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Location: Where I am happiest | My advice, is find a good reputable broker and send the horse to them to sell for you. They would get more for the horse then you will. It's hard to sell one we dont like and the broker will ride the horse during the week and might get things figured out with this horse and be able to make the right fit with a buyer. Chances are, the broker will also either have one who you actually get along with, or will know of one. |
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Location: Texas | ThreeCorners - 2015-05-10 7:34 PM My advice, is find a good reputable broker and send the horse to them to sell for you. They would get more for the horse then you will. It's hard to sell one we dont like and the broker will ride the horse during the week and might get things figured out with this horse and be able to make the right fit with a buyer. Chances are, the broker will also either have one who you actually get along with, or will know of one.
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Location: Texas | bullwoman - 2015-05-07 12:56 PM I got an 7yr. old gelding about 7months ago, was told kid horse & old lady safe, did everything, barrels, poles, breakaway, had several videos on barrels, & poles, none on roping. Went and rode him, took me about couple of weeks to go ahead & take him. Went to team penning, all hell broke out, scared to death of cattle & all the surroundings, let me tell you the so called trainer I got him from won't call me back. All I want is a horse that I can trust to have fun on to do barrels, plus move cattle. I am too old to deal with a project! He has teeth done, vet checked, chiro. really don't want to put more money in him. So how do I sell him & trust someone to get me what I want?
If it was me, I would send the horse to a trainer for 30 days and let the trainer try to find what triggers him to get so scared, then go from there.
The trainer may be able to fix the problem or it may take more time than your willing to invest, personally or through a trainer. Then you determine if you can live with and work around what scares him or if you'd rather sell him.
I know sending him to a trainer is probably more then you want to do, but it's an option. Crappy situation in general and sadly you cannot trust people anymore, it's not the horse's fault though.
Edited by EqualRanch 2015-05-11 2:20 AM
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