Complementing on getting a horse......

[EweSheep]

DD is four foot and four inches tall and weigh around 85 lbs. Not fat either LOL! She rides POAs for her lessons which they are anywhere from 13 to 14 hands tall, and the horses she rode ranged from 10 to 25 years old. There is a small pony named Hercules LOOLOL! he was TINY compared with the POAs. Stands at 43 inches tall LOL! Cute bugger but her legs looks so long on him LOL!

Size is what doe snot matter but the question of the mare herself since her bloodlines have alot of brio in them. Plebeyo I remember he was a grey stallion but HOT as they go. I've handled Pasos at any degree of brios and I loved them all but for me getting older, I am not into falling and I would hurt before I hit the ground LOL! So I no longer want a green horse or a horse that is too old.

I asked the owner some serious questions and he didn t reply back. So I am going with my gut feeling.......I am going to PASS! Hubby and I talked it over and we both agreed she is beautiful and if she was a broodmare, she would have been taken in a heartbeat but for riding, how long would she be capable of doing? AND how much of the $$$$$ in treatments we would end up if she does come up hurting alot more than the stuff that they have been feeding her.

Yes I am aware alot of the Pasos, particuarly the older ones would be steeper in their pasterns and they would hurt more as time goes on. And certain bloodlines shows weaker legs....one certain line I KNOW that has a bit of higher percentage of leg problems were from the Caprincho lines (a chestnut stallion of Resorte IV lines). Hubby likes the idea of having a "family horse" for everyone to ride.

Boarding is not too bad around here and some would work with you if you clean out your own stall or they can do it for you for a fee, buy your own hay and grain, etc. etc. while others are strictly stable owner doing all the work, feedings and turnouts at a set fee each month.

Thanks guys , you all have given me alot of thinking and giving ourselves some room to move for the future for the horses. If I had a house out in the country, sure, i would use her as a possible broodmare OR lawn ornament.

 

[BlackWatchLady]

I would pass, I don't like the looks ofher fetlocks...

 

[EweSheep]

Another email.....still not answering my hard questions........

I haven’t had a vet look at my mare but she seemed to be stiff and sore last winter. I gave her Cosamine in her feed and it seemed to help her a lot. She had been my favorite riding horse with a nice performance gait. She has good energy and is very controllable. I am offering her primarily as a pasture buddy. She is very gentle and an easy keeper. She gets along very well with other horse. I have 6 other paso finos all 4 years old and younger that I am training and showing so I don’t have the time to work with and keep this mare.

My phone number is xxx xxx xxxx .You can call or email if you have more questions.

Thanks


It is nice to know she is good energy!

 

[EweSheep]

I know that Peruvian Pasos are taller and bigger than the Paso Finos so that is another avenue I can look at. I can not ride un-gaited horses because of my back problems.

 

[michickenwrangler]

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Just sounds like the seller is just repeating himself from the ad. Makes me a bit suspicious. If this mare is all that and if this person was interested in selling to a good home, he would be asking YOU questions about your stable, experience, DD'd experience, etc ... That's how I usually weed out the idiots.

 

[duckluck]

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The fact that he keeps pushing her as a pasture buddy and hasn't had a vet look at her is concerning...because of course, if the vet looks at her then he will know what's wrong with her! I sure would pass on this one and go for something with some longevity to it. I'd look at them without kids involved the first time through too, because kids will want the first horse they see!

 

[patandchickens]

IME next to nobody advertises a horse as "pasture companion" if it can POSSIBLY be IN ANY WAY conceivably ridden without falling over (or killing someone).

Even for a kid, I'd look for a horse advertised as having ability to be ridden. If nothing else, you may need to get on it someday to reschool.

Pat

 

[Kansaseq]

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x 2 !!

 

[EweSheep]

I've slept on it and I feel good about my decision about passing up this mare. Lovely she is but not worth the time and hassle if she decided to break down later. And I was suspecious about him emailing me back with the same repeated answer again and again and not replying to my hard questions but not having a vet DX her problem makes me wonder WHY is he treating her for a problem he does not know or masking a problem that is not helping in the LONG run?

I passed that information to a Paso friend of mine who had Paso for a LONG time, a good twenty years or more, and she said she would be a lovely broodmare but nothing else.

Glad I went with my gut feeling and hubby's help in deciding whether or not she would be fit as a candidate. So far to this date, she has not had a new home for a week.

The biggest push was you all giving your suggestions and thinking about the $$$$$$ I may incur in the long run. If I had her since younger years, sure, I would have let her retire until she hurts too much, that I would have to put her down eventually.

 

[EweSheep]

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Just sounds like the seller is just repeating himself from the ad. Makes me a bit suspicious. If this mare is all that and if this person was interested in selling to a good home, he would be asking YOU questions about your stable, experience, DD'd experience, etc ... That's how I usually weed out the idiots.

He never did ask....that was another one red flag it brought up. The previous Paso breeders I've known years back, would literally "intergrate" me until they are satisfied with my sincere answers and never had any problem buying any from them...one of them, the best, was Robin Ratliff of Greener Pastures Farm and she would literally bowl over backwards for you to find the "right" horse for your needs and she has an uncanny sense of weeding out "bad owners" from good owners.