Post by Deleted on Jun 29, 2008 15:54:54 GMT -5
With the prices of hay being so high and me running out of room...I had to let one of the horses go. The horse market here is terrible and I had her listed for a couple hundred dollars...with lots of lookers and no buyers....they really just wanted to come out and ride a horse for FREE when it came down to it! 
One family came out and wanted to try the horse....okay, they seemed like the perfect home for her, so why not? I got her into the corral and let them 'each' take her for a little jog around the corral. Then they said 'Thank you!' and were heading towards the van. Well, I asked them if she was what they were looking for, or were they looking for another type of horse?
The reply about knocked me over! They said that they did not have a place to keep a horse and that they just wanted a FREE ride and someplace to spend the afternoon as a family! That was enough for me, so I gifted her to someone else who at least has a place to keep her and enough money to feed her.
You know....there are lots of horses in the 'trader papers' for sale for under $100...registered horses with lots of training. Some are listed as FREE...it makes me wonder what is going to happen to them all and where the horse industry is headed.
TH
One family came out and wanted to try the horse....okay, they seemed like the perfect home for her, so why not? I got her into the corral and let them 'each' take her for a little jog around the corral. Then they said 'Thank you!' and were heading towards the van. Well, I asked them if she was what they were looking for, or were they looking for another type of horse?
The reply about knocked me over! They said that they did not have a place to keep a horse and that they just wanted a FREE ride and someplace to spend the afternoon as a family! That was enough for me, so I gifted her to someone else who at least has a place to keep her and enough money to feed her.
You know....there are lots of horses in the 'trader papers' for sale for under $100...registered horses with lots of training. Some are listed as FREE...it makes me wonder what is going to happen to them all and where the horse industry is headed.
TH
I'd take a few since I have access to about 10 acres of pasture but honestly, I don't know enough to feel I could give them the care they need.
