PMU Rescue

[Celtic Hill]

So probably next year im going to start looking for a young horse (less then two) I have worked in the past with PMUs and really loved them. I would like to adopt one, but the only rescues in the area ask for an absurd amount of money for an unregistered horse. Does that sound bad? Is there a place I can 'buy' vs adopt a PMU? Kind of like how the AC4H has their broker program?

-Ian

 

[geebs]

Depending on where the PMU's come from (canada perhaps) they would have to be a high price just to cover the import.. that is just the way it is.... It costs 1100 dollars to import a foal near me... Just so you know...


Good luck in finding a horse.. perhaps a mustang..they are a little easier to come by and lighter on the pocketbook.

 

[Celtic Hill]

That's a good point. I want to 'rescue' but I don't want to spend an arm and a leg, on a horse that i can trail ride. A lot of rescues in the area have stipulations that are kinda a pain. Plus my reasoning is, if im going to pay 1400 dollars on a grade horse why not spend the extra 600 and get a registered horse I can do what ever I want to do. You follow?

 

[Peaches Lee]

Yes, importation is such a hassle and headache

What about going to an auction and picking up an OTTB?

 

[Celtic Hill]

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I want something young. So if you figure horses are being born nowish, they will be weaned around the fall time right? I want something with a decent head, im not against grade. I was thinking a draft cross, love drafts. Idk...

 

[andalusn]

If your wanting a good trail partner maybe it would be an option to find out a list of trainers in your area that participated in the Mustang Challenges. Many of those horses sell for a reasonable amount and have been prof trained to find the shiny penny beneath that range raised exterior. A friend of mine in OR trained and kept her horse and now he's for sale. A little digging and research may yield a good find. Horses are still selling for very low prices at auction.. Our local horse exec horse council sponsors local rescue horses and many of those are nice sized mature horses looking for a new job at a low fee. Maybe your area has such a program?

 

[Celtic Hill]

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I know a few years back there was a BLM adoption. We just had our annual state auction yesterday. But im looking for something that is a weanling or yearling, because i want to be the one training it. I want something that will grow big, talking over 16 hands. And Im a softie and want to give a horse that might not have had a good life, a good life. I don't *need* another fancy horse because I have my Irish Sport horse.

 

[andalusn]

Another thought which may yield a good find.. a local regional Lusitano breeder is in some trouble and her stock has been seized by the state and they are holding auctions. These are hoses from a herd of about 120 purebred, registered horses ranging in age from young to mature and they have been auctioning them off for very low prices. Google the topic and you should find the contact for the Sheriff in Troy, WA and the Carpe Diem Lusitano horses.

 

[NottinghamChicks]

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Ther is a rescue in Chichester, NH that gets quite a few PMU foals. I believe it is called Live and Let Live Farm and I also believe they have a website. Good for you! If more people understood there are natural remedies for menopause perhaps there would be allot less tragic endings for these foals

 

[Illia]

We got two pairs (mom, baby) of rescued PMU's originally from Canada, but crossed the border by the rescue itself, so there was much less hassle. We did pay some amount for them, but it was small.



I honestly hope my family regretted doing it though. Gorgeous horses, but oh boy, they sucked so much money, time, and positive energy from us it wasn't funny. After re-homing a mare and losing a mare and a foal from having a horrible vet, we had one foal left. Grew to be a gorgeous girl, very talented, - But she was a PAIN. She fought with full-sized bull elk, she got any other horses she shared the pasture with to run through barbed wire, she teased and harassed them a LOT, she started to "deconstruct" the barn, which wasn't owned by us, finally when we got her a new home, the new owner had to move her to 3 different places because she caused a new ruckus in each place. Chasing Llamas, breaking down fences or jumping them too often, etc.