Little Wee Horse Farm
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I'm not trying to pat myself on the back or say what a good person I am. I just want to post this to let folks know that, despite your very best efforts to find good homes for your horses, anything can happen once they leave you. I'll try to make a long story short (those who know me know better)
About 4 years ago, sold mare, filly beside her & bred back (3 in 1). Buyer seemed like a good guy & his wife was nice too. I'd met them several times before.
Saw them 3 years ago at a horse show. The mare had had a gorgeous leopard colt. I asked if I could buy her back (not bred & without colt) The guy wanted approx. 3 times what I had sold her for to him. Uh, no. He said he already had a buyer for her at the price he was asking, so I was just out of luck if I didn't want to pay it. At that show, his treatment of his horses in the showring was bad enough that he was disqualified by the judge. I was not happy.
Fast forward to this summer: A man I hardly recognized stopped at our house & asked me to come look in his trailer. I realized it was the same guy. I said I wasn't interested in buying any horses. He said maybe I would be in these. It was MY GIRLS!!!!!! He was on his way to an auction with them!! They were soooooooo skinny & downtrodden I didn't even recognize them at first. He had to tell me. The leopard colt the mare had on her at the fair (fine & healthy then) had died before he was one year old. :new_shocked:
I bought the girls back. There was no choice & no decision to make. It just had to be done. I've been feeding them up & after just a short while, they are doing so much better! I'm so pleased with their progress.
I actually had planned to go to that auction that nite, tho I rarely go. I'm so glad the guy thot to stop at my house first. One of my nightmares is to see my horses at a not-so-great auction or in a newsreel, living under a porch in a ghetto or something. I'm NOT putting down well-run reputable auctions, just the cheapie ones where meat guys go.
The girls are gaining weight & their coats are getting better. They actually were running, kicking & bucking the other day. The mare called to me even on that first nite. She remembered me! I've posted this just to say that things can happen to horses -- even when you try your very best to do your best by them. My camera is DOA so no pix right now. Maybe later. We've been in business for years & have kept pretty good tabs on the horses that have been sold, but try as you might, you can't insure a good home when they leave you.
I know this topic has come up here from time to time -- But keep trying! If you sell your horses, do the best you can to do the best for them. It's hard, but it's necessary. This is one time I screwed up. These people sure fooled me. Just goes to prove, it can happen to us all - even those of us who have been breeding & selling horses for years............... a more humble karen
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About 4 years ago, sold mare, filly beside her & bred back (3 in 1). Buyer seemed like a good guy & his wife was nice too. I'd met them several times before.
Saw them 3 years ago at a horse show. The mare had had a gorgeous leopard colt. I asked if I could buy her back (not bred & without colt) The guy wanted approx. 3 times what I had sold her for to him. Uh, no. He said he already had a buyer for her at the price he was asking, so I was just out of luck if I didn't want to pay it. At that show, his treatment of his horses in the showring was bad enough that he was disqualified by the judge. I was not happy.
Fast forward to this summer: A man I hardly recognized stopped at our house & asked me to come look in his trailer. I realized it was the same guy. I said I wasn't interested in buying any horses. He said maybe I would be in these. It was MY GIRLS!!!!!! He was on his way to an auction with them!! They were soooooooo skinny & downtrodden I didn't even recognize them at first. He had to tell me. The leopard colt the mare had on her at the fair (fine & healthy then) had died before he was one year old. :new_shocked:
I bought the girls back. There was no choice & no decision to make. It just had to be done. I've been feeding them up & after just a short while, they are doing so much better! I'm so pleased with their progress.
I actually had planned to go to that auction that nite, tho I rarely go. I'm so glad the guy thot to stop at my house first. One of my nightmares is to see my horses at a not-so-great auction or in a newsreel, living under a porch in a ghetto or something. I'm NOT putting down well-run reputable auctions, just the cheapie ones where meat guys go.
The girls are gaining weight & their coats are getting better. They actually were running, kicking & bucking the other day. The mare called to me even on that first nite. She remembered me! I've posted this just to say that things can happen to horses -- even when you try your very best to do your best by them. My camera is DOA so no pix right now. Maybe later. We've been in business for years & have kept pretty good tabs on the horses that have been sold, but try as you might, you can't insure a good home when they leave you.
I know this topic has come up here from time to time -- But keep trying! If you sell your horses, do the best you can to do the best for them. It's hard, but it's necessary. This is one time I screwed up. These people sure fooled me. Just goes to prove, it can happen to us all - even those of us who have been breeding & selling horses for years............... a more humble karen
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