Rescue Horses

[stormy]

If you are really concerned about the welfare of our little friends here is a chance to put your money were your mouth is. There is an auction this Friday in Shipshewana Indiana with a special sale for minis and ponies. Mind you many of these will be good looking, well cared for animals but this sale has become a dumping ground for unwanted colts and I have seen some pretty rough looking animals go through the ring in the past. Buy yourself an early Christmas gift that keeps on giving! Make a differance.

 

[tracyCCF]

I want to go to this sale, is there any way you can post the information. Got a heads up on a bunch going through, and I am interested in a few of them. thanks for any help

 

[kaykay]

hey stormy i just found out we will be going to the auction! not sure how long i can stay but am going to check out what is there

Kay

 

[stormy]

Just map quest to Shipshewana Indiana, the sale is just on the south edge of town. Ponies and minis sell I think at 1 pm in the antique barn, saddle horses will be selling all day in the main ring. There is no sale catologue or anything, horses are consigned at arrival. Most colts sell around $100, some less. Have seldom seen a colt bring more than $300.

 

[The Dynamic Duo]

oh man i wish, i wish, i wish. i live in texas so i cant come

 

[kaykay]

minis and ponies dont start till 300 pm darn it!!

 

[Watcheye]

What kind of minis have you seen there? Is there a way to find out what will be there or do you just have to go? I am very unfamilliar with them. Auctions scare me as I hate to think of what may happen to the animals. I have been to that place before. I wish we still had our trailler. I would love to find a nice one with blue eyes... =( Our biggest problem aside from affording a nice one is transporting them I suppose.

 

[kaykay]

watcheye there will be some nice minis in this sale as i know a couple people bringing horses. but since it is such a huge auction i suspect there will also be some needy minis there too.

if you all go would love to meet you

 

[HJF]

Is there a number to call for the auction information?

 

[fourhorses]

If anyone from SW Ohio is going I'd love to catch a ride for the company.

 

[Leeana]

What day is it? My dad is off all weekend and its about a 3 hour drive from here in NW ohio to Shipshewana. We will probaly end up going if i can get directions to where the auction is, we know where shipsheawana is ..but where is this auction there. Adress? Phone Number? Website? He said that we will go if i can get the info between now and then ....KAYKAY, cant wait to see you!

Leeana

 

[stormy]

There is no way to know what will be there. The auction is just on the south end of town so go to shipsy and you will find it, very hard to miss. Will be lots of trailers there and it is right on the main road through town. This is a horse sale with a special ring for ponies, there will be hundreds of fullsize horses as well if weather lets them get in. Please understand this is not a "miniature" sale, were horses are consigned ahead and advertised etc. Horses are consigned that day and sell that day as is. Friday morning, tomorrow.

 

[kaykay]

hey leeana hope to see you there! we will be in the pony/mini barn to see about picking up Frans new horse. Im trying to think of something really bright colored i can wear so you guys can pick me out LOL. Hmmmm. ill post later on what im wearing

heres the link to the auction but it doesnt give much info

http://www.tradingplaceamerica.com/

 

[Leeana]

IM GOING!!!!!

Dad and I just mapquested it and its pretty easy to get there. Were going in hope of finding a mare to breed to our stud ..but if they dont have what were looking for there ....we might now. I just have to see and fall in love with it or i dont buy it ...i love rescue sales, makes you feel good to know your doing something good. Also another good little compainion to love and kiss isnt bad

See you guys there tommarow

What time do they start selling regular horses my dad has a couple friends who are going so were taking the big horse trailer.

KAYKAY: I'll be wearing a white t-shirt with a Tommy Hilfigure logo on it and jeans. I will be in the pony barn to as well.

Leeana

 

[OhHorsePee]

I have an easy way for you all to find Kay! I wear a yellow coat that has a pic of a big dump truck on the back that reads " Buckeye Western Star Columbus, Ohio." Kay, find those neon pink gloves of yours!

Fran

 

[kaykay]

i do want to clarify something. This is not a "rescue" sale. I do have friends bringing horses and these are reputable breeders who would be very offended to be labeled as selling rescues horses. Now having said that I feel sure there will also be some horses in need as there is at almost every auction i have been to. Leeana why dont we tour the sale barn together and see if there is a nice mare there. I would love to help you pick one out.

 

[Leeana]

Oh yeah KAYKAY and other horse rescue people on here in Ohio.

SugarCreek is a sale that is every Friday, about 80% of the horses go to Horse Slaughter and there is NOTHING wrong with them at all. We got Joey and Striker there and joey is 3'ish and striker is 3'ish to and in good health. No probems at all. Its a nice place to go if you like to rescue and they go cheap, just barraly $100 most of the time!. They usually have about 10 mini's and a couple shetlands but no one down there really bids on them, exept the guy who ownes the place and his son (both sell to the slaughter houses).

I loved sugarcreek untill i went there a couple weeks ago and found out that most horses got packed onto the double deck trailers sitting in behind the building and shipped off to be slaughtered. I didnt know this, and after hearing this i couldnt take it. Looking at them horses in the ring and seeing them two guys bid on them just brought me to tears and i just cannot go back there agian and do that all over. That was my last time there and not going there agian. I do want to save them mini's but its just to heartbreaking for me, so i just thought i would put that out there. If any of you guys want to go sometime and dont know how to get there do feel free to PM me and my dad and i will go and meet you somewhere if you need directions. This one is just right past Mt. Hope

Mt. Hope is also good ..most of these mini's are registered and in GOOD health, no slaughter threat here and i have not seen any go to slaughter (exept the ones that go threw that get hurt badly getting of the trailer or something ...but i understand that cause) ...its every second saturday of the month. They usually have about 30 or 35 mini's and PLENTY of ponies. I go to this one every month, probaly wont go much this winter. This is in Ohio to, about 2 1/2 hours from Teledo.

If you want directions to any of these i will be happy to give them out.

Leeana

 

[Leeana]

Ohh sorry, i wont offend anybody KayKay.

I think that would be great, im sure you know more and picking out mares them i do.

I also just realized that its going to be like 30degrees so i wont be wearing the Tommy Hilfigure TSHIRT. lol ..i will be wearing a Blue Hoodie Sweatshirt with a big white 'C' on the front.

We will probaly get there around Noon so we can check out the place and take a good look around so i have plenty of time to make sure i dont make any mistakes ...im trying to be careful with what we buy lately.

Leeana

 

[kaykay]

fran and i did go to sugarcreek and it broke my heart!! there was only one registered mini and one unregistered and a few ponies. most of the horses when we went a few weeks ago were big horses. We could not stay for the bidding as the auction was running very late the day we went. One mini was in very good shape and the other was very sick.

I did notice the double decker trailers which i pointed out to fran. I thought they were illegal for transporting horses.

I will say that sugarcreek is the absolute worst auction i have ever seen. filthy and crammed with big horses in various stages of starvation. We did however see a nice group of paint weanlings that sold for decent money compared to what the rest went for.

Im not even going to say what i think of a person that would sell a horse at this auction. It is DEPLORABLE

 

[Leeana]

...Them paint weanlings that your talking about, didnt go to a good home. They always bring in a big pen full of them which are wild and dont lead, guess who buys them ...? About 1 or 2 out of the whole group gets a nice home, the other 20 or so get packed on that double deck horse trailer!!!!!

I didnt know that it was how it was, i had only been there once before and when we got there, there was not to many there. Some wild Mustangs, couple ponies (which this is when i bought Joey) and some really good riding horses. We got a paint there (16hands, good rider as they put it and the lady was riding him allll over the place. Through puddles, jumping over obsticles, backing doing everything a well taught horse does!. I even rode it down there and it was a good horse). I did notice it was acting a bit weird when i rode it, either it was the best trained horse i ever rode, or had been doped up. The lady seemed nice and everything, so i gave her the advantage and bought him for $650. Got him home, rode him about 4 days later after he got use to everything outside and me some ...HORSE about killed me. Im not the kind of person who works well on riding training for the horse, and my dad is to old to let do it so my aunt bought him off us for $250. That horse is DEFF. not broke at all. He was jumping with me just putting the saddlepad on!!!!!. He has a good home down at Judy's house though.

I was going to sell my Sammy (brings tears to eyes just thinking about it now!!

) down there but we didnt. This was before i knew what goes on down there ....And also Sammy is not getting sold EVER now. He and i have finially bonded, i think thats because i got angry at the trainer we hired and trained him myself and it really got my attached.

Yes, i do agree sugarcreek is the worst auction ever. I do love to save some of the horses from down there, i just cant bring myself to go back down there unless i really was up for some tears!

Leeana