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Location: Texas | Just curious about this. Does a brand/location of a brand on a horse influence your decision to purchase? Thanks for all your feedback! |
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Yes, absolutely. I don't care how good the horse looks or how well it's bred, if it has a big brand, it's out. It's not just me either, a lot of people I know feel the same. I don't want a fourth of the hip (or shoulder) with someone's "billboard" on it. I really don't mind a normal-looking brand. 
Edited by Runaway 2016-08-14 4:40 PM
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Location: OH. IO | Nope.not one bit. |
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Location: Idaho |  No no way... if its a nice horse and an ugly brand, nope that will not at all make me second guess a purchase |
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Location: In The Snow, AZ | I have no idea what brands mean. But I personally think they look cool. Lol. |
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Location: Somewhere around here | I don't mind at all of there's a brand on any part of the horse, but I AM weary of a certain brand from a past horse I bought and it did not work out well. |
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| Horse's that have multiple brands I will definitely stay away from |
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Location: Oklahoma | We brand all our foals , I personally feel that should be the only brand on a horse , if you raised it , but once they are out of our hands , people do what they want . 
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Location: Texas | Yes and no. My best horse has a huge brand on her right hip. I saw it from the thumbnail picture on her craigslist ad. I knew who the brand belonged to and knew she had good horses, so it actually turned me on to the ad more than anything.
However, for babies or unstarted prospects, I don't like a huge brand. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | Hotcat - 2016-08-14 4:06 PM We brand all our foals , I personally feel that should be the only brand on a horse , if you raised it , but once they are out of our hands , people do what they want .
I agree with this. Brands should be simple and tasteful. Not bill board big though or something an artist designs. |
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The Advice Guru
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| If they are branded, wonderful then I don't have to pay to have my brand stamped on them.
Brands distract people from stealing them.
If they go missing, or have to be turned loose due to flood or fire, the brand is proof of ownership. The brand inspector will contact the person who owns the brand. |
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Location: Kansas |
If the brand belongs to someone I dislike heck no.
Big brands are ugly.....anyway you look it they're a scar.
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Location: Oregon | It wouldnt deter me at all if they were what I was looking for. Although my brand is brass knuckles, which I'm sure some people wouldn't like but I only have it on one horse for now and she wont ever go up for sale. It's not huge and most people don't recognize what it is but I figure you'd have to be pretty ballsy to steal her with that branded on her. hahaha  |
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Location: When you hit the middle of nowhere .. Keep driving | Hotcat - 2016-08-14 5:06 PM
We brand all our foals , I personally feel that should be the only brand on a horse , if you raised it , but once they are out of our hands , people do what they want .
I agree with this. I dislike people who buy and sell after weeks or months and the brand is slapped on everything and I have skipped over horses with one on depending on what the brand was because I know they buy and sell fast. I also like small simple brands if there is one on a horse not ones that take up half + of the hip or shoulder. |
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Location: Great Places Great Faces | Is this a serious question? Idk would you buy an "ugly" horse if it won everything... ? This question just kind of cracked me up... Have we become that vane of a society that a brand can make or break a sale?!?! smh... |
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Location: Texas | Spiked-Kat - 2016-08-14 5:53 PM
Is this a serious question? Idk would you buy an "ugly" horse if it won everything... ? This question just kind of cracked me up... Have we become that vane of a society that a brand can make or break a sale?!?! smh...
Yes, it is a serious question. I saw a post on SM recently regarding folks not buying horses with brands. I found it unusual so figured I'd ask the question to see how prevalent this actually is. |
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| I bought a mare with 3 brands .. That never phased my decision. She's a nice horse & wins for me .. The brands don't bother me at all |
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| I don't mind them but if I or someone I know had a bad experience with a horse with a certain brand I try to stay away. |
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Location: Texas | I could care less if horse has a brand or not. If the horse is what I want and works how I want I would not pass him up just because he had a brand or two or three or ten. Lol. |
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| psaaat - 2016-08-14 6:03 PM
Spiked-Kat - 2016-08-14 5:53 PM
Is this a serious question? Idk would you buy an "ugly" horse if it won everything... ? This question just kind of cracked me up... Have we become that vane of a society that a brand can make or break a sale?!?! smh...
Yes, it is a serious question. I saw a post on SM recently regarding folks not buying horses with brands. I found it unusual so figured I'd ask the question to see how prevalent this actually is.
I personally feel if a person has a problem with the brand we use, they don't deserve a horse we raise. That brand is over 30 years of genetic crossing, up to 5 generations of horses and now 2 generations of people. |
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