IF you sale a horse

[littlesteppers]

Not sure this works..if not can you please reply..Thanks :saludando:

 

[Marty]

I said 4 weeks because that's not hardly anymore feed or hay to me.

But after that, we get into worrying about farrier trims and de-worming coming due so I don't want to eat all that. I think 4 weeks is playing fair.

 

[Sunraye Miniatures]

I had one sale that went thru but took forever to end lol. This one person bought a horse, waited a month for pickup, didn't charge boarding, well something went wrong, month after month went buy, still didn't charge boarding but by the 4th month I said enough, must pick up or pay boarding. They are paying.

I think a month sounds decent enough. I still sometimes are lax about it, especially if this horse is an easy keeper.

 

[littlesteppers]

Thanks for your votes..we usually don't charge board..especially if the buyer is far away..usually shippers will come within 4 weeks anyways. BUT we just bought a horse and been charged board after just 10 days..the horse is almost 600 miles away..just made me wonder if that is common..

 

[midnight star stables]

I don't think thats common, I think thats mean!

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[Marty]

I might find that a bit irritating, especially how you probably paid a fair amount of loot for the horse in the first place. And also as competitive as today's market has become, I think it's ok to bend the rules to help the buyer out in the sale. Lord knows I'm bending over backwards here to help buyers. It's ok to be "all business" but gee whiz, how about cutting some slack here?

 

[appymini]

I think the way the market is. It is just part of the deal in selling horses.You pretty well as the seller already know before the horse is bought by that seller how long it may take for the horse to leave.Vet check, cogins, shipping all takes time. I would wait a month before getting their attention. But I sure know alote of people where very patient with me. And I alway appricate it.

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[Jean_B]

I said 4 weeks....that's if I am selling a horse on payments. Normally if a person buys a horse "out right" it usually takes around a month to arrange transport - and I don't charge board if they make a reasonable attempt to get the horse moved promptly. If the buyer pays all up front but ask to leave the horse for six months because they'll be picking it up when passing through or some other scenario - yes, I will charge board starting with the 2nd month.

But if someone is buying a horse on paypments - and the horse stays at my place until paid for, they make monthly payments PLUS board starting with the 2nd month. After all - if they had paid for the horse totally up front - I wouldn't be feeding the horse, they would.

Under both scenarious they are also responsible for ALL vet, farrier, worming, etc. costs incurred after the 2nd month, except for coggins and health cert for transport.

All of these terms are spelled out in great detail in the contract.

 

[littlesteppers]

Hmm..better add the horse has been paid in full..

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[AJ]

No board. I feel that if the horse had NOT been sold, I would be feeding it anyway. Just happy that it is going to a new home and maybe they will be back for another one or more.

 

[horsehug]

I'm with AJ. I have had horses here a lot longer than 4 weeks and not charged board.

Not saying it is wrong to after a certain amount of time........ just not what I do.

Susan O.

 

[Miniv]

We work the same as AJ and Horsebug......

MA

 

[Marty]

So how much is the board?

 

[racingfan72104]

well i dont know about the minis since i am new to them but when i was racing and breeding thoroughbreds you started paying board fees the next day after the sale was completed no questions asked.

 

[Marty]

Yes Racingfan I understand that and usually in big horses the owner does take over right away.

However in this case, what a mini can eat in a month is no comparrison to what a thoroughbred can chow down in a day. It usually takes a good two weeks or more to even arrange transport too.

 

[Michelle@wescofarms]

I put four weeks, and I use to not charge board, but have had horses here that sold and were still here (I was paid in full), that the people backed out of, and I ended up (depending on the contract) refunding or crediting or keeping the money, but now have a horse that needs to be remarketed for sale.

If people are timely and responsible, I don't get to hard nosed, but I've had some flakes that don't pay or leave horses for months, then change their minds. I don't charge alot for board, but our time does have some value, as well as the feed, etc.

Weanlings - they're board free until weaned. Then I would give a a few weeks to a month before charging board. Same for other special circumstance horses - Christmas presents bought in the Fall, I don't generally charge board, and depending on the price I don't charge for farrier/deworming either. Our farrier is $25 a head.

 

[HGFarm]

I also say four weeks as that is plenty of time to get coggins and all done, and for the buyer to find a shipper somewhere and time to schedule it.

 

[Tammie-C_Spots]

The longest it took someone to pick up a horse was 6 weeks and I didn't charge board. Infact I made sure hooves were done and wormed a week before pickup at no extra charge.

I had bought a very tiny stallion recently and the shippers couldn't arrive for pickup for 5-6 weeks. I asked if the seller could wait till then and they said yes but only for 1 month. The extra two weeks would have cost like $50-$100 more and this guy hardly eats anything. I was a bit irritated but I didn't want hassles so was going to pay it. As luck would have it the shipper was able to pick him up at just about a month so I didn't have to pay any extra board to the seller. But the seller was not going to be available that last week of the month when the shipper was going to pick him up so I had to pay a weeks board at a nearby vet and they charged me for coggins as well to a tune of an extra $169! (The coggins was supposed to be taken care of by the seller per her email to me). I'm very glad I really liked the little guy when he arrived or I may have made an issue out of it.

Tammie

 

[DebiM]

We normally don't charge board on a horse we're selling on payments. The way I look at it is I still own that horse until it's paid in full. Now we do have a clause in the contract to protect us if there was an accident during the payments.

When they're paid for up front most of mine have scheduled transport within the week or we have. A couple of times it took 2-3 months before the company picked up. As long as I knew when it was I didn't charge.

We've had two horses before who were sold and stayed here until after they foaled. In one case I charge a foaling out fee and in the other I didn't. We couldn't get her transported before her last trimester so I requested she stay here until after.