Would you want to hear from your horses previous owners?

Im in touch with my horses old owner, we exchange texts fairly often, & has visited once, & is hoping to this summer holidays. It doesnt take 2 minutes in my opinion to send a text to state that the horse that once was their pride & joy is still happy & heathy
 
I still send a Xmas card to the person I bought mine from, but she's never come to see him.

I did try, from the passport, to get hold of some of the listed previous owners, but at least one had moved and the other wasn't easy to get hold of either.

A pity, coz I'd like to find out who was horrible to him, poor lad - there's times when if we're out hacking and he sees someone walking with a stick, he trembles; ditto men with hi viz jackets.
 
Absolutely I was very good ie I would send a christmas card to them on how he was but I did think they didnt want to know..as it sort of fizzled out & he is a good boy. But yes more info the better. Good luck and you wont know until you do it!
 
Im friends with my daughters ponys previous 2 owners on Fb, one even flew down from scotland to watch him compete at royal windsor this year, i let the the girl that had outgrown him (leg wise not weigh wise) have a ride on him, they love seeing all my updates and manu pics i post. And although they comment and say well he looks, i would feel a bit put out if they started telling me how to look after my dauhgter to ride, but im lucky they dont. I think its nice, especially with kids ponys as they get outgrown so quick and moved on.
 
well I've just sent the email, I hope I sounded nice and supportive but not interfering! :o Just wished them luck, said I'd love to hear from them and if they ever want any advice or info about his past, I'd be happy to help. Finger's crossed they don't mind or take it the wrong way!
 
Would you want to hear from your horses previous owners?

Taking the question literally, No, not really. They sold the horse therefore they no longer have any say in its' future.

However, I would never be so rude or inconsiderate as to ignore letters or emails from past owners once in a while and would happily give them an updates/photos every so often. Sometimes, selling a horse is a real wrench and done due to circumstances that force the sale, so in a way previous owners have to wean themselves off their horse as it were.

To the OP, I would not think that an email would be intrusive, they may have questions they'd like to ask. Give them the means to contact you should they wish, but don't force yourself upon them. :)
 
I'd love to! I sent photos and a letter to the previous owners of my mare but never heard back, as for my gelding I'd love to hear from them but got the feeling they were really glad to see the back of him!
 
Enfys said:
Would you want to hear from your horses previous owners?

Taking the question literally, No, not really. They sold the horse therefore they no longer have any say in its' future.

However, I would never be so rude or inconsiderate as to ignore letters or emails from past owners once in a while and would happily give them an updates/photos every so often. Sometimes, selling a horse is a real wrench and done due to circumstances that force the sale, so in a way previous owners have to wean themselves off their horse as it were.

To the OP, I would not think that an email would be intrusive, they may have questions they'd like to ask. Give them the means to contact you should they wish, but don't force yourself upon them. :)
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Well I didn't really sell the horse because I wanted him gone, I was devasted to have him go, he was my rescue pony who I did all my firsts with from the age of 11 (hunting, eventing, camp etc) I don't expect to be round there all the time telling them what to do, just would like some updates :) Hopefully I sounded friendly and nice in my message, although of course they can ignore it if they want! I suppose it's difficult to let go of someone who meant so much, especially as he's the only horse I've ever owned and had entirely to myself...but of course, I agree entirely it's their decision :)
 
GingerCat said:
I'd certainly welcome hearing from previous owners and I keep in touch with the person I sold my last pony to. :D



Why on earth not?

Wouldn't you want to visit a pony that used to belong to you?
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My ponies old owners keep in touch with us, and it's lovely :D In fact, they're visiting us tomo :D
 
i recently by chance met the lady who bred our 19 yo horse,she emailed me some photos today of his younger days & siblings which was lovely & i hope to keep i touch with her.i hope the same works out for you:)
 
My daughter says she'd love to hear from any of Basil's former owners or breeders(he seems to have had quite a few owners) but some of them probably wouldn't even know who he was ( one was a refrigeration company) and there's quite a big gap on his passport where he just disappears, no vacs, no anything.

With Bella, we never spoke to previous owners but did speak to her trainer when she was about 3 months out of racing which was interesting, I did contact her breeders but they never got back to me which was a shame. Bella is now out on loan to a lovely lady and my daughter speaks to her on FB and by text very regularly but they've decided to give it a few more weeks for Bella to settle before we visit.
 
sazzle44 said:
As the title says really. My old pony, who I was very attatched to, has been put out on loan. I sold him a few years ago as I got too tall and wanted to move onto bigger things (he was competing at the very limit of his ability with me) and the family I sold him to have found him a new loan home. I don't know the new people, but have been forwarded an email so would be able to contact them, but don't know if I should or not :/ I'd like to hear how he's getting on and for them to know who I am should we bump into them at shows etc (we're in the same area and they do a lot of PC stuff as well, albeit at a lower level)
Would you appreciate this, or feel it's interfering? I just really want to hear how my little boy is! :o
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i would maybe just send them an email saying you used to own the horse and would like to know how he was getting on in his new home. also if they wanted any info to get in touch (if you want to give them ur no or what ever.) i dont really like talking to previous owners more than i have to tbh. i like geting my horses history ect but after that i would rather just get on with it, however i do send a couple of pics ect 1-2 times a year if they have askeed me too, but i dont let them come visit ect. i have wiished i have not sold certain horses, and i have been contacted buy new owners that have questions about his/her life ect and i dont mind answering them xx im sure they will be pleased to hear from you xx
 
I think it very much depends on wether the new owners want to hear from you or not.

I have in the past got in touch with new owners to see how my horses are doing, with mixed results. One accused me of drugging the horse - I had a feeling that she may end up with problems - the mare being very dominant and the new owner a bit of a fluffy. The horse in question was used by my good riders in the school and taken to Pony Club by a 12 year old - ridden along a busy main road. Would I really risk a childs life by letting her go to PC on her?

Others I've had a great chat with. One currently sends me updates and pics and the occasional DVD of the youngster. This one is a home bred youngster so I do enjoy hearing about her.
 
Hi All,

I tracked down Little Dolly's previous proper owner (as in not riding school, or dealer) from her passport.

I wrote her a letter including my email address, and she emailed me the next day!!

Now we're friends on facebook (her and her daughter :)) and they can see all our photos and updates on there! It was lovely to hear from them (and hear what a little madam Dolly could be!!) and I think they like seeing how she's doing with my daughter now.

I think anything by letter or email is fine, and not intrusive at all. You can after all, choose to ignore them.

RM x
 
Your e-mail sounds fine.

We tracked down Spud & H's breeders, who were both lovely. It was actually very re-assuring that they'd had a good start in life because what happened to them between leaving the breeder and ending up with us wasn't great. It was good for the breeders to know that the horses they'd bred had ended up in a secure safe home too. We've kept in regular contact with Spud's breeder and are now good friends.
 
I'm quite lucky that with Moo I know pretty much her entire history as I bought her from her breeder after she finished racing, and one of her stable lass' is a member on the forum!
 
I'm in touch with the previous owners of both my boys.

I'm actually good friends with my old ponies previous owner (she rides my mare for me and now has a new one of her own at the yard!) and I also know, through friends and on facebook, his owners before her!! They don't interfere - they "like" photos of him and make nice comments sometimes.

I'm also now friends with my young gelding's previous owners on facebook. They don't interfere either, again they just "like" photos and make nice comments every now and then.

Though it makes me smile when previous owners insist they know the horse best! Horses often change when they move homes. In fact, my friends new horse's previous owner insisted he wouldn't eat hay, only haylage, but as soon as he arrived he was gleefully tucking into a haynet of....hay!! My other friends horse's previous owners said he was fussy and wouldn't eat for a few days until he settled in - he tucked straight into whatever was put in front of him.
 
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