natalia
Well-Known Member
I have this little chap for sale-
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/advert/3_yrs_9_mths_14_2_hh_dark_bay_connemara_surrey/75589
I got him in may with a really good friend to break and produce, we backed him in the summer and hacked him, schooled him and introduced him to poles. He has been nothing short of an angel, never put a foot out of line, been at all backy or done anything stupid, hacked out alone form day one etc.
So K went back to uni in october and we decided that colin should be turned away, as he was a little bum high and not really strong enough for full work, and too nice to be spoilt or made sour. We have turned him away in a 12 acre field since end sept. where he has been happy as larry, checked every day but nothing done with him work wise, worn rug so not cold and fat as a bullock. We decided to readvertise him this week after having no interest before in him and I have way too many sports horse youngsters who need working to worry about a small hairy pony who is a bit steady and slow. So on to horsemart he went....
Yesterday i had a lady from Essex call me about him enquiring if he would be suitable for her daughter to bring on (he would as so sensible), not only did she make me call her back "because she was on a pay as you go phone" for over an hour, she then said she wanted to see him tomorrow and couldn't do any other day. Our field is about a 5 min lorry trip from the yard, so i went to collect him in the pouring rain, loaded and brought him home. I got on him last night for the first time in 2 motnhs with tack on and he was as good as gold, very easy and rode away very nicely.
Today they turned up an hour late (without calling to let me know which is just RUDE.) and then proceeded to poke hima bout in the stable, firstly saying he was older as she said "he has hollows above his eyes" WTF! i told her I wished he was older but sadly not, and to check his teeth, which she then was clearly clueless about. She then made me pick all his feet out (he really hasn't been touched in a couple of months and just took it like a lamb) and touch his sheath?! After I explained that he's a bit funny with having his ears touched she proceeded to poke him round the head for ten minutes to try and touch them as he sort of looked at her as though she was some sort of pony eating monster. I tacked him up, explaining that as a trade yard, we cant got telling lies about our horses as we have a business to run, and they all have a 7 day warentee anyway so there is very little point in telling lies as the horses just come back. Got on him, rode him in to the indoor school were he proceeded to go well, in an outline in walk and trot (canter a bit rusty) then the big digger went up the side of the indoor (outside) making a real noise as he was trotting past and he shied away from the noise, she then asked why he did his and I explained that he's only a baby, been in the indoor once before and a 5 ton machine just went by making abig noise. She then said he wasn't safe and at this point I LOST IT. I asked her what she thought a pony that wasn't yet 4 should be doing and why the hell she was buying one anyway, to which she replied I was clearly a "horse abuser with a nasty temper" and that "I was a nasty person trying to make a quick buck out of a poor pony"! I'm sorry, but i have horses for sale worth ten times the amount he's for sale for, he was meant to be a fun project, not a money making scheme! He's deff not abused, is fat as a house and very well cared for! To which I told her to F off and never come back and chased her off the yard while riding the poor youngster, who took it all in his stride.
I can't believe there are people out there like this! I'm now going to get a reputation from half of essex as some sort of pony abusing maniac, but TBH I really did just snap. She really needed to purchase a rocking horse or something on wheels. People like this shouldn't be able to own horses or have children full stop.
I'm sorry, but I'm so wound up still from this I have a headache, I don't think I can take another person like her ever again. She was banging on about bad experiences looking for ponies before she even came on the phone, and now I completely understand why. I am here to help, happy to advise and all of my ponies are well described, but when someone turns up trying to pick holes in you and basically calling you a liar I just can't take it! AHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHH!
http://www.horsemart.co.uk/advert/3_yrs_9_mths_14_2_hh_dark_bay_connemara_surrey/75589
I got him in may with a really good friend to break and produce, we backed him in the summer and hacked him, schooled him and introduced him to poles. He has been nothing short of an angel, never put a foot out of line, been at all backy or done anything stupid, hacked out alone form day one etc.
So K went back to uni in october and we decided that colin should be turned away, as he was a little bum high and not really strong enough for full work, and too nice to be spoilt or made sour. We have turned him away in a 12 acre field since end sept. where he has been happy as larry, checked every day but nothing done with him work wise, worn rug so not cold and fat as a bullock. We decided to readvertise him this week after having no interest before in him and I have way too many sports horse youngsters who need working to worry about a small hairy pony who is a bit steady and slow. So on to horsemart he went....
Yesterday i had a lady from Essex call me about him enquiring if he would be suitable for her daughter to bring on (he would as so sensible), not only did she make me call her back "because she was on a pay as you go phone" for over an hour, she then said she wanted to see him tomorrow and couldn't do any other day. Our field is about a 5 min lorry trip from the yard, so i went to collect him in the pouring rain, loaded and brought him home. I got on him last night for the first time in 2 motnhs with tack on and he was as good as gold, very easy and rode away very nicely.
Today they turned up an hour late (without calling to let me know which is just RUDE.) and then proceeded to poke hima bout in the stable, firstly saying he was older as she said "he has hollows above his eyes" WTF! i told her I wished he was older but sadly not, and to check his teeth, which she then was clearly clueless about. She then made me pick all his feet out (he really hasn't been touched in a couple of months and just took it like a lamb) and touch his sheath?! After I explained that he's a bit funny with having his ears touched she proceeded to poke him round the head for ten minutes to try and touch them as he sort of looked at her as though she was some sort of pony eating monster. I tacked him up, explaining that as a trade yard, we cant got telling lies about our horses as we have a business to run, and they all have a 7 day warentee anyway so there is very little point in telling lies as the horses just come back. Got on him, rode him in to the indoor school were he proceeded to go well, in an outline in walk and trot (canter a bit rusty) then the big digger went up the side of the indoor (outside) making a real noise as he was trotting past and he shied away from the noise, she then asked why he did his and I explained that he's only a baby, been in the indoor once before and a 5 ton machine just went by making abig noise. She then said he wasn't safe and at this point I LOST IT. I asked her what she thought a pony that wasn't yet 4 should be doing and why the hell she was buying one anyway, to which she replied I was clearly a "horse abuser with a nasty temper" and that "I was a nasty person trying to make a quick buck out of a poor pony"! I'm sorry, but i have horses for sale worth ten times the amount he's for sale for, he was meant to be a fun project, not a money making scheme! He's deff not abused, is fat as a house and very well cared for! To which I told her to F off and never come back and chased her off the yard while riding the poor youngster, who took it all in his stride.
I can't believe there are people out there like this! I'm now going to get a reputation from half of essex as some sort of pony abusing maniac, but TBH I really did just snap. She really needed to purchase a rocking horse or something on wheels. People like this shouldn't be able to own horses or have children full stop.
I'm sorry, but I'm so wound up still from this I have a headache, I don't think I can take another person like her ever again. She was banging on about bad experiences looking for ponies before she even came on the phone, and now I completely understand why. I am here to help, happy to advise and all of my ponies are well described, but when someone turns up trying to pick holes in you and basically calling you a liar I just can't take it! AHHHHHHHHGHHHHHHHH!
