Would you buy a grumpy horse ?

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I am selling my 15.2 TB gelding, 10 yrs. He is 100% in every way. Brilliant RC/PC horse, very easy to handle out of the stable, and to shoe, box, catch, clip etc, but........ he is grumpy in the stable and puts his ears flat back at you and when he is eating he stamps his back legs, swishes his tail and pulls horrendous faces - he is harmless and very lovable and has bags of personality (he really makes me laugh) - i need to sell him due to buying a bigger horse but i really dont think anyone will buy him, most people are scared of him that dont know him, but once they get used to him they can handle him with no problems ---- would you buy a horse like this ??????????????????????
 
yes i did. the experience she had and level she could compete at weighed out the grumpyness. funny she got slightly better once i had had her and stopped kicking, but 11 years later she's still a torn faced old cow lol. its just her personality
 
I probaby would lol...I have two sweethearts and three mard arses. My sec A is a right grump at time and my two mares are very grumpy. I knew they all were but they could do the jobs I wanted them to so it didn't make a difference to me. Infact if I am honest I like moody horses, they have more charactor.
 
Yep I would, and I did! He actually became less grumpy, but he never did bite or kick and was easy to handle, just pulled faces
 
Yes you just got to find the right person, for example, before i had my daughter and was competing wouldnt have bothered me at all as long as the horse could do the job required. But when i was looking for a horse for me once id had my daughter, i needed it to be good on the ground too as she would be about when i was doing him. Just be honest with people if you tell them hes a bit grumoy when eating and your not worried they wont think youve got something to hide.:)
 
If he didnt bite and kick then yes. If its all mouth and no action then thats fine and just him. I ride a ex grade A and hes all mouth ears, teeth, swishing tail, stamping feet but no action most of the time.
 
I have, and would again, Ali (the white one) was a total pansy but he was a bit of a grumpy sod in and out of the stable, we were very well matched;)

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Yep,I did for my daughter. Murph is a really grump, does all you describe and more, he constantly dives at and threatens his pony field companion, but interestingly always stops short of biting her. He has however done everything she has asked of him ridden wise, super hunter, has one loads show jumping and is a safe enough hack for me to potter him round the rounds. Actually feeling very proud of him just now as a young friend has just started competing him and in the last 2 weeks, despite being shaggy as a yak, he has come 2nd and 3rd in PC triangular jumping competition, and yesterday qualified for the Dengie area, all at nearly 19 years having done very little for the last few months.
Just be honest with people I am sure you won't have a problem, there are a lot of people who want an honest horse who will do the job asked of them, and are not bothered by the odd quirk.
 
I love grumpies, I force a big kiss on their cheek so they recoil in horror its so funny! My WB is just about getting used to it now and allows a nose kiss, I secretly think he loves it really
 
It wouldn't put me off if the horse was what I wanted, you just need to be the sort of person that can deal with them in the right sort of way and not take it to heart.
 
Yes I would again and I did.
Pea is sound identical to your horse, perfect in every way except in his stable and with food. So many people are scard of him and once he picks up on it he gets worse.

At first it was tough getting used to him as the girl I brought him from didnt warn me of his behaviour. I very quickly picked up this attuide and work hard with ground work and built a bond which made a huge difference. I treat him with respect and understanding which makes him feel confident. I do not let anyone else handle him until i'm confident they can handle him without problems.

I think there are plenty of people out there who would be willing to take on your horse. Aslong as your upfront with the buyer.
 
Personally no I wouldn't. My mother and father/ shepherd on the farm, who are my back up team if anything should go wrong, would be terrified of anything grumpy even if it didn't do anything and just stuck its ears back.

Because of my situation and my reliance on them as back up I couldn't risk them being too frightened to care for the grumps if I couldn't be there.

So for me from a practical point of veiw no. I would not buy a grumpy horse.

If circumstances where different and I had back up that could happily cope with faces etc then yes - if the horse does the job and we get on well then I have no problem with faces.

My first horse was an arse and would attack anything on 2 or 4 legs. I loved him to bits and he was like a well behaved dog with me! All of my family were attacked by him at some point though and so would not go near him. Now I am older and creakier in my bones I need them to be able to help every now and then.
 
Yeap my horse was a biter to!! But tbh everyone was scared of him apart from me, they wouldnt even walk past his stable lol So out of about 25 liveries there was only me and my sister who werent scared of him!!!
 
I have a very grumpy horse, he's a sweetie really and wouldn't dream of actually hurting someone! But I looked after a friends horse who is really affectionate and it was lovely!

He's on loan at the moment and is fine with his new 'parents' but at their last yard the YO left him in a warm stable rug one hot day and he sweated up a lot and she was too scared of him to go and take his rug off :(
 
I love that the majority of us would! My boy is sooooo grumpy but he's funny with it. I would love to give him more attention but he hates it... unless it's on his terms. Strangely when we're at a competition he becomes a pussy cat and is really clingy so at least I know we've a bond of a sort! My only problem is being on a livery yard as I have to have a warning sign on his stable door and continually warn people not to fuss him or get too close.
 
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