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RE: [RC] Auburn-horrible craigslister - Gerry & CindyThese people did get rid of the horses at the Roseville auction. Some were purchased by a rescue, the little pinto was purchased by a family for their daughter and 2 others, she did not know who the buyers were. But the purchase price was higher than the killer buyers go. NorCal Equine Rescue was there and bought 23!!!!!!!! Horses. Go on their website and you will find out all that they do. Amazing. Would you also send this to Ridecamp? I am signed up but have yet to see my e-mails on the site. So, the horses have been purchased and we can only hope they will be fine. They had incredible bone and good feet. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kitley, Carrie E Civ USAF AFSPC 30 MDSS/SGSLF Sent: Monday, June 09, 2008 8:36 AM To: sherman; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RE: [RC] Auburn-horrible craigslister Has anyone ventured to alert the HSUS about a possible investigation of these people? I'm not sure how the situation would exactly lend itself to warrant this, but isn't it worth a try? My fear is, they will eventually end up starving them just to save money. Carrie Kitley 30th Medical Group, Vandenberg AFB DMLSS?Database Sustainment Specialist (DSS) CACI?International Inc? www.caci.com dsn?276-1077, Comm (805) 606-1077 fax dsn?276-1179 <\_~ // \\ carrie.kitley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of sherman Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 11:45 AM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] Auburn-horrible craigslister Their ad was different last week, had two "horses and sheep for sale" and another "half Arab half APHA for sale". My neighbor is looking for a small safe sound horse for trail riding so I inquired, they said the horse would be good for a beginner rider, so we went and looked the next day. These people know NOTHING about horses, I have no idea how they ended up with all of them. The woman stood by and watched while I had to show the man how to bridle the 13H pretty little pinto. The horses looked well fed, except for this little guy, he had many, many scrapes on him (the guy said he followed one of the other horses thru a fence) and every other horse there picked on him. The rest of the horses are mostly geldings, the little pinto they'd had for only 6 mos., the others I didn't ask. We asked the man to ride him first as we were not willing to risk a bucking horse and we'd already had owners showing their "well trained, child safe horses" put on a bucking show. He was very hesitant to try to ride, but did get on the little guy. Although he was gentle for a lead line pony, he was obviously not trained and didn't have a clue what to do when someone was on his back unless he was being led and he did that willingly and without any fuss about tarps etc. He peed a very dark, murky yellow, not orange, red or coffee color. I inquired as to the availability of water and he said the horse drank lots, there was a full 80gal tank with a float on it that I then saw the horses drinking out of. He had hay there and mentioned the high price and I told him to go buy from a farmer he'd get a better price. He has a flatbed and said he'd do that. I told him he needed to find someone who wants to train a horse to buy the little pinto. None of the horses there had been bred/born there, but due to a stallion running with the group there was at least one pregnant mare which he offered to let us try. He'd never ridden her. Then he said there was another that was "supposedly" good, but he'd never ridden him either. He had an old horse that looked like she had back/hip problems that he said he'd rescued and put more than 100 pounds on her already, but she still had a set of shoes on and her feet only very slightly overgrown, so I think she hadn't been there long. I have no idea why these people have horses or where they came from, they didn't breed them. I think their minds aren't quite right and maybe they go around collecting free horses that they thought they could sell? or maybe they picked them up at the auction and now realize the incredible financial burden of having 9 or so horses and have to take them back to where they got them? Who knows... Then there was the party stating they had room for a rescue. When I inquired as to whether they wanted a riding horse or pasture ornament, the poster flipped out that I would dare call any animal an ornament...blah, blah, blah. I told her that was a well known term of endearment commonly used to express the fact that the horse can still adorn the pasture even though it is not ridden. She was looking for a nice free riding horse, obviously didn't have much horse knowledge either. And there's my craig's list stories... 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