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scwebster Reg. Mar 2013	Posted 2018-01-10 9:48 AM Subject: RE: Not really ranting but sort of..
Expert Posts: 2128	Ashley Lynn - 2018-01-10 9:03 AM scwebster - 2018-01-10 8:49 AM streakysox - 2018-01-10 7:43 AM A lady I used to work with was in the market for a horse for her kids. I told her get something around 14-16 years old. She told me she didn't want something ready for the glue factory! She ended up buying a 2 year old stallion. He was halter broke and that was about it. I told her-- sex change ASAP. She didn't want to get him cut because it might hurt his feelings and it would hold it against her. I still laugh about that one. Good greif! I had a similar thing happen to me. Some folks that live close to us called us and asked us what they needed to look for in a horse or pony for their kid. She ignored our advice and bought a 2 year old stud pony. She calls me a few weeks later asking if we did training for ponies....I just told her she was better off selling him and putting the money toward a suitable kid pony or horse rather than spending a lot in training for this one. Bless your heart!! I have a similar story!! I had a very nice, quiet gelding that belonged to some people you know wel (They used to own the Double R arena!) This horse was totally blown up in the box, but was a puppy to do anything else. I showed him to our neighbor who was just really starting to ride because I knew he would be safe to learn on, I priced him at 4500. He was a good looking sucker! They came and rode him and loved him, but felt I had him priced too high. Soo- off they went, TO CRAIGSLIST! They bought horse,saddle, bridle EVERYTHING for $850. Heck of a deal, right?!? Perhaps, until two weeks later when the son of a gun ran off with her and fell on a blacktop road. It broke her arm in two places and she had to have pins put in. They came back wanting my horse and he had already sold. So now they have an idiot they can’t ride and a vet bill that cost way more than my little broke pony! This is why I hate selling horses! Everyone wants a unicorn that poops glitter.... for $500! I’m sorry that happened to y’all, but it sounds like you did everything right. Some people have to learn lessons the hard way. Yes!! I feel your pain. I tell people so often its better to spend a little money the first time and get a good one than to go through several cheaper ones and the headache that comes with it! Not to mention the time wasted! Those people should have purchased your gelding! We had a kid come try a mare I had for sale for $4000. You could heel on her, run barrels..she was bred well...11 years old no vices. They thought they could find a better deal so they went and tried several more and got one for half my price but it didnt know barrels (which was what her goal was). The parents told us later on they should have bought our mare. Lessons learned! Sometimes the hard way!
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scwebster Reg. Mar 2013	Posted 2018-01-10 9:53 AM Subject: RE: Not really ranting but sort of..
Expert Posts: 2128	IRunOnFaith - 2018-01-10 9:13 AM Exact same thing happened to me when I was buying and selling pretty heavily!! Had a paint mare that I took to an auction and had several come by and ask about her. She was sterile. 9 years old but VERY green. Had large feet and an even larger attitude. I had many many hours of wet saddle blankets in her and it just wasn't going to work out for she and I to be partners. I was honest as I could possibly be to everyone who ask about her before hand and a man with an 8 year old girl bought her. He was wearing a three piece suit on a saturday... They were both VERY scared of her and had me load her into the trailer for them... I gave them my number in case they had any questions... I saw the mare at the sale the next sale week. The guy said she kept jumping their BACK YARD FENCE and running down the road.... Ummmmm.... Lord have mercy! Some people have more money than sense.
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turnthree Reg. Oct 2016	Posted 2018-01-10 2:06 PM Subject: RE: Not really ranting but sort of..
	Opposite story!.. We had an older plug of a gelding that we were selling as a kids horse. He would walk jog and lope along all day and if you tipped a hair to one side or the other he would stop and stand there while you got back in the middle. People bring their 5 year old to try him and she rides the horse perfectly at a walk and jog but the horse obviously knows the kid is not ready to go much faster so she cannot get him to lope. But Mom wants a finished barrel horse for her so I tell them several times, well if a finished barrel horse is what you want this ain't him. But he will go slow all day long for them to learn on. Nope we want a faster one and ask if they can put spurs on the child. No ma'am. This is not the horse for you. Thanks for looking!
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Fun2Run Reg. Jul 2005	Posted 2018-01-10 5:19 PM Subject: RE: Not really ranting but sort of..
A Barrel Of Monkeys Posts: 12972 Location: Texas	Well, you could go to a sale and buy a plug and trade them. The colt might be spoiled but young ones can usually be straightened out; then sell him to someone who will do well on him.
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whoapony07 Reg. Sep 2017	Posted 2018-01-10 5:35 PM Subject: RE: Not really ranting but sort of..
Regular Posts: 89	turnthree - 2018-01-10 2:06 PM Opposite story!.. We had an older plug of a gelding that we were selling as a kids horse. He would walk jog and lope along all day and if you tipped a hair to one side or the other he would stop and stand there while you got back in the middle. People bring their 5 year old to try him and she rides the horse perfectly at a walk and jog but the horse obviously knows the kid is not ready to go much faster so she cannot get him to lope. But Mom wants a finished barrel horse for her so I tell them several times, well if a finished barrel horse is what you want this ain't him. But he will go slow all day long for them to learn on. Nope we want a faster one and ask if they can put spurs on the child. No ma'am. This is not the horse for you. Thanks for looking! That's what I've been looking for, for my daughter but without breaking the bank. Those horses are worth their weight in gold. I have a 28 yr old mare but she is not a "kids" beginner horse, a lot of folks don't understand why I don't let my daughter ride her.....
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