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HorseTrouble wrote: That reminds me... The lady that came on Sunday brought her whole entourage with her (I think it was 5-6 people including her & her trainer). Anyhow they want to see my horse move so we walk down the street to the arena. A horse is in there but the guy that owns it kindly removes it so I can turn my horse loose. After Cash is done running the trainer snaps the lead back onto him and says she wants to ride him now. I said no prob we can take him back to the barn to saddle him up & get his bridle. Nope she wants to just hop on bareback in a halter. On a Greenbroke Mustang. Umm... nope, sorry. No can do. I'm not goint to take that liability. Cash doesn't even know these people so thats a lot to ask of him. He's only been ridden bareback twice that I know of & it was atleast 6 months ago. And then I got to have fun watching them try to play Parelli games with him on the ground in the arena. They kept saying 'Look, he knows Parelli. He's been Parelli trained'! Umm, nope. I've done some Clinton Anderson work with him but what you are seeing is just good ground manners & a willing horse. *Sigh* Have I mentioned that I hate selling horses? Love buying - hate selling.
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FourHoofKO wrote: GM, I wish you were closer! I'd love to have you come out and go riding with me! I know a lot of horse people around here and the instructors that are into horses at the college almost always know someone with a good horse to sell.
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I've found the worst responses I get are from when I post on Craigslist.... I would much rather post on Dreamhorse or one of those type of sites as you get responses from people that are atleast somewhat familiar with horses. Craigslist is always a last choice option for me.
This is an actual response from Craigslist that I'm just copying & pasting here:
I take him for free and love and take good care of him > I will be paying for the stable and his up keep so this is very exspenase. If intreasted email back
Makes you want to scratch your eyes out, huh? And then of course there is the better worded emails that still say they want my horse for free. I'm an actor so I don't have a lot of money, my family really wants a horse, I will put it in my backyard, blah-blah-blah-blah-blah....
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