Okay....need your opinions again...very long

[Tia]

Aww bless you

. You have brought a real smile to my face. I even chuckled....kitchen appliances LOL!! Thank you.

 

[Sarah1]

Even to this day she won't cook her husbands tea - although I think she's milked it as long as she can, that was about 20 years ago!!!!!! They don't even have the damn oven the money paid for anymore!!!!!! He he!
Your decision Hun, all I'll say is make sure your sure before you go ahead - you won't get him back!

 

[Law]

Tia - you sound like you are talking yourself round again- i'm back on the sell, sell, sell camp i'm afraid. Honestly, my first hunch was sell and you've convinced me that I'd be right in doing that if it was me in this situation. Ultimately his welfare, care and loving are your priority and you just said you need to sell something - and that her home is a great opportunity-- sell him!

 

[madhector]

mmm...Im beginning to think sell, although my heart still says keep.

It is not often a home like this comes along, it does sound perfect and i think I would be over the moon if one of my horses ended up with this woman.

If he is really that special (I get the feeling he is) then maybe finding him the perfect home is whats best.

But then maybe you are his perfect home

sorry that wasnt really very helpful was it?

 

[Patches]

Arrrr now the plans in the pipeline do unfortunately put a whole you slant on this in my eyes.

You have oodles of horses to ride. You are an excellent rider who doesn't necessarily need a horse suitable for complete beginners. You'd get on anything (I would think). Sometimes, hard as it is, sacrifices do need to be made in order to facilitate other personal ventures.

My heart says keep him, but if I think logically, it really would be prudent to sell and put the money towards developing and diversifying your farm and buisness. Afterall, horses really do come and go. It seems to me that most of the horses you purchase have the potential to become someone's horse of a lifetime...yours included. Do you really need this "horse of a lifetime" that much? I think not.

 

[viola]

Have you made the decison then? I have read all the posts and here is my little input: If you have other horses that could be made available for sale in the near future I would not sell a horse like Oscar. You clearly have a strong bond with this horse, you want him to be yours and who cares about deeper reasons for it

If I were you I would do my best to find a couple of good project horses that you could sell fairly quickly to plough the money into the business but I would not get rid of Oscar.

If you however need to sell him (be it the situation, the pressure, guilt whatever) then I would let the heart dictate the price - and would make it high

As to you saying that you would not like to overprice him for a friend I would think if she is aware how much this horse means to you and she agrees to pay the bigger than usual price than what is wrong with that??

 

[Tia]

Funny you should mention it.....but this morning I was thinking I may sell him.

However I fully expect by this afternoon to have decided not to ....

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I won't rush into it and I am still searching for another for her.

 

[viola]

I guess you may just need to wait then and see which decision you wake up most frequently with and which one seems to stay happily for longer...good luck with the search; seems ideal if you managed to find an Oscar II who would go to her.

EDS: Maybe you could try to spend less time with Oscar?? detach yourself from him a bit

That's what I did when I had to sell my beloved horse and it made the whole experience slightly easier...