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Post by daniellie on Jan 3, 2009 23:47:37 GMT 1
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navaho
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Post by navaho on Jan 4, 2009 14:28:06 GMT 1
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Post by Kayti on Jan 6, 2009 13:31:03 GMT 1
Dizzy.. i think Maybelline looks fab.. but then I am more than a little biased!! :-)
I have to agree with Dizzy as well though. When a horse is well and content following a "rescue" situation it is very possibly that a different home, person or challenge is the BEST thing for that horse.
Some of us are nurses, some of us are trainers, some of us are breeders, some of us are stunt riders, some of us are companions, some of us are hackers, some of us are competitors.
And "some of us" means both people and horses! But how can you "know" what you are until you are fit and well and able to see the world in a more hopeful way ?
"keeping" a horse simply because you "rescued it" is a bit of a limited view.. I have seen horses sold that I personally feel were mercifully "rescued" from their previous crappy owner!!!! How many of us have been "rescued" by friends from unsuitable boyfriends/girlfriends/jobs ??
Don't many of the "rescue centres" rehome their horses for a very generous donation ? and still maintain ownership of the animal. It can cost the same to buy an animal from an ad than to loan from a centre when you add up all the travel and visits and paperwork etc. Dogs and Cats are certainly effectively "sold" for a dontation by rescue centres... I & my family have never ever had a dog or cat checked in 30+ years of "rescuing" them.... and include national as well as local centres in this
Does everything have to be so Black and White ?
Providing the person "rescuing" is not asking "you" for money.. and is open with the new home (purchase or gift or loan) does it matter ?? really ? if the horse is loved and going to the same or better home ??
Who is the fool.. the person paying or the person selling ? We all need to be allowed to find our own way, and if we dont do enough research and investigation then we are the fools.
I do have issue with people "glory-hunting" about rescueing & training horses - especially as some are more limited in their skills than they would have "the internet communitiy" actually believe :-)
But in life there are people that brag, people that want to share news without bragging, people that want to be mean and people that just dont care... live and let live.. walk away if you dont like it .. no audience and they might stop and go away too lol
I wish this lady well with her horse, but sounds like she needs a good dose of reality and practical support!
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Post by thewondersquirrel on Jan 6, 2009 15:07:39 GMT 1
Sounds like a tricky situation and a lot for an inexperienced owner to have taken on. Without getting into the 'politics' of rescuing (again...) IMHO the best option would surely be to support and educate this owner to find the *best* way forward for the horse now he's hers. She made the decision to take him on, he made what can only have been a pretty long and ardous journey to the UK and has no doubt adjusted to an entirely new routine, new experiences, people etc. Changing everything for both parties by finding a new home for him can hardly be a step forward for either party! navaho, you mention your OH would love to take the horse on. No criticism intended, but could your take on the situation be ever so slightly coloured by the fact you 'want' her not to have him...? You put it well when you say you'd like her to see the situation for what it is, I say then work with it  |
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Post by navaho on Jan 7, 2009 19:49:12 GMT 1
Bah!!! Stupid girl!!!
She is definately planning on using him at stud (god alone knows how!), i dont get it, i must be stupid? I thought the whole point of rescuing these animals was to give them a second chance at life....not for them to create more?? And whats more shes a flipping moderator on the rescue forum, dont you think they would know better!
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