Chuffy99
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The only photo being it’s head over the door or lying down with a rug on!!
Has been seen to.......
Generally an undesirable trait of some sort!
See the thread I just posted.annagain i thought you were going to look at one recently.... are you still looking or has it made you give up?
I've had this and I believe he never had done it before as he never has since!"Well he's never done THAT before!"
just read it, what bad luck, still the one is out there somewhere....fingers crossedSee the thread I just posted.
Posters above have mentioned "natural horsemanship" horses: I went to see a youngster a few years back, the seller was supposed to be a "natural horsemanship" guru, in fact he'd got the fact that he was Mr Wonder-Guy printed in bold letters all over his landy, I wonder he didn't have it tattooed on his derriere as well just for good measure
"Well you're welcome to come to view but he hasn't been ridden for a while and we're not sure where the tack is".
The other classic one is "well you're welcome to view but there's no-one here to ride him for you". That one has been done to death I reckon!
Another horrific excuse I encountered when I was looking was "well you're welcome to come and see but you'd have to bring him in yourself as the owner's working away all week".
Posters above have mentioned "natural horsemanship" horses: I went to see a youngster a few years back, the seller was supposed to be a "natural horsemanship" guru, in fact he'd got the fact that he was Mr Wonder-Guy printed in bold letters all over his landy, I wonder he didn't have it tattooed on his derriere as well just for good measure, he obviously needed to constantly overstate it, about as subtle as a tart in a nunnery. Before viewing I'd watched a video on You Tube of the horse I was going to see, being mounted. It was a typical youngster in that it was a bit iffy, but I was still prepared to view as it looked a decent enough sort. This video was in the May.
I went to see the horse later in the summer, say July/August I think it was. The horse was still being iffy to stand-up at the mounting block, there had apparently be no progress made whatsoever! Jeez, a rank novice could have improved the situation better than that!! And/or investigated any pain issues which might have been causing it. It was a shame as it was a decent enough horse, but was rude and bargy on the ground and that carried through into ridden work where it basically thought it was OK to trot and canter just where it thought it would!
Wanted ads seem to bring out some fantastic sales talk.
I posted a wanted ad - asking for a horse within two hours of Cardiff. The first four messages I had back were from Leeds. Lowestoft, Glasgow and Middlesborough. I also said I had to have a gelding due to my yard being a geldings only yard and got offered 3 mares. I didn't get one offer that met all or even most my criteria.
They are so so worth persevering with IMO. Yes you get all the dumb replies, but I have also got 3 very useful horses from wanted adverts.
Not a novice ride - that is fine, but why not explain why. To me it means the Horse is slightly on the crazy side.
Never done that before - My Horses old owner actually said that to me at the viewing after the Horse chucked her off. I ended up buying her and she never did do it again. Inclined to believe the seller on that one, she looked very shocked.