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I e-mailed the family who bred her this morning. Not sure whether i'll hear back, but if I do it should help shed some light on whether this is a temperament problem or the result of poor handling. They sold her as a 2yr old, the people we bought her from got her when she was 2 but through a dealer. We're not sure whether the breeder started her or the dealer did.
She isn't what I need, and chances are even if the trainer can 'fix' her, she still won't be. I know what she can do, and that will always be in the back of my mind. I'd rather sell a good horse than a bad one though. She can be sweet, and sometimes there is a glimmer of hope. Even though she is a grouchy sow, she's a young grouchy sow. I don't want it on my conscience that her next 20 some years on earth are wasted because I didn't try, even if she is a PITA. She is too much for me, but at least this way I have a chance of finding her a job/person that suits her and can make something of her. If she went to someone heavy handed then she probably would end up having to be put down.
We screwed up choosing her, but what's really scary is the number of people willing to buy a problem horse even when they've been explicitly told about it. That's a big factor in why I took her off the market. I actually had two people call asking about her for a kid's horse. If they don't know the danger in that, they don't know how to handle her themselves. We had the same thing happen with a gelding we sold. He was extremely hot, snorty and spooky. My FIL used to worry he'd die of a heart attack he was so tense! We actually had someone call because his 13 yr old daughter had been saving up for a horse and ours was the right price. He thought she could just ride him in the corral until she was older. I ended up telling them outright that they shouldn't come and see him because she was only going to be disappointed. We sold him to a team roper who wasn't remotely intimidated by him, but also calm. We couldn't have picked a better fit, and he loves him.
Lucy in a better moment:
I e-mailed the family who bred her this morning. Not sure whether i'll hear back, but if I do it should help shed some light on whether this is a temperament problem or the result of poor handling. They sold her as a 2yr old, the people we bought her from got her when she was 2 but through a dealer. We're not sure whether the breeder started her or the dealer did.
She isn't what I need, and chances are even if the trainer can 'fix' her, she still won't be. I know what she can do, and that will always be in the back of my mind. I'd rather sell a good horse than a bad one though. She can be sweet, and sometimes there is a glimmer of hope. Even though she is a grouchy sow, she's a young grouchy sow. I don't want it on my conscience that her next 20 some years on earth are wasted because I didn't try, even if she is a PITA. She is too much for me, but at least this way I have a chance of finding her a job/person that suits her and can make something of her. If she went to someone heavy handed then she probably would end up having to be put down.
We screwed up choosing her, but what's really scary is the number of people willing to buy a problem horse even when they've been explicitly told about it. That's a big factor in why I took her off the market. I actually had two people call asking about her for a kid's horse. If they don't know the danger in that, they don't know how to handle her themselves. We had the same thing happen with a gelding we sold. He was extremely hot, snorty and spooky. My FIL used to worry he'd die of a heart attack he was so tense! We actually had someone call because his 13 yr old daughter had been saving up for a horse and ours was the right price. He thought she could just ride him in the corral until she was older. I ended up telling them outright that they shouldn't come and see him because she was only going to be disappointed. We sold him to a team roper who wasn't remotely intimidated by him, but also calm. We couldn't have picked a better fit, and he loves him.
Lucy in a better moment:
