?

She obviously wants to sell him from what you've said - so can he be ridden for viewing? If he can't, she may not get what she paid for him anyway.

Hope it works out whatever you do.
 
If u have the space and he is a nice horse then i would bite the bullet and make her an offer it can be hard to find a nice companion. I am a soft touch tho and always go with my heart! Make her an offer she can only say no! Keep us posted :-)
 
he's in his teens, it took me months to get him rideable as he was nevous and hadnt done much except run in a field for i believe 2 years, people who bought him from me were told all this and told to takes things slow with him, except i presume they didnt as i think he was ridden once, threw someone off and was then turned out and basically left! girl who has him now couldnt have seen him ridden and as far as im aware hasnt ridden him much, if at all herself, i presume she is selling him telling people he has problems to be worked on but i dont think she's mentioning his shivers, she wasnt told about that when she bought him and only found out through the one short phonecall i had with her - if it was her!
 
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I think we've all been in that "shall I sharn't I sell" position and often once we do sell them we live everyday wondering how they are
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Good luck with the offer - I hope you get him back home
Kate x

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Tell me about it, have been trying to trace my mare for the best part of 2 years now, no leads at all!
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