May trade for a new horse thoughts please?

[babyblue]

heck as long as hes sound and reasonably well trained Id take him home. and Im picky as can be over horses.

 

[arabianequine]

~*Sweet Cheeks*~ :

Hey girl - Here is a horse listed on Craigslist in my area I thought you may be interested in.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/24846_gelding.jpg

http://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/grd/2045306895.html

Well-trained registered Appaloosa gelding, ready for the trail!! - $700 (Chehalis)

-Joe' is a registerd 15 y/o appaloosa gelding. Approx.15.3 hh. He is well-trained and very responsive. He loads perfectly. Extremely well-mannered on the ground. He is easy to catch, simple to tack up, mount and ride. He is very willing and WANTS to be ridden. Gorgeous mover with long, strong legs and longer body. Very nice horse, ready to load up and go on the trails! Good home only, site check, signed /notarized adoption contract and vet references required. Includes his papers.

Thank you, hes a nice looking horse. I sent an email asking some more questions like about his teeth, herd bound, barn sour, if an easy keeper it gets pretty cold over here sometimes, food aggressive, how he gets along with other horses, how much he weighed, and for up close pic of feet and legs.​

 

[patandchickens]

Ooo, nice useful looking horse!!! Might be a good prospect IF the owner is okay with a heavyweight rider AND is not so ultra-controlling that you can't work with her even if she *wants* you to have the horse (I've seen a lot of bad situations start with this signed-notarized-adoption-contract, check references, best-home-in-the-universe-only type setup... although it sometimes is a perfectly reasonable person just trying to be careful)

Good luck,

Pat

 

[Hound]

My one concern would be the 'very responsive', but as always that is something that means different things to different people. A 'very responsive' reining horse for example wouldn't necessarily be for a novice, but a quiet willing horse would. A horse that is overly sensitive to leg pressure wouldn't be a good idea, it's too easy to clamp down in a sticky situation and make matters worse. But like I said find out more about what they mean by that. Is the horse willing and obedient, or super sensitive? Just some things to think about, finding a beginner or confidence building horse is heavy going. The way I see it you can never know too much about a horse before a purchase, and most of the time you learn the most about it in the months after you've brought it home. In some cases this is good, in others not so much!

Something else that i'd want to know more about is the 'adoption contract' and what it entails if they're selling the horse. I can understand that with a free horse, but if i'm buying one it's going to be mine, end of story.

 

[welsummerchicks]

I'm going to guess that it is an effort at a first refusal contract, or some terms to get the horse back if you run into problems and can't keep him any more. but you don't know til you read it.

What I doubt is that it is visitation rights over the next 10 years.

Clearly if someone thought a heavy rider was wrong for the horse and didn't want to sell it for that reason, that's their business. I doubt it though. I think it's probably more likely, the owner just doesn't want to see the horse wind up at the killer auction.

 

[arabianequine]

@ hound good points

I have not yet heard back but do you think they are gonna come over here to see my place I am a min. of three hours from them.

The horse does not seem big enough to handle my weight to me.

I have not heard back yet.

 

[welsummerchicks]

Some people just ask to see pics of the barn and fencing, so they're sure the horse won't be neglected.

Actually, it's getting commoner and commoner to check out buyers of all kinds of animals.

Even years ago, I knew several horse breeders who 'had to know you' to want to let you have a horse. And now, because the economy is so bad, sellers are getting increasingly squeamish about who they sell horses to. A person can sound fine in emails and then have very bad conditions at their barn.

And dog breeders who because of the amount of rescue dogs and the number of people who get dogs and then want to send them back. I just inquired about a pup for sale in Colorado, the breeder would actually, yes, send a nearby friend over. And with the application for the pup, I still have to supply pictures of the home, the indoors of the home, and especially fencing. They don't want their dogs kept outdoors either, they have to be inside at night. They inquire on the questionaire about everything - shade around the home, the questionaire is very lengthy. They also ask under what circumstances would you get rid of the dog.

I know some people find that overly nosy, but that is what some people who sell animals are doing.

To be honest I don't blame them.

 

[pbjmaker]

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I did see someone recently selling a dog and they did stipulate that they had the right to visit the dog whenever they wanted - that is going way overboard if you ask me.

 

[michickenwrangler]

The bay mare I sold, they offered me the chance to visit her any time I wanted. I don't because I know I'll start bawling. I was such a wreck when they came to pick her up, had to go run out to my other horse and sob into her mane for an hour.

I'm crying right now thinking about it.

They send me an email every once in awhile for an update.

 

[welsummerchicks]

I did see someone recently selling a dog and they did stipulate that they had the right to visit the dog whenever they wanted - that is going way overboard if you ask me.


I know that can seem extreme. But I think it's meant to run off non-legit buyers more than anything else. I just talked to a breeder who was beside herself because she'd sold a beautiful young pup to a person that had it in horrible conditions. Another breeder evidently knew the buyer somehow, they were able to get the dog back, but it died a few days after they got it back.