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Location: Somewhere around here | My husband and I have decided to sell "my" horse (technically his). I never thought I'd be one of "those" people that sells their horse because they just don't have time for it anymore but I literally don't have time to ride or get him out of his stall anymore! Who know that a 7 month old baby would take up so much time and effort hahaha (being sarcastic here). Anyone ever had to sell one of their horses before that was like a baby to them because they broke and trained and won money on them? FYI that's him in my icon picture.
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Location: Oklahoma | Hugs... I just sold my buckskin stallion. Bought him as a weanling and he is now 8. I wasn't doing him justice, and he sold within 24 hours of being listed. I know I'll have bad days, but he will excel in his new home. The only good thing is my 2 mares are in foal to him, so I will keep one or both babies. |
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Location: Somewhere around here | Thanks guys! We won't be completely horseless but it's still tough. |
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Bulls Eye
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Location: Oklahoma | cecollins0811 - 2016-01-25 8:18 AM
Thanks guys! We won't be completely horseless but it's still tough.
I understand completely. We also are not horseless, but selling that one that you trained, etc is definitely hard. I haven't come to terms yet. My boy is still at my place until the buyer arranges shipping, so I've already started distancing myself. It kills me not to be able to take one more ride, but he's already been paid for, so I don't want to chance anything. |
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Location: NC | Been there done that several times... :-( hugs  |
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  Northern Chocolate Queen
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Location: ND | I sold my absolute best buddy last fall. One of the hardest decisions I've made was to post the ad for him. I compete in mounted shooting & while i loved Colbee dearly he was never going to make the level of horse I need. His happy place was just loping along slowly, he had no interest in doing anything fast. But he was still my go to horse for everything around home. As hard as posting the ad was, letting him go was the best decision i could have made. I had TONS of interest in him, but he's the type that will only ride for you if he likes you. First gal came to try him literally a couple hours after i posted the ad....he hated her, wouldn't take more than 3 steps, would stop, turn his head back & look at me. Then a gal from TX called & I just had this feeling in my gut that she was the right person. So I went against all "proper" selling practices & held him for 2 weeks waiting for her to be able to fly in & try him in the mean time telling dozens of other people they would have to wait. When she got here you could tell they just fit, he rode just as nice for her as he did me. A couple weeks later I hauled my boy to TX to his new home. I don't regret letting him go at all. He has the perfect home where he is loved & appreciated for who he is and takes great care of his new owner. She loves him & takes wonderful care of him. I get to see pictures of him enjoying his new life all the time AND i gained a new friend!
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| Guy here..........Always feel like I have to say that on these touchy feely subjects. Oddly enough, I had to get out for a while when the kids were born. It was rough, and I didn't feel like myself anymore. We had a set of twins, and it took both of us. We both worked, and I was (still am) farming. There just wasn't time. Sold every horse on the place, but one. I loaned it to a little girl that had lost her confidence. I actually never found the heart to go pick it up.
Long story short, it took a while, then we went on and had one more. I guess when the twins were in kindergarten I got back in. They were big enough to ride, and we just built up from there. There 11, and the youngest is 9. We ride constantly, and it's more enjoyable than it was before.
If it's best for your kids, it's the right thing. It hurt for a while, and I felt strange not having horses, but you make the best of it. |
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Location: Mountains of VA | Don't get too sad..........deciding to sell and actually getting the horse sold are two different things, unless you take them to the stockyard/auction. I've got a bunch for sale but nothing seems to be moving in my part of the world this winter. Of course, getting the snow storm of the century two days ago is going to keep people from buying for another month or more. Then after having to deal with crazy potential buyers, you are going to ask why you ever got the idea to sell in the first place. :)
So, I decided to sell but they are all still here.
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