kellybee
Well-Known Member
Following on from Dolly Dimple's thread about owning a horse she can't face keeping (and I can both relate to and really sympathise with this having been there myself in the past), I'm wondering how, in such a case you'd go about advertising?
For example; I have a 17yr old shetland who I'd never ever part with, but she has in the past had laminitis and is about to be tested for cushings.
Alfie was cut late/ran with mares and is therefore a little riggy. He will also scream his head off if you leave him out by himself, and drag you in from the field if you dare to do so without a chifney. He's never done roadwork either at the age of eight.
Ollie is insecure and panicks if left alone. He'll hack out fine, but will try to climb over his stable door if you leave him by himself for more than a few minutes.
I'm not planning on selling any of mine - I know their quirks and I manage them, but picking up on the recommendations to sell from field, how DO you go about advertising a horse like any of mine or Dolly's? Do you write it in the advert? Tell viewers when they turn up or do people buy from the field not knowing these things? When I went through this myself I had a pony who'd rear when doing the girth up (as a result of an old pain associated back injury) and wouldn't load on a trailer, but he was loaned by a friend who knew this and eventually bought him. I bought all three of mine not knowing they had their quirks so I realise that's common. How would you go about advertising a horse like these?
For example; I have a 17yr old shetland who I'd never ever part with, but she has in the past had laminitis and is about to be tested for cushings.
Alfie was cut late/ran with mares and is therefore a little riggy. He will also scream his head off if you leave him out by himself, and drag you in from the field if you dare to do so without a chifney. He's never done roadwork either at the age of eight.
Ollie is insecure and panicks if left alone. He'll hack out fine, but will try to climb over his stable door if you leave him by himself for more than a few minutes.
I'm not planning on selling any of mine - I know their quirks and I manage them, but picking up on the recommendations to sell from field, how DO you go about advertising a horse like any of mine or Dolly's? Do you write it in the advert? Tell viewers when they turn up or do people buy from the field not knowing these things? When I went through this myself I had a pony who'd rear when doing the girth up (as a result of an old pain associated back injury) and wouldn't load on a trailer, but he was loaned by a friend who knew this and eventually bought him. I bought all three of mine not knowing they had their quirks so I realise that's common. How would you go about advertising a horse like these?
