What behaviour would make you sell?

Which of the following do you regularly use?

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None of the above would make me sell a horse UNLESS the rearing was done to the extreme/chronic case where the horse had no self preservation and was at risk of going over backwards.
 
Really don't like horses that rear. Odd excited one is fine but the ones that rear to get out of things seem to get worse and worse and I don't want to end up under something that big.
 
The only thing that would make me sell would be bucking to the point that I fell off on regular basis. I wouldn't keep a true rearer (not just naughty nappy rears) but would probably put to sleep rather than sell on
 
It depends on the horse and its talent. If the horse jumped like hell or had paces to die for then I would persevere with any of the above unless I felt I was in danger or being injured. A horse I would not tolerate is a bolter though as that is just dangerous as they go in a blind panic oblivious to anything around them
 
I put other because any of the things could make me sell if they were extreme. It would also depend on the horses talent - I would be more inclined to put up with vices in a talented horse than a happy (or not so happy) hacker.
 
Napping - if it was so bad I couldn't cope with it. What is the point of having a horse you can't even get of the yard? It is also extremely dangerous when you are riding on the road. Riding is supposed to be fun I just wouldn't want to have a massive fight everytime I sat on it.
 
Agree with gloster.. unless i had a rather dnagerous rearer i wouldnt sell on that basis.. i believe some problems can be solvable - time and patience.
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To be honest, unless the horse was AMAZING I wouldn't put up with most of those things as at the end of the day horses are a hobby for me and ment to be fun.
 
I mostly agree with showjump, I ride for a hobby, I'm not a professional and its meant to be fun for me. A few little quirks are ok, like the odd buck, or a bit of nappiness when its raining but if any of these things became big issues, the horse simply wouldn't be suitable for me.

Rearing and bolting are the two HUGE no-nos for me.
 
To be honest i wouldn't sell on a horse that had behaviour problems..........i would sell on a horse that box walked or cribbed etc, but those behaviours would not be the thing that made me sell the horse.

If i had nasty rearer or similar i would not sell the horse on as i would never forgive myself if the person who bought the horse (fully aware of the horses issues) ended up getting hurt. I also think that many off the above problems can be solved/minimised with time.
 
Rearing (vertically) and bolting. I've been on both and wouldn't chance another one. I have one who bucks vertically but not persistantly. He only does it when he gets really excited.
 
I sold a sever rearer with no self preservation as I had spent a lot of time and money trying to sort him out to no avail and I was convinced he was going to kill me/him/us. He would go over backwards without much warning. Sold him to someone who knew him, but he never improved and he gold sold on and probably distroyed, but really what can you do?
 
I put other as none of the options would make me sell my horse

BUT, if my mare became a confirmed rearer or exhibited behaviour that when ridden deemed her dangerous I would look at options available to help her/us and if that failed I would first see how she took to being a companion for another and if that didn't work out I would have her PTS .
 
To be honest, most of those vices would be behaviours that would make me not buy, therefore I wouldn't have the issue of selling them because of it; particularly as most of the horses I buy are destined to be sold on.

My own personal horses tend to be with me forever or at least a very long time and I get them young so they don't generally have issues such as these mentioned above. My personal horses have their quirks but don't have any vices.
 
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