Loaning

[Zychrono]

I just felt a bit of a need to remind people that there are some happy stories out there. In light of recent events, there have been a a lot of comments about how people would NEVER loan out there horse. But it doesn't have to be like that!

I have had Claret out on loan to a wonderful family for a year now & I would expect her to stay there until all the children have outgrown her. When she comes back to me she will be less green, a better age for small children & consequently a more valuable pony (in both senses) if & when I decide to sell her.

I have made a good friend in her loanee & we both appreciate that everyone is a winner in this situation.

Morgan came to me as a loan to do anything I want except sell her. She is a bargy, bolshy moody cow - but such a wonderful horse to ride! Her owner can't ride anymore due to arthritis but couldn't bare to sell her. So yet again it's a win-win situation.

We now know that potential loanees need to be checked to a ridiculous level & you can't even trust that delivering a horse to its new home will be adequate security. So be rude & ask to see utility bills & driving licences, follow up references - whatever you need to do. But don't be put off loaning or people like me & Elvisa (to name but a few) wouldn't be lucky ones that we are!

[spill the caramel]

its lovely to hear that loans can be succsessful after hearing such terrible stories lately.

[Sarah..x]

I used to loan a 14.1 skewbald cob called Murphy :) he was a star!!

Used to compete him and do pony club on him:cool:

He came up for sale, so we were going to buy him but then they decided they needed to get rid of another horse first:P

So i gave him up to get my own, current horse.

The owners daughter is one of my best friends now and i still go up and ride murphy every now and again..

He has a little 9 year old girl riding him now and her feet only just reach the bottom of the saddle *****:P its so cute and lovely to see him doing for some one else what he did for me :D

x

[MelsToyBoy]

My fell pony has been out on loan now for the past 4 yrs or so, im good friends with the family, they take me to shows, we sometimes go out together, i even occasionally get to ride him! :)

 

 

[FatBoySlimsMum]

I've got my loany pony too!!

[RosJ]

I have Jay on loan :) and would buy him straight away if he came up for sale (or at least have him on full loan)

I love him, even though he is a bit of a nutter! :D

[TallyHo]

I've let a few horses & ponies go out on loan :w00t:

I've been able to buy horses incredibly cheap and didn't want to miss them, but shortage of space & time was a problem, so I decided to let them go to nice loaners. It's been very worthwhile because so far, every loaner has taken the option to purchase or return after 6 months. I'm going to do this again rather than turn down needy sellers with lovely horses because i'm short of room.

Oh, and get this - I've got a horse on loan :w00t:

[muggins]

I had a loaner too.

We were looking for a companion to our old girl and came across an advert looking for a loan home for a cob cross who couldn't be ridden. We went to her yard to view him and his owner came, had a look at our field/stables etc and then even delivered him for us a couple of days later. We were honest with her about our 'horsey ' knowledge and after he had been with us for a couple of years she sold him to us as she knew he was happy and settled with us.

We keep in regular touch and she knows she is free to come over to see him anytime. In fact when we realised the extent of Ebenezers issues she was the first person I contacted for help she came over and has been a support and help in getting us on the right path with Ebs.

[Elvisa]

Yes i have to add i have been very lucky to loan syrus, the owner is so trusting, she hadnt even met me only spoke to me on the phone when i picked him up im glad she answered my add because she knew she could trust me and apart from visiting him once and a couple of emails from her i dont have much contact because she just knows hes getting what he deserves and she is welcome to come see him anytime she likes im just so glad i wasnt any old tom d**k or harry otherwise syrus couldve ended up with anyone but the fact that she did not advertise hiom, but answered my ad i think was betterbecause no one knew he was for loan untill she chose the right person and im very proud to be looking after suh a lovely boy he has a home with me for life wether i buy him or just keep him on full loan it is my choice:D

[Miss Peachy]

Aaah, nice chirpy topic :)

I have had horse & ponies on loan for over ten years, since I was 13 years old. Infact Harley was the first horse I actually paid money for (August 2008.) My family never had the money to buy a horse/pony outright & so at 13 or so I randomly got offered a pony on loan & it went from there.  I worked a Saturday job & babysat to afford his feed & hay & I kept him on a friends farm :) My parents gave me no financial contributions to any of my horses, I organised & saved for everything.

Joey was a 12.2 Strawberry Roan (I have mentioned him before on here somewhere) was a right pain in the backside so much so the week before coming to me he had five riders off in 10 days. He also had me off too on our first ride (bucked me straight off into a full water bath!!)  He stayed with me for two years & I had a great time reschooling him. He turned into a serious king of gymkhana games, hehe.

Rubbish pics, Joey - The King of Gymkhana Ponies!! With a baby Peach on the right! :P

I had 2 more very sucessful loans after that & then I got given, yes, given my beloved ArabXWelsh pony, Inshalla. I helped out a lady, did chores & exercised her horses for her as her health wasnt great. Spent months helping her out & handling her home breed youngster, then myself & another teen backed her together. One day she approached me & said she wanted to give her to me as a thank you:) I finished off the backing process & she was fab. I also broke her to drive. Dream horse!

Then, granted, the situation didnt end with a happy ending which ive delved into slightly before & it resulted in me stopping riding for a good few years etc. My mum hid the photo's of her in a safe place, one of those ridiculously safe places that you cant find when you want to years later ... ) yep, thats still where we are with that one! So cant show you her.

I also have Puddles & Muffet on loan now from their owner. I originally was helping out exercising Puddles & (the now xoclairexo's) Woody & the owner became sick again & couldnt give them the time they deserved so I ended up taking them on loan in June last year.

Ive never had any issues with any of my loans & wouldnt hesitate to loan Harley to someone if the right home came along. But i would be very thorough with my checks etc. I would certainly loan again in the future.

I dont think people should be put off loaning, its unfortunate like with everything in the world that some people do take advantage of loop holes & can not be as sincere as first thought. I think loaning can be (with genuine people) an invaluable situation for both owners, riders & horses if its thought out properly & above board.

Ok ive waffled, its Friday afternoon, my job is hideously boring ... :D Its Friday, im allowed

[ForesterLover]

I've bored you all a few times with my fabulous loan story!!

Here: http://www.horsemart.co.uk/Forum/Topic109247-5-1.aspx?Highlight=success+story

It couldn't have gone any better :)

[MARJUL]

I had a mare, Becky, on breeding loan, and her owner was so happy with our arrangement, that after a couple of years she "gave"  Becky to me,:D and I kept her until I had to have her PTS (she had colic):crying:

I have put two horses out on loan, and both times have been a disaster. The first , to a supposed friend, I lost, and have put a post on here searching for him, and because I didn't want to think the worst of people, I tried again with Bracken, and only got her back after she went missing by tracing the loanee, (who had changed yards, phone number etc) and physically removing her from new field, and despite calling the police, I was told it was a civil matter.

The law seems to be a very grey area when it concerns horses, as although they belong to us, the police/law doesn't seem to consider them property, the same way they do a car or TV. It always seems to become a civil case, which they don't become involved with.

So on reflection, I would take a horse on loan, and give them a wonderful home,(a bit biased:P0) but I would never loan one out unless it was a very close friend, (and they gave me the deeds to their house, as collaterel!!lol!):D

[chick]

I've had a great experience loaning too, I started looking for a horse to loan after the loss of my own horse and a friend offered me a stable and grazing to keep her daughters pony company. We spent a long time looking for horses size, age, breed didn't matter we just wanted a nice horse suitable for hacking. At that time most horses which were advertised for loan had issues, and it seemed that because owners were struggling to sell them they put them out for loan. Any how saw an ad for a 16.2 Warmblood 16 years old done lots but now ready for a quieter life, so off I went cold wet night early November arrived at a nice yard in the middle of nowhere. Welcomed by a very nice lady and her husband she took me through to a massive stable where a huge hairy monster stood with the most gentle eyes I WAS IN LOVE. We tacked him up and I climbed on no nerves at all he was great, but I was not the first person to look at him and they had promised another three people the chance to see him over the weekend. I waited all weekend not very hopeful that we would get him as it sounded like the other people had lots to offer, but I got the call he was coming home to us. So I had Monty on loan for well over a year his owners came to visit and all was well. I got a phone call Christmas 2007 his owners wanted to come and see him and they needed to speak to me OH **** THEY WANT HIM BACK it was awful waiting for them. They said how well he looked and what a good job I'd done and then they handed me his passport and told me to put my name on it cos Monty was my Christmas present. So a long story but a very happy ending.

[Vix]

i had a Warmblood on loan a few years ago,

the owner lived bout a hour away and we got on really well. she popped down every now and again to check he was ok but didn't suffocate me and left me to look after him as my own. he only went back when my tb mare needed more work and i couldn't cope in the winter with work, dark nites and the two of them:D