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Post by jenm on Mar 28, 2009 8:11:23 GMT -5
To be honest I don't think they care what happens to the horses, in a recent post on the CBER board about Dixie, she is a CBER horse and a person said she is up for sale on dreamhorse and drepp said the person that feeds the horse owns the horse and they have NO policy about rehoming, so I guess what ever happens happens... They save them from the feedlot who cares what happens after that..... Wow, at least they have finally come clean in stating they don't care about the welfare of the horses once they have their money. Then again, they have also been okay with CBER horses being sold via auction, or going to Wayne's (last stop before bullet or back to feedlot) to be broodies.
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Post by mickeyfan3 on Mar 30, 2009 2:20:39 GMT -5
That is just disgusting...how many times did we ask to get a rehoming policy in place? With so many it would have been hard to enforce, but would have made some people thing twice before rehoming. At least when we were all still volunteering we'd call the owner to see if we could assist in the rehoming process, including checking on all references and with vets and farriers. But am I surprised by this current policy? Absolutely not.
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Post by halfwayhome on Mar 30, 2009 12:22:56 GMT -5
VERY sad. I always tried to keep in touch with people and would offer assistance if needed. Cannot believe the attitude has become so cavalier that they are actually posting it that way...
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Post by sundancer on Mar 30, 2009 18:21:07 GMT -5
I never got a follow up on my two horses that I adopted from CBER. NEVER. Nothing. I did post updates here and people on this forum were interested, but never anything from CBER itself.
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Post by penny/pals on Mar 30, 2009 18:27:36 GMT -5
Okay this horse was in training for 30+days after she was done with QT and then was re-homed. The rescuer spent the money to save, QT and train this horse to help her find a home. I myself have re-homed horses that I have rehabbed I have adoption contracts with the adopters in case something goes wrong or is not done. This horse had an opportunity to get real training so she could become a saddle horse. How many OTTB's have that opportunity these days. The truth is to many end up on someones dinner plate.
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Post by mickeyfan3 on Mar 31, 2009 17:17:01 GMT -5
CBER, and Diane's attitude about this shows no initiative, compassion, or sense of responsibility which is pretty much CBER These days. They've got the money, move on to the next. Even without a "rehoming" policy in place - if it's known the horse has been listed for sale it's the moral duty of the rescue to check in and offer assistance.
When I was still volunteering many of the adopters kept in touch, either personally through emails, phone calls, or posting on the boards as Sundancer did. I'm still in contact with MANY people that adopted CBER horses although I left that organization a long time ago. I would still offer assistance in rehoming any of those horses. Anything to keep them off someone's "dinner plate". Which I guess is an acceptable outcome for some in the CBER organization these days. Boy, things change....
When I was still volunteering if we learned a CBER horse was being rehomed, we personally contacted the adopter to offer assistance in rehoming. No, it wasn't CBER policy (Although we kept asking for that).
Caryn, Michelle, Tash, Heidi, JennM, and myself ALL did that, as did many other volunteers.
No one asked us to do it.
It was just the RIGHT thing to do.
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Post by lorsadoon on Mar 31, 2009 18:20:58 GMT -5
Okay this horse was in training for 30+days after she was done with QT and then was re-homed. The rescuer spent the money to save, QT and train this horse to help her find a home. I myself have re-homed horses that I have rehabbed I have adoption contracts with the adopters in case something goes wrong or is not done. This horse had an opportunity to get real training so she could become a saddle horse. How many OTTB's have that opportunity these days. The truth is to many end up on someones dinner plate. Penny, I respect the fact that you personally take the responsibility to have adoption contracts for the horses you rehome. The problem is that CBER does not. And DJRepps attitude of "Who ever feeds the horse, owns the horse" is one of the many flawed principles that CBER runs by. The problem is that there are many people who have rehomed CBER horses with no thought as to what is going to happen to them. And while there have been some caring people who tried to put a rehoming policy in to place, the person at the helm of CBER evidently did not feel that was something that was needed. That is why they are not a true rescue. Once the horse has left their hands, "Who ever feeds the horse, owns the horse" and it is not their responsibility any more.
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