Selling Dodgy Horses to Dealers

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I've heard many times "I'd never sell it privately, it could hurt someone/ its not sound enough and I couldn't live with myself". But its apparently OK with their conscience to sell for peanuts to a dealer, often being honest-ish about the horse's issues.

What do they then think the dealer is going to do with it?

The fact is, if you sell on a tricky, unsound or dangerous horse for little to no money, its just as likely to hurt someone or be a problem to them, if not more so as the history will get watered down with every change of hands.

So, how many others out there know generally nice people, who've got rid of technically unsellable horses this way? Does anyone else think it just doesn't make sense? I mean, if you are OK with a dealer selling it on, why don't you just sell it yourself? If not, why not PTS?

I'm genuinely

And I'm not talking about people trading in horses that just aren't suitable, I'm talking about the ones that are always going to be rubbish horses, no matter who buys them!

 

[Stateside]

It could be a good thing as a lot of horses that people claim there horses are naughty dangerous etc just need's a good old fashion horseman to sort them out, and they are not up to the job. I have seen this many times where dangerous horses are sorted out very quickly once they have been parted from there useless owners.it is normally the owners who are to soft and are the culprit.

 

[spike123]

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It could be a good thing as a lot of horses that people claim there horses are naughty dangerous etc just need's a good old fashion horseman to sort them out, and they are not up to the job. I have seen this many times where dangerous horses are sorted out very quickly once they have been parted from there useless owners.it is normally the owners who are to soft and are the culprit.

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I totally agree with this.I brought my horse last year.He was sold to me as a suitable mother daughter share.He is a safe enough horse to ride,though totally green but he was downright dangerous on the ground,totally lacking in manners and due to past abuse had no trust in people at all. My YO is one such good old fashioned horseman and helped me to sort out my horses behaviour using natural horsemanship combined with a good common sense approach. I can now trust my horse to behave himself.Had he gone to a home where he would have been a mother daughter share I seriously believe he would have hurt someone.

 

[saddlesore]

yep, sometimes this is true but there are genuinely dangerous horses shipped through dealers also. By that i mean CONFIRMED bolters and rearers, especially those who are longer in the tooth and no one has managed to solve the problem yet.

 

[martlin]

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yep, sometimes this is true but there are genuinely dangerous horses shipped through dealers also. By that i mean CONFIRMED bolters and rearers, especially those who are longer in the tooth and no one has managed to solve the problem yet.

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that have to be pretty rubbish (or dodgy) dealers, because there is no way in creation I would take in part-ex or buy something I couldn't sort out and make money on

I think, or at least hope, that every trader out there knows that the secret of making money in the horse trade is BUYING right!
It is my pet hate - reading or hearing 'Oh, just flog it to a dealer'

 

[saddlesore]

Absolutely, it is a dealers job to spot horses that they can do something with and make a profit on. I am not referring to the 99% of dealers who are making an honest living, but to the remaining 1% who will take in dodgy horses, dope them and hope someone takes them off their hands.

 

[TallyHo123]

i dont think there is a 'dodgy' horse, its all about who and the way they have been handled

 

[dieseldog]

Having ended up with a horse that was lame from a dealers I think that both the Dealers and the last owners are complete scum. I would never do it - but then I have morals.