loaning a pony!?

Question

i'm loaning a pony until i find one to buy i haven't found one yet but should an agreement be signed for example if i went hacking and the pony got injured would i pay the vet bills just like it was your own horse? or would the owner`?

Answer 1

I have leased mares in the past for breeding purposes. I always signed a contract and carried mortality insurance on the horse at my expense. If the horse is in my care, the vet bills are my problem. It's sure not the owner's fault if I had the horse out on a ride and it stepped down wrong and broke a leg God forbid....or got out and got into the feed and grain overloaded....I had one mare that I leased somehow manage to hook an eyelid on something (turned out to be a very tiny nail that we had somehow missed in her stall....) and tore it nearly off. Talk about a sickening sight....there stood that mare, with all but about a 1/4" piece of skin of her eyelid just flopping every time she tried to blink. Well, of course, I called my vet up, and she came right over and reattached/cleaned everything up. I called the owner up and advised that the mare had been injured, what had been done, what we were doing about it, and thankfully, the mare healed beautifully. Unless you looked very closely you could never tell anything had happened. Would I expect the owner to pay that bill?? Heavens no! The nice thing about having the mortality insurance (other than the fact that I never had to use it!) was that if something did in fact happen to the mare and she died, the owner was financially compensated for the loss of their mare.

Answer 2

The person who owns the pony should have a contract for you to sign that spells out who is responsible for what regarding the pony. You should at a minimum discuss this with the owner. No one on the internet can answer this for you. Only the owner of the pony can decide.

By the way you are borrowing the pony, the owner is loaning it to you.

Answer 3

I think leasing is the term for using someone else's horse. There are free leases and paid leases; half-leases and whole leases. Yes you need an agreement. First you need a verbal understanding: who pays the farrier, the routine vet care, the injury vet care if it is hurt while you're leasing it, your responsibility if it's permanently lamed while with you. Maybe you lease it and board it at your trainer's barn and it gets hurt there? Maybe it breaks a leg while being hauled to a show for you?
Be sure you and the owner agree on all these things, then put it into writing. There are lease agreements you can find on the web, and many boarding barns have samples too.

Answer 4

You do what you want. I don't see where riding her under ideal conditions is going to tell you much about her or how well the 2 of you will work together. Your doubts are not stupid and there is nothing I read here that should let you feel she "will be good!". But as I said, do what you want. Most people here just want support anyway. Sorry, I thought you wanted advice about the pony you "tried". It seems you are looking for a pat on the back and to be told you will be wonderful and don't worry. Since I've never seen you ride, I can't do that but I won't knock your riding for the same reason.

Answer 5

You would most likely....That's why you should just buy your own horse instead of leasing it. You have to pay food, board, etc. = /

Help out at a barn, do lessons, etc until you can get used to horses. And while you do that look for your own horse.

Horses are VERY expensive. They are atleast $10,000 a year and if something happens to it could you afford a $5-10,000 vet bill? Do you know much about horses? Do you have a reliable place to put it?

Make sure to give those questions thought before getting a horse.

Answer 6

if your leasing the pony and its at your property yes you are responsible for everything that happens. if your just riding a pony that stays at the owners then to protect you, the lessee, and the pony you should write out an agreement

Answer 7

You mean borrowing a pony.

Yes, I would have a lease/loan agreement spelling out who is responsible for what - including feed/care as well as liability for injuries etc.

Speak with a lawyer familiar with horse-related issues.

Answer 8

a agreement could be signed, but who would write the agreement out? because if not done by a solicitor is there much point because of loop holes in the law etc.
when loaning a pony you treat it as if it were your own, you feed it, rug it, worm it and pay for medical treatment in my experience but it depends on the type of loan, full or part loan etc.

Answer 9

just like leasing a car..you are responsible for any damages while the horse is in your posession..the owner expects the horse to be returned to them in the same shape you got it in...

Answer 10

you would go to google and type in ponys for sell and get one i prefere miniture ponys i have one