How much does cribbing effect price/demand of a horse??

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A follow on from my other post I guess, So I'm thinking not a lot on a horse at the top of it's game, what about a novice eventer?? Or an all round RC horse? A hunter?? A baby??

Would be interested in peoples thoughts if you can be bothered?? BB xx
 
if its caught early and he isnt a bad cribber i doubt it would make that much difference, the main thing is to try and stop it before it gets too bad!! £50 for a miracle coller may sound a lot but if it stops him sucking when people come to view him it is worth it. it wouldnt put me of as much seeing a horse not sucking with a collar on as it would seeing it sucking its head off without!!!
 

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if its caught early and he isnt a bad cribber i doubt it would make that much difference, the main thing is to try and stop it before it gets too bad!! £50 for a miracle coller may sound a lot but if it stops him sucking when people come to view him it is worth it. it wouldnt put me of as much seeing a horse not sucking with a collar on as it would seeing it sucking its head off without!!!

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Gosh, I don't agree. I hate seeing any horse wearing a cribbing collar
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Hate collars.

We've got a cribber... have known a good few.
And to be perfectly honest it doesen't bother me and wouldn't put me off at all.
 
For me, if it was in other ways the right horse and a caller did the trick it wouldnt put me off and I dont haggle anyway(no good at it for a start!).A horse is worth what someone will pay at the end of the day.

Can understand why some people dont want a cribber though, esp if they have not had much contact with one in the past.We had a RS horse who cribbed when I was a WP, fab little guy in every other way and we had got him dirt cheap because previous owner couldnt sell him.
No horse is perfect soI supose it comes down to what the individual is prepared to tolerate.
 
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Gosh, I don't agree. I hate seeing any horse wearing a cribbing collar

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yea me too!! I'd never put my horse in one. Personal preference I suppose, but I'd want someone of a similar mindset to have my boy.
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I also hate seeing a horse with a cribbing collar! After trying a Miracle Collar on mine that did it and seeing how uncomfortable she was in it, I took it off after 10 minutes!

Personally unless the horse was something really special who I really really liked, I wouldnt buy another cribber. The mare I had drove me nuts doing it. She destroyed a lot of our fencing, stabling etc. and it just irritated me like hell to see her doing it! When I sold her I didnt put in the advert she cribbed, but also obviously didnt add the usual "no vices"! But I DID say in the first phone call that she did do it and to what extent. I even made sure they saw her doing it so they knew!
 
Not keen on them either, but if it does the trick and the horse is happy to wear it(as the RS horse was) then fair enough IMO.
Mind you, if memory serves we only put one on him in the first place because liveries were complaining about a cribber being on the yard,lol.
 
No I wouldn't put "Cribs - hence £xxxx, but I know how fab my boy is (not talking about my dads TB now, my horse) and would hate to see him go for less just because of his habit.
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I put a "how much" for him the other day, only got 2 replies but got "a lot of money!" and "around 9k" and although he might be worth less because of what he does he certainly wouldn't go for cheep - he's too good!
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No I wouldn't put "Cribs - hence £xxxx, but I know how fab my boy is (not talking about my dads TB now, my horse) and would hate to see him go for less just because of his habit.
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I dont see why they do go for less TBH.
I (asuming I ever can buy another) will be paying for the ability of the horse to do the job.
Cribbing doesnt stop the horse doing anything so why sell it cheap because it does?
 
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I dont see why they do go for less TBH.
I (asuming I ever can buy another) will be paying for the ability of the horse to do the job.
Cribbing doesnt stop the horse doing anything so why sell it cheap because it does?

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Partly because some people find it annoying and they can destroy fences/doors etc, also some livery yards are apprehensive about taking on a cribber (some think it's "catching"). Cribbers and windsuckers are also more prone to colicking. Often cribbing doesn't affect the price of a horse at the top of it's discipline, but people wanting it as they're friend/happy hacker/only horse may prefer to get a similar horse that doesn't crib.

I doubt my cribbing, headshaking 21yo TB with an old tendon injury is worth anything, but to me he's priceless
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Cribbing does not worry me in the slightest. Over the years I have had 3 horses that do it & before anyone suggests otherwise I bought them with the habit. & didnt haggle on the price. None of them has ever had colic, or suffered in any other way. OK mine are kept at home but never has any other horse copied. I will not use a collar under any circumstances. Prefer to believe that if they do there job, what they do in there own time is there business. A bit like smoking really.
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I think whether to wear a collar or not depends on the horse. I have owned my tb mare for 13 years, she's always cribbed and every now and again she'd get colic. Sick of seeing her suffering and in pain with the colic I decided to buy a collar, not miracle collar - just normal one from shires which i cover with soft material so it doesn't cut into her or cause discomfort. She's never had colic since (touch wood) and it doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest. Also, she had a foal last year and he doesn't crib. It horrifies me to see so many of you condemning this piece of equipment that may have saved my horses life.

plus: I rather have a cribber than a napper, rearer, bad to catch etc etc.
 
The horse I mentioned that in the previous post was being sold well below it's market value because of the cribbing. And the price was dropping all the time because no one wanted it.
 
Absolutely would NEVER EVER use a collar - the horse is cribbing for a reason and to deny the horse the relief by using a collar is absolutely wrong and is more likely to cause colic than not using one, just my humble opinion I might add!

However, it is a vice and as such it probably alter the price, but depends on the market!
 
There's lots of evidence to suggest that cribbing is a habit, like biting your nails, there's no benefit to be derived from it. :s I just can't understnad some of you ppl. Let the horse die from colic because it's getting relief?! Heaven help me! Weezy as I said I've had my mare 13 years, she had colic 6/7 times in a 3 year period and not once in the last 10 years whilst wearing a collar has she had colic.
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So I'd disagree with you I'm afraid, but that's MHO.
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I don't think it would put me off a horse, there are many far worse things for a horse to do, and if it can do it's job and has a nice personality then it wouldn't make a huge difference.
 
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I think whether to wear a collar or not depends on the horse. I have owned my tb mare for 13 years, she's always cribbed and every now and again she'd get colic. Sick of seeing her suffering and in pain with the colic I decided to buy a collar, not miracle collar - just normal one from shires which i cover with soft material so it doesn't cut into her or cause discomfort. She's never had colic since (touch wood) and it doesn't seem to bother her in the slightest. Also, she had a foal last year and he doesn't crib. It horrifies me to see so many of you condemning this piece of equipment that may have saved my horses life.

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Ummm, FYI, my horse, and plenty of others get colic BECAUSE of collars
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Please don't suggest that because I don't like them I do not have my horse's best intersts at heart.
 
Have only read your post puppy but from what you have highlighted of Navalgems post, which is what I am assuming you have based your reply on, she hasn't suggested that you don't have your horses best interest at heart, she says she is horrified that people are condemning a piece of equipment that may have saved her horses life, she has also stated whether to wear a collar or not depends on the horse!! I think she is trying to say don't condemn a collar, it might not work for your horse but she feels it saved her horse from a life of colic and could be the best thing for many other horses!
 
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