Post by emman on Oct 22, 2018 15:09:00 GMT 1
Hi. I'm new to this, so apologies if this is the wrong place.
My 8 year old boy is currently out on loan, but the loaner has notified me of her decision to terminate the loan agreement. Amongst her reasons are, he is terrified of cows and she feels that he is now unsafe to hack, and also he has no manners when being handled. He has trampled her in the past, and she says he is now so scared of the cows on her yard that he is difficult to handle. My problem is, I have two small children, and no time to have a horse full time. However, I am not prepared to sell him as he has been there for me through some pretty dark times, and has been my only reason to get out of bed in the past. I feel like I owe him too much to simply sell him on. I have owned him basically since he was born as the lady who bred him was too ill to look after him or his dam, and before she died, I promised her I would never sell him.
As Jensen is so far away (3 hours' drive) I have no way of going to see him to assess his suitability to be put back on loan. However, he was never dangerous when I had him - he's a typical arrogant cob, but was never dangerous. I'm wondering if he just needs to be with someone for a while who can remind him of the rules regarding personal space and following human instructions. I also think that maybe he's become a bit anxious and needs a bit of confidence building around cows etc.
A number of people have said I should simply turn him out with cows, but I don't live in the right area and don't want to just leave him in a field and hope for the best.
Can anyone please suggest an IH trainer who will take horses on for a period of time to help with the above? I appreciate that he will need to be assessed first, and am happy to discuss that with anyone, but I don't really know where to start. I did find someone who said they could help him, but Jensen's loaner said that the person didn't have a good reputation for treating horses kindly.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated re contacts etc. Thank you very much in advance.
My 8 year old boy is currently out on loan, but the loaner has notified me of her decision to terminate the loan agreement. Amongst her reasons are, he is terrified of cows and she feels that he is now unsafe to hack, and also he has no manners when being handled. He has trampled her in the past, and she says he is now so scared of the cows on her yard that he is difficult to handle. My problem is, I have two small children, and no time to have a horse full time. However, I am not prepared to sell him as he has been there for me through some pretty dark times, and has been my only reason to get out of bed in the past. I feel like I owe him too much to simply sell him on. I have owned him basically since he was born as the lady who bred him was too ill to look after him or his dam, and before she died, I promised her I would never sell him.
As Jensen is so far away (3 hours' drive) I have no way of going to see him to assess his suitability to be put back on loan. However, he was never dangerous when I had him - he's a typical arrogant cob, but was never dangerous. I'm wondering if he just needs to be with someone for a while who can remind him of the rules regarding personal space and following human instructions. I also think that maybe he's become a bit anxious and needs a bit of confidence building around cows etc.
A number of people have said I should simply turn him out with cows, but I don't live in the right area and don't want to just leave him in a field and hope for the best.
Can anyone please suggest an IH trainer who will take horses on for a period of time to help with the above? I appreciate that he will need to be assessed first, and am happy to discuss that with anyone, but I don't really know where to start. I did find someone who said they could help him, but Jensen's loaner said that the person didn't have a good reputation for treating horses kindly.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated re contacts etc. Thank you very much in advance.
