DrSeuss
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This thread is making me nervous! I'm looking for my first horse and now I'm worried I'm going to get taken in by a dodgy seller and end up buying one that has secret rodeo aspirations, hidden health problems, and every vice going. 
Cheeky/ridiculous posts you see on Facebook.
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FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
So they're looking for a horse which must be goat proof, that's a requirement I haven't heard before.
Hollychops
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This thread is making me nervous! I'm looking for my first horse and now I'm worried I'm going to get taken in by a dodgy seller and end up buying one that has secret rodeo aspirations, hidden health problems, and every vice going.
Google is your friend! I have been looking for a while and have been saved from a couple of near misses thanks to google. Google both owner and horse, its amazing what you can find out!
Flicker
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LOLZ youse R just h8-ers hun
Cinnamontoast
Fais pas chier!
#bekind!
Snowfilly
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I once had someone ask if a pony was good with ducks and chickens as she had flocks of both roaming around the yard. I said he’d been known to chase dogs and frequently charged pheasants and she agreed it wouldn’t be worth coming to see him as he’d probably kill her chickens.
Goats are not something I expect most horses have ever seen and that’s the least weird bit of that advert!
smolmaus
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I've read the whole thing over the last two days, counting this as research for the future. Thanks EOAS for the necromancy!This thread is making me nervous! I'm looking for my first horse and now I'm worried I'm going to get taken in by a dodgy seller and end up buying one that has secret rodeo aspirations, hidden health problems, and every vice going.
Did just spot an ad for a 9yo gelding with "no breeders please"
pansymouse
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Nothing to add except I'm so happy to see this thread revived. Lockdown has been a rich vein of stupid in every sphere.
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My favourite will always be the ad I saw wanting a "furrer bread". I kid you not.
silv
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That’s a question I always ask as my chickens and dogs are frequently around my horses feet especially at feed time. I couldn’t have a chicken or dog intolerant horse here.
Ish2020
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People wanting loans with unrealistic expectations or people wanting very cheap horses with unrealistic expectations. Facebook has shut down a lot of the big Horse for sale groups horse in recent weeks. In once sense I can understand why people think that way since horses are so expensive.
Cloball
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Is that when you leave bread in the bread bin too long?
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ycbm
Einstein would be proud of my Insanity...
This would stop me selling to them. This kind of attitude often comes from people who will dump them the moment fall off or the horse gets ill.
I had an extremely pretty BE90 mare for sale once and as the viewers were walking away I heard the mother say to the child she was for 'won't xyz and abc at the yard be jealous when they see her'.
When they rang later to confirm they wanted her and arrange a vetting, she had somehow been sold in the meantime
I wanted buyers who wanted her because she was lovely, and talented, not because they thought she would make them look good. .
Meowy Catkin
Meow!
So this is on preloved...
but then it says...
and that's it, 'ya' is the last word of the advert (ignoring the location etc).
but then it says...
and that's it, 'ya' is the last word of the advert (ignoring the location etc).
thefarsideofthefield
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A posh person who plans ahead ?
Ish2020
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I found this today
LOOKING
im looking for a black and white cob 12.2hh-13.2hh
im looking for it to suit a 6 year old child to have as a best friend and to ride around on the road and in an arena the odd time .
10* home waits
but very small budget
thank u
LOOKING
im looking for a black and white cob 12.2hh-13.2hh
im looking for it to suit a 6 year old child to have as a best friend and to ride around on the road and in an arena the odd time .
10* home waits
but very small budget
thank u
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A FB friend of mine, no experience of horses, shared a ‘cute’ video of two young kids driving a pony in a lightweight racing type cart. The poor little pony, looked like a miniature and only looked about a year old. Broke my heart seeing that. ?. Makes me so sad that people can be so cruel and/or ignorant.
Circe2
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I’ve only just finished horse-hunting, and made a conscious decision to rule out the horses in any ads/posts/from dealers mentioning “time wasters”. Which turns out being almost all of them!
Ended up buying a wonderful boy (though not the entirely fully fledged dressage horse I was hoping/had budgeted for) off a family friend, as I just couldn’t abide getting involved in all the aggro out there. It just didn’t feel right giving those odious people my hard-earned money, and I felt like they might very well end up press-ganging me into buying a horse that was completely wrong!
That said, something must be driving the “no time waster” trend, so I’m not sure all buyers are completely innocent. However, way to scare off anyone genuine and reasonable!
mymareisaniightmare
Member
yes I saw that one- chit chat and tack am I right?
Maesto's Girl
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Yay I love this thread!
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There have been a lot of bored people and joy riders the last couple of months!
Nasicus
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Ending sentences with 'so ya' always screams pre/early teen to me.
Pippity
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Sounds like a kid whose parents have said, "Maybe we can think about getting you a horse in a couple of years," hoping their kid will grow out of the horsey phase!
Meowy Catkin
Meow!
Yes, it could be that Pippity.
P.forpony
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I think by the looks of things it ended up on multiple pages, I saw it on a connie page where there was an interesting variety of replies the kindest pointing out that she still wouldn’t get what she was looking for if she added another 0 ?
Cob Life
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My spelling isn't always amazing and you might just get random letters in the middle of a word but it's better than that!
Meowy Catkin
Meow!
Saw an advert warning not to buy from a specific riding school. No vetting mentioned in their tale. A good reminder that people selling horses do sometimes lie/withhold information and that having a vetting with bloods taken is important.
Wishfilly
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Not on Facebook but Preloved-
An advert that essentially boils down to "looking for someone to restart my horse for free". The horse "broncs" and seems to have injured the rider in the past. The horse is also described as "can be a nightmare".
Really sounds like someone who needs professional help but isn't willing to pay for it.
An advert that essentially boils down to "looking for someone to restart my horse for free". The horse "broncs" and seems to have injured the rider in the past. The horse is also described as "can be a nightmare".
Really sounds like someone who needs professional help but isn't willing to pay for it.
Steerpike
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Spotted this on a local FB page, why do people not want to pay a fair amount for horsebox hire??
Looking for horsebox hire around ******* that doesn’t cost the earth!
My current horsebox hire has closed down.
Anything that allows part day hire at weekends for £50/£60?? ???
Looking for horsebox hire around ******* that doesn’t cost the earth!
My current horsebox hire has closed down.
Anything that allows part day hire at weekends for £50/£60?? ???
FinnishLapphund
There's no cow on the ice
I'm guessing a reason for why their previous horsebox hire had to close down, could perhaps be because they didn't charge enough to make it go round?