Hi all,
I used to be on here all the time, but have been away for ages as I had a baby and put my beloved Murphy out on loan as I didn't have time for both baby and him. He's been doing really well at his loan home, but their circumstances have changed lately. The lady is pregnant, and due to a condition she's developed she can't ride at all until the baby is born, and there isn't anyone else there to ride him. The reason I put him on loan was because, with me, he was just a field ornament. I went daily to feed and fuss him but apart from that was riding maybe once every 2-3 weeks at best, and having tried to arrange a sharer then that falling through I decided to let him go to a longer term loan home. Now, it would appear that he will be unridden for the best part of a year if he stays there. If that's the case, would he not be better off back with me? It's more upheaval for him though, and he's happy where he is but it seems like such a waste for him not be ridden at all.
So, I don't know what to do!
Upset him by moving him to another loan home?
Get him back and put him on full livery and try to get a sharer to help with the cost?
Put him on working livery somewhere and just ride when I can?
Leave him where he is and accept that in a year the loaner will be taking on the burden of getting him back into work.
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I used to be on here all the time, but have been away for ages as I had a baby and put my beloved Murphy out on loan as I didn't have time for both baby and him. He's been doing really well at his loan home, but their circumstances have changed lately. The lady is pregnant, and due to a condition she's developed she can't ride at all until the baby is born, and there isn't anyone else there to ride him. The reason I put him on loan was because, with me, he was just a field ornament. I went daily to feed and fuss him but apart from that was riding maybe once every 2-3 weeks at best, and having tried to arrange a sharer then that falling through I decided to let him go to a longer term loan home. Now, it would appear that he will be unridden for the best part of a year if he stays there. If that's the case, would he not be better off back with me? It's more upheaval for him though, and he's happy where he is but it seems like such a waste for him not be ridden at all.
So, I don't know what to do!
Upset him by moving him to another loan home?
Get him back and put him on full livery and try to get a sharer to help with the cost?
Put him on working livery somewhere and just ride when I can?
Leave him where he is and accept that in a year the loaner will be taking on the burden of getting him back into work.
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