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Love the Worn and Ugly (Saddles)
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| Accidents can happen to anyone at anytime. Hindsight is always 20 20 and we can't live in a bubble preparing for the what ifs. Do you let friends, family, trainers- anyone, borrow your horse or use them for a show for whatever reason. I let a friend borrow a horse a few times because hers was laid up and it would be good experience for my horse. Once he left the driveway I was a nervous wreck. I breathed a huge sigh of relief when he was tucked back in at home even tho it was a completely in eventful day. Prayers are with Rocketpilot's family. It could happen to anyone, and reading the post has made me want to say my horses will never leave my sight. |
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Posts: 720
| I try very hard to not let anyone ever ride my horses. I may let someone I know ride one while we are already at a show, but I have never and will never let one of my horses leave my property in someone else's trailer, unless I'm going, too.
That being said, accidents happen. Even if I'm along for the ride, something could still happen to my horse. I would never blame the driver for something that happened on the road.
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 No Tune in a Bucket
Posts: 2935
Location: Texas | It is so hard to know what to do. The horse that my nephew lost was one that he had raised. He was something special. Young but so calm, even with him children. Someone had just made him an offer for him, but he had turned it down. Of course, there was no insurance. In hindsight, yes maybe he would not have loaned him out. The boy and his family, I am sure, are heart broken as well. On the other hand, my granddaughters rope off of borrowed horses all of the time. They are probably insured, but if an accident happened it would hurt just the same. When an accident happens, it makes you stop and think. |
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  Damn Yankee
Posts: 12390
Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | My horse doesn't go anywhere without me. Even if I can't run him. I went yesterday to watch someone else run him. Now this particular person I would let take him without me, but nobody else. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I would not let anyone take my horse anywhere without me being present. I have no problems letting someone run my gelding.... he is solid. The part I would be concerned about is the transportation, not the riding. Of course, no one in my family rides except for me, so it has never come up. |
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 Chasin my Dream
Posts: 13651
Location: Alberta | I am the only rider for my horses, besides when my colt when off to the trainers, but even then I've known the trainer for many years and trust him. Stuff happens, just take whatever happens in stride..... |
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Posts: 2258
| I have loaned horses out for years I am a sucker for a kid who needs a ride . Most of the time I am there and I have done a fair share of the hauling, I have also had people loan my daughter a horse to ride with out hesitation. I wouldn't loan them to someone I thought would be irresponsible with them but accidents do happen and it could happen to me as well. I just offered my good mare to a local girl for high school rodeo because her horse is not sound and her family can't afford to buy another right now, I will probably have insurance on her before she leaves the place. |
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 Money Eating Baggage Owner
Posts: 9586
Location: Phoenix | I'll let people rope only horse but we always haul the horse and happen to be there anyways. I don't know if I could ever lease my horse. I only know of one person I would ever sell him to. |
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Posts: 1218
Location: Great NW | Accidents can and do happen. Friend of ours loaned a very nice horse out to a high school girl to compete at her Equestian finals on. well she did not stop him at the end of the run - said he should know to stop - well when he slid to a stop on his own at the wall he smacked the wall with his foot - Cracked his coffin bone. She handed over the lead rope to my friend and basically told him it was his horses fault. they never even helped with the rehab. a year later my friends are finally back to roping on him now with special shoing. |
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Love the Worn and Ugly (Saddles)
Posts: 1937
| Thank you for the input, and thank you Rocketpilot for joining in. I know this hits close to home for members of your family. I feel that I will now go along with my horses wherever they go and they won't leave the property without me. Mine are insured, but only for the purchase price, and that doesn't even come close to the emotional costs. |
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Posts: 2276
Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I'm a nervous wreck driving them, myself so no I would not let anyone else drive them with out me. I'm even nervous letting dad and SO drive them and I'm always with them and I'm pretty sure they're both better drivers than me but I don't know I get nervous about it. I've let people ride my horses but I either haul them or I go too. That doesn't mean that some day down the road I won't trust someone to do so but right now there isn't anyone I trust enough or that I won't let myself trust to do it. |
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| I have let many friends use a horse here and there and even haul them over the years. I have a trainer that has to haul my young ones all the time. So far we have never had an accident...knock wood. Whatever someone feels comfortable with is how it should go. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
Posts: 41354
Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | My horses stay home with me, I dont loan them out, I had a few wanting to least one of my boys but no. I have only one friend that I would let take one of my horses, I understand that accidents happen and they can happen with me, here at the house{ and that has happen plenty} but if it happens its with me.  |
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Veteran
Posts: 160
| With my babysitter gelding that I teach lessons on, as long as I have hauled with the person before and inspected the trailer he's riding in, I'll let him go with anyone.. When I was little, so many people let me ride their nice horses that are like him and it's my way of giving back. I love to see kids riding him and having a great time. It wouldn't be fair for me to let him waste in a pasture. As for my mare that's my personal horse, at this moment, I can count on one hand how many people in my life I even allow to touch her, but those same 4-5 people I would trust to haul her too. To each their own. |
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Posts: 1482
Location: on my horse | I never loan out my truck, trailer, or horses. Also there are only a very small handful of people that I trust to haul my horses with me sitting in the passenger seat. I do give lessons and there is one special girl that I let ride my good horse but only her and only at my place.
I hesitate to even leave town with them in someone else's care for more than an overnight trip because nobody I live with or know is quite reliable or horse savvy enough to notice if something is wrong (colic for example). |
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 Chicken Chick
Posts: 3562
Location: Texas | I am too much of a nervous person when it comes to my animals to loan them out and feel ok about it. My dad hasn't had a dog in years, he asked if one of my dogs could spend the night one night. It took him doing a lot of talking and me making sure his girlfriend knew all the things about my dog she needed to before I finally said ok. I was a nervous wreck the whole time, and I was SO happy to see that stupid dog the next morning lol. I know, it is weird to ask for a dog to spend the night lol. I guess he was just missing his dog.
As for horses, I am the same way. I will make my self sick with worry. Even if I know the people are completely capable to handle anything that comes along.. and may even be the people I would call if I needed help in an emergency. I also don't like borrowing horses because I am just as nervous that something might happen while they are in my hands. So it really isn't that I think I can care for them better, I just like for people to keep their animals... and I will keep mine. I stress less that way.
ETA: I am not against people riding my horses. I was letting a little girl use my old gelding because they didn't have any kid horses. I faithfully hauled my gelding to events for her to ride. I just felt better being there.
Edited by pinx05 2014-02-17 5:17 PM
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 Toastest with the Mostest
Posts: 5712
Location: That part of Texas | Many years ago we had a horse injured in a trailer accident (bumper pull came off hitch around curb; horse trailer slid on the side; horse grated up but okay; never sound to rope off of again but lived out his years on the ranch) and it's just one of those things that happens. My brother was riding as a passenger with a friend in his rig and it just happened -- nothing much anybody could really do.
I worry when I loan out horses but I also know that bad things can happen just as quickly here at our ranch as with them being elsewhere. I know when I borrow horses or have them in my care, I treat them like they are one of my own and the people who borrow mine do the same. You just gotta enjoy the heck out of them when you have a chance to and see each day as a blessing that you have with them. My only regret would not being able to say that if something bad happened to one of them, that they weren't loved and cared for to the best of my ability. I make sure that I don't have that regret. |
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Posts: 1611
Location: bring on the heat, NV | I never borrow and I don't share period ha ha. Im anal and sorta paranoid... I dont borrow because I have to many horses that I like and want to ride versus someones else. |
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 Fact Checker
Posts: 16575
Location: Displaced Iowegian | I have lived by this quote (from Hamlet)......
Neither a borrower nor lender be;
For oft loses both itself and Friend
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 Night Watchman
Posts: 5516
Location: Central Montana | It totally depends on the person. I will let very few people even ride my horses.
I have loaned out my good seasoned horse before to one of my best friends. She kept her for about 3 months or so one fall. She takes great care of her own, she is even more anal than I am about thier care. Accidents happen ..... I can attest to many happening over the years at my own home. I can honly hope I've learned from them and can prevent the same ones from happening again.
Depending on the person I will also loan out my trailer to people needing to move their households across town or whatever. Unfortunately when I do that I usually get drug into helping to pack, move, and unpack the trailer too. I helped move my younger sister and her now husband out of state one time. I won't do that again. |
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