Loan is good but.......

[Teeni]

The horse i have on loan is great. he's got character and is a challange, a lil scarey sometimes i must say, but im learning all the time. His owner is well into her jumping and has put years off work into him. She should be very proud of herself and i feel honoured to be able to loan her horse (as she's so good but fussy with who is allowed to ride her horse).
The only thing that is really annoying me is every couple of weeks she will run out of feed, i pre-warn her before its all gone. Once i told her the feed was nearly gone and the next week there was still no food. Last time this happened i went and bought the feed (even though she dint want me to) and then took that money out of loan amount for the month. Normally i wouldn't say as its her horse not mine, but this horse has been known to drop weight in winter. Any advice on how to approach this subjct with the owner.
Many thanks

[jor]

To be honest I would continue to do what you are doing, if the horse ends up with only one days worth of feed left go and buy it yourself and take the money out of your loan payment.
Or you could suggest to the owner that you will buy all his feed from now on and will take the amount the feed costs per month off what you currently give her.
There is probably little point in continuously nagging her if she forgets to buy feed even when you give her plenty of notice.

[wildrover]

What does it say in your loan contract? I'd be inclined to stick to that .... and if she aint keeping her part of the contract you need to point it out to her.