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[RC] 'pound dog' mentality for horses? - heidi

And my personal pet peeve is an owner who has a price for a horse with papers and a price for the same horse without his/her papers. Seems to me the papers belong to the horse, not the owner. My latest horse (a rescue) was $300 but $1200 more if I wanted his papers. Should be rules against that IMO. Or at least a way to go around the seller and get his papers, he's even been DNA'd. As this guy seems to be very well bred (Asilkontiki if anyone would like to give me some percentages) and still a stallion, it would be nice to keep his papers with him, even if he becomes a gelding, which is highly likely as I'm no breeder!!! (I did get on him for the first time yest., he's 18 and unbroke!)
 
heidi larson

GoldenCMK@xxxxxxx wrote:
In a message dated 9/4/2004 11:54:24 AM Central Standard Time, sunibey@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
One thing for people to know who sell their horses at auction:  horses that have been trained to be ridden are culled by some of the feedlot owners and are put aside while he tries to sell them.  Bottom line, if you send your young, untrained horses and your untrained broodmares to auction, you are very often sending them to French dinner plates
This is such a pet peeve of mine. Why do SO many Arabian owners not break their horses? This is a horrible epidemic that Arab owners need to remedy. I make a point of breaking all my horses, broodmares and stallions and I will not sell a horse over the age of 4 unbroke. They have a better chance of making it if they are at least broke.
 
Another problem is too many people breeding for the sake of breeding. I know of someone who is plain and simple a "puppy mill" in Arabs, breeds over 10 mares a yr, sells the foals for almost nothing, and usually not halter broke. Most of the adults are not halter broke. It is a sad situation, but what can you do?
 
Maria



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