riding stable rescue

ridingthebreeze · 07-30-2006, 03:08 PM

Okay my family and I took a vacation this past week to Heber Springs and while we were there we came acroos a old riding stable that was selling most of their horses..and I've been looking for a new horse, so I stopped by..well all the horses are thin...at least 100 pouds underweight...and all they have to eat is hay...no grass...no grain..just hay...and there are I think 3 mares that have had babies..and they are only 3 years old...or the one i was very interested in was 3..and I asked them why she was so skinny..and they told me that nursing was the reason..but my mare recently had a baby..and she's fat and sassy....they are selling the one i'm talking about for 300 dollars...and she is really really nice...and kid broke..and at only 3...and what i want more than anything is to just get her out of there....but what about the other horses...? I just don't know what to do..I don't know who to call about the situation..but i'd love to have the mare...she is a mustang and very very laid back<3

faroutfax · 07-30-2006, 03:14 PM

I would get the mare!

As for the others I'm not sure if the authorities would do anything as they are fed, watered and have shelter

ridingthebreeze · 07-30-2006, 03:15 PM

exactly! thats what I was thinking...but all of them are so so thin..even the babies! which are adorable by the way...and I really really want her. She's up to date on Coggins. and stuff..and she is just the sweetest thing even, I want her so so so bad.

osage · 07-30-2006, 03:32 PM

then get her...lol.
But I wouldn't believe she is kid broke at 3.

PaintedRocket · 07-30-2006, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by osage

then get her...lol.
But I wouldn't believe she is kid broke at 3.

I ditto...

ridingthebreeze · 07-30-2006, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by PaintedRocket

I ditto...

oh yes she is a very very laid back horse...i got on her..and she just stood there like i was a bird...bareback w/o a lead rope, so she is very very calm and quite.

ThisIsMe · 07-30-2006, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by ridingthebreeze

oh yes she is a very very laid back horse...i got on her..and she just stood there like i was a bird...bareback w/o a lead rope, so she is very very calm and quite.

Most horses that are underweight will be very quiet and laid back.

ridingthebreeze · 07-30-2006, 08:44 PM

well I still want to get her out of there..i'd take all the horses if I could..but we just had like this big connection.

Kar · 07-30-2006, 09:52 PM

Lilly was very ill when I got her and she is a very well natured baby now that she is healthy. I think they understand that a person is helping them.

This mare could probably use good worming plan, as well as some supplements to get her back up. Id give her a few months just to rebuild herself.
Hay isnt a bad thing to feed a mustang. But if they have poor teeth, and worms, it doesnt matter what you feed them, they wont get the nutrition out of it.
A vet check would be the first order of the day, to give you an idea of her condition more. But mustangs can be hearty, add to that she is young, and has a better chance of getting better. I'd say buy her. I paid $65 for Lilly, and Dunny was free. Granted, they will never be show horses, but they are fine for myself and my family

Let us know what you decide.

Good luck

ridingthebreeze · 07-31-2006, 10:24 AM

I hate to pay 300 dollars for a horse that I wouldnt pay 3 dollars for..but I have to get her out of there..it kills me...and I want to to help her but if i help her there is nothing i'll be able to do for the other horses

07-30-2006, 03:08 PM	#1
ridingthebreeze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 744 Images: 2	riding stable rescue Okay my family and I took a vacation this past week to Heber Springs and while we were there we came acroos a old riding stable that was selling most of their horses..and I've been looking for a new horse, so I stopped by..well all the horses are thin...at least 100 pouds underweight...and all they have to eat is hay...no grass...no grain..just hay...and there are I think 3 mares that have had babies..and they are only 3 years old...or the one i was very interested in was 3..and I asked them why she was so skinny..and they told me that nursing was the reason..but my mare recently had a baby..and she's fat and sassy....they are selling the one i'm talking about for 300 dollars...and she is really really nice...and kid broke..and at only 3...and what i want more than anything is to just get her out of there....but what about the other horses...? I just don't know what to do..I don't know who to call about the situation..but i'd love to have the mare...she is a mustang and very very laid back<3 __________________ Ride like the wind, and dont ever look back.

07-30-2006, 03:14 PM	#2
faroutfax Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Ontario Posts: 4,942 Images: 452 Blog Entries: 16	I would get the mare! As for the others I'm not sure if the authorities would do anything as they are fed, watered and have shelter __________________ One man's wrong lead is another man's counter canter.

07-30-2006, 03:15 PM	#3
ridingthebreeze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 744 Images: 2	exactly! thats what I was thinking...but all of them are so so thin..even the babies! which are adorable by the way...and I really really want her. She's up to date on Coggins. and stuff..and she is just the sweetest thing even, I want her so so so bad. __________________ Ride like the wind, and dont ever look back.

07-30-2006, 03:32 PM	#4
osage Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: In the green mountain top plateau of Tennessee Posts: 1,547 Images: 312	then get her...lol. But I wouldn't believe she is kid broke at 3. __________________ do you know God loves you and has a wonderful, perfect plan for your life? And that even now He is waiting for You? Believe it...it's true. Do you have a prayer need? pm me. I am what I am By His Grace ....sara.....

07-30-2006, 08:44 PM	#8
ridingthebreeze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 744 Images: 2	well I still want to get her out of there..i'd take all the horses if I could..but we just had like this big connection. __________________ Ride like the wind, and dont ever look back.

07-30-2006, 09:52 PM	#9
Kar Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,079 Images: 428	Lilly was very ill when I got her and she is a very well natured baby now that she is healthy. I think they understand that a person is helping them. This mare could probably use good worming plan, as well as some supplements to get her back up. Id give her a few months just to rebuild herself. Hay isnt a bad thing to feed a mustang. But if they have poor teeth, and worms, it doesnt matter what you feed them, they wont get the nutrition out of it. A vet check would be the first order of the day, to give you an idea of her condition more. But mustangs can be hearty, add to that she is young, and has a better chance of getting better. I'd say buy her. I paid $65 for Lilly, and Dunny was free. Granted, they will never be show horses, but they are fine for myself and my family Let us know what you decide. Good luck __________________ www.horsehope.com The Lord invented alcohol to prevent the Irish from taking over the world. "This is one race of people for whom psychoanalysis is of no use whatsoever" -Sigmund Freud (speaking about the Irish)

07-31-2006, 10:24 AM	#10
ridingthebreeze Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Arkansas Posts: 744 Images: 2	I hate to pay 300 dollars for a horse that I wouldnt pay 3 dollars for..but I have to get her out of there..it kills me...and I want to to help her but if i help her there is nothing i'll be able to do for the other horses __________________ Ride like the wind, and dont ever look back.

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