Comments on: What to do if you can’t keep your horse http://www.askthefarrier.com/what-to-do-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-keep-your-horse/ Learn Horse Care and Horse Hoof Care Tips Plus Horse Breeds Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:03:10 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=1679 hourly 1 By: Kelly http://www.askthefarrier.com/what-to-do-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-keep-your-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-1019 Kelly Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:41:22 +0000 http://www.askthefarrier.com/what-to-do-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-keep-your-horse/#comment-1019 Giving up a horse because you can no longer afford to keep it is one of the toughest decisions a horse owner will ever face. The best way to head that decision off is to make sure your horse is very well trained and has perfect manners. A horse like that will always be in demand. If you start laxing off in the handling and training then your horse will be harder to place in that perfect new home. Giving up a horse because you can no longer afford to keep it is one of the toughest decisions a horse owner will ever face. The best way to head that decision off is to make sure your horse is very well trained and has perfect manners. A horse like that will always be in demand. If you start laxing off in the handling and training then your horse will be harder to place in that perfect new home.

]]> By: Joni Solis http://www.askthefarrier.com/what-to-do-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-keep-your-horse/comment-page-1/#comment-50 Joni Solis Fri, 30 Nov 2007 23:15:38 +0000 http://www.askthefarrier.com/what-to-do-if-you-can%e2%80%99t-keep-your-horse/#comment-50 >When you do find the right person to take your horse, be sure to draw up a contract. Indicate that if the buyer can no longer care for the horse that they have to give you the option of buying him back. This is great advice even if you are selling your horse and not giving it away for free or adopting it out. Also ask people you know in the area to let you know how the horse is doing from time to time. Check the horse in person once a year too. Keeping a horse on pasture with a run in shed is cheap in some areas than keeping the horse in a stall. So check out that option. If you have a horse that is easy to get along with and has no bad habits it will be easier to re-home him or her, so keep training. Clicker trained horses love learning. >When you do find the right person to take your horse, be sure to draw up a contract. Indicate that if the buyer can no longer care for the horse that they have to give you the option of buying him back.

This is great advice even if you are selling your horse and not giving it away for free or adopting it out. Also ask people you know in the area to let you know how the horse is doing from time to time. Check the horse in person once a year too.

Keeping a horse on pasture with a run in shed is cheap in some areas than keeping the horse in a stall. So check out that option.

If you have a horse that is easy to get along with and has no bad habits it will be easier to re-home him or her, so keep training. Clicker trained horses love learning.

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