Looking after the older horse
Domesticated horses enjoy longer lives than ever before, but this happy fact brings its own issues for owners. Obvious signs of aging include deepening fossa (hollows) above the eyes, greying around the muzzle and eyes, and often a loss of weight, muscle tone and top-line. Other, more serious issues may also develop as the horse […]
Learn about horses with like-minded people
The British Equestrian Federation and British Horse Society have set-up the Participation Project with the aim of creating an informal community through livery yards and riding centres. The project provides current or potential horse owners with access to a network of advice, knowledge and education, enabling individuals to gain confidence in riding and horse care. […]
Care to Share
Horses4Homes has partnered up with the British Equestrian Federation, to run the Care to Share project. Care to Share aims to link up horse owners and potential sharers online and help them start a share agreement. So if you are a horse owner looking for a share or a keen horseperson who would like to […]
Spreading the happiness by removing the worry
Rehoming a horse or pony can be, as anyone who has done it will know, a stressful experience for all concerned – the original owner, the new home and the horse him or herself. For the owner, when compelled by circumstances to find a new home for their horse, there is the worry of what […]
Users Guide – Fees and Donations
Back to User Guide Supporting Horses4Homes Work and Your Horses Future Horses4Homes is a welfare charity and relies on the fees paid and donations given by those who use its services and support its work. This enables the charity to continue to prevent unnecessary suffering of horses and alleviate the worry for owners caused by […]
Users Guide – Horses Wanted
Back to User Guide ‘Wanted Horses’ service If your perfect partner does not yet appear on the website then you can post a wanted advert by clicking on the Wanted Horses. Here you can post an advert or browse available horses by postcode. Your advert can be seen by visitors to our website.
User Guide – Applicants for Horses
Back to User Guide If you are looking for a horse to rehome, loan or share: To browse available horses click here. If you are interested in applying for a horse, whether for rehoming, loaning or sharing, you will need to register with Horses4Homes as a user (see top of page). You will then be […]
User Guide – Horse Owners
Back to User Guide If you are an owner looking to rehome, loan or share your horse: You will need to complete the listing The Horses4Homes team screen the listing prior to publication and may contact you for further information before your horse’s listing goes live on the charity website. Owners commit to being honest […]
Sharing – helping people & horses
The charity Horses4Homes and the British Equestrian Federation are working in partnership to help horses, owners and people seeking to share a horse through the project “Care to Share”. As anyone involved with horses will know, horse ownership is fun, rewarding and challenging, but it also means an enormous commitment in time, money and emotion. […]
Harri- Beau: Doing well.
Harri is just as loved now as he was the first time I saw him nearly 2 years ago ! He has the sweetest nature and a real pleasure to own. Last year as a 3 yr old he did two in-hand shows as education and was such a super star he won a championship […]