thinking bout selling my paint

[TsaLaGi Acres]

txredneckmedic, bless your heart all you did was make a post of what you were 'thinking of doing'.

I hope you make your own decision on what to do with your Paint and will be praying that things turn out the way they should. There are people on here who support you and your family in their decision to either keep or sell your horse, don't let the others get ya (there has to be one in every crowd). From what I'm understanding you've saved several and only trying to minimize your herd and maybe get a 'fraction' of what this horse has cost in feed etc... There is absolutly NOTHING wrong with that!!!! It comes down to having a good heart and trying to help ticks ppl off and alot of people have stopped even being that 'good citizen' when it comes to rescues because of exactly that attitude. Durned if ya do and durned if ya don't!!
I will add tho' that right now it might be hard to get alot out of her and it's not because she's not worth more, just that so many (as said in other posts) are being given away. Good luck, we'll be praying for you all..

 

[Baba Yaga's Hut]

Not sure if you still have the horse, but your comment regarding feeding cost interested me. Do you feed from 50# bags or do you buy it by the ton? We have 5 horses and a donkey on 10 acres (well, about 8 of it is pasture). During the winter is the only time we have to buy feed & hay. The first year cost us well over $500/mo buying the 50# bags of feed. The following year we bought a 550 gal. polypropylene water tank and filled it with almost 2 tons of feed for $180 delivered. My husband feeds 3 of the horses 2 scoops each, 3 scoops for the Belgian & the Percheron because they're about 2000# each and need more than the Arabian, Mustang, and Quarter Horse. Our feed bill dropped by almost $400 just by buying it from the local feed store by the ton.

Good luck with your horses. They're such a joy to have around.

 

[ShrekDawg]

sorry everyone's bashing you about your post when all you said was what you were thinking of doing. I hope you find a good home for your horse, good luck!

 

[txredneckmedic]

Baba....I feed mostly alfalfa right now. I have a buddy of mine that sells it to me for a very good price per bale. As far as my foal....I rescued its mother 3 months ago...I was not the one that bred her...I have said it before and I will say it again....I WAS NOT THE ONE THAT BRED HER SO GET OFF MY ASS. I picked her up since she was emaciated. I have since found out that she is supposably registered QH...although noone has the papers on her. My daughters principal knows the former owner and was singing my horses praises last night saying how she is such a good horse and great for barrels and poles. My wife has rode her but I have yet to be able to get on her as she was way to skinny for me. I will be starting her off again next month with my wife on her and a couple weeks later I will be riding her. She also will be used to work cattle this winter. I know people like to grump about the kill spots but ya know what....if I had a horse that I couldnt work with and was aggressive I would definetly send it off. I love horses but theres a purpose for all animals and some are destined to be dog food.

 

[TsaLaGi Acres]

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Spent over $700 a few yrs back for a reg. racking mare who was supposed to be such a f-i-n-e horse... well from the moment we got her home we knew that we'd made a mistake. She was NOT the horse we were sold!! She started loosing weight, would stand and wave her head constantly at the fence (to the point she had a bare spot on the ground), she was in heat ALL the time and within a months time we'd spent over a grand trying to figure out what was wrong with her...come to find out the previous owners (who we could never reach again) had been giving her $150 steroid shots to put weight on her so they could sell her!! She had more problems than any one horse should of had and we were told directly by our vet to put her down, she should never breed or put forth those messed up genetics!! If we'd of had a slaughter house that is where she would of went!! These 'save everything' ppl need to understand that there ARE animals and genetics that need to be gotten out of the gene pool. I love my horses but there is a limit to what is acceptable and what is not...just because you do not see a defect with your own eyes doesnt mean it's not there.

 

[la dee da]

Wow she's beautiful! I hope you can find her a good home, in this ressesion (grr can't get the spelling lol) it could be quite a challenge

. Let us know how it goes please!

Are those your children riding her? They're adorable

.

 

[txredneckmedic]

yes my children up to about a month ago rode her a couple times a week. lately its been too hot and had too much to do for them or us to ride. cant wait to get rid of these 100+ degree days.

TSA....i know how you feel. that happened with our first horses. I was finally able to sell/trade them both off....but I disclosed everything about them. I dont want someone to get hurt cuz I didnt tell them something.

 

[ducks4you]

Yep--totally agree!!
I sold the horse that broke my arm back to my friend who sold him to me. She was forthcoming with his faults when I bought him, I made some improvement, and her son loves riding him. He just couldn't handle my hobby.
I sold a 16 year old OTTB, who'd been bought and trained to jump, after owning him for 8 years, at an auction. He NEVER could get rid of his attitude, bucked me off several times, laid down with DH on him numerous times. When he threw his back out slipping on the ice, I took him to be sold for meat. I was NOT going to have a chiropractor fix him and put him out to probably be bought by some horse-crazy teenage girl, who'd get hurt.
I bought a 16'2hh OTSB in February, who'd been owned by a show stable but his training wasn't kept up--I didn't know this. He was slow to your leg and aids, at age 13, then he tried bucking all of us off. He didn't succeed. I sold him at an Amish auction, and all interested parties were Amish. I am sure that he now has a life and an occupation.
When I compare them to the horses that I owned for over 20 years, and died of old age at home, and to the TW, that I bought at 19, and died in my barn of illness at 24, they all fall short on their usefullness. The TW (below)
"Trogdor" (1984-2008, RIP, Registered name, "Merry Boy's Hart") He was 16'2hh, 1,300 pounds.

had a hard time getting used to our hobby (Civil War Reenacting), but he was en excellent backyard riding horse. In the short time that we owned him he always stood while you mounted, and he never bucked or reared. He could backpedal for almost 1/4 mile if something scared him. And, he always tried to please. That's why we loved him.
None of the problem horses were sane, reliable riding horses, like your paint mare is.
Again, prayers

that you'll find her a good home.

BTW, DH is 6 ft.5 inches tall, so I DO look for horses that fit him. When I ride HIS 4 year old, 16'2hh gelding, I feel like a jockey.