[crazi4horses]

ok..i have to talk to my mom and dad more about it but when my mom gets a horse i want to get a mre so that we can breed her. There are three things i was thinking about. Which one would u recommend?

1) buying a Mare-In-Foal
2) Adopting one of the premarian mares at the voluteer shelter i go help out at
3) buying a mare and then next year breeding her

the 2nd one i dont think we'd do because we dont have any idea what kind of mothers(b/c of the fact there premarin) there gonna be or what the stallion was...although there are 2 of them i LOVE TO DEATH!!!

anyways...any comments or suggestions would be GREAT! thanks!
~ running_ Paige running_ ~

<small>[ January 28, 2004, 10:39 AM: Message edited by: crazi4horses ]</small>

[luvmypercheron]

it depends how much you want to spend. with a PMU mare, if they've had babies before you kind of know how they'll be....if they had babies with someone else you could call the pmu farm...the 2 farms our 4 pmus (2 mares and 2 foals) wouldn't breed the mares if they weren't good mothers and then would proceed to find them a new home.

[crazi4horses]

we kno they were bred to paints but thats all we kno. as for the price...we dont want to spend ALOT of money but im pretty sure udner 3500 is fine. It really depends..if we do breed then well probably do it on our own but i just wanted to see what u guys would do

[QHGirl]

What are you wanting to do with the mare? ONLY breed it or ride also? Think about how much time you will have to spend with the PMU mare if she isn't broke to ride! Not sure if you are capable of breaking and training a horse, but that is a big task!

Why do you want a baby so bad? To raise? To sell? Please elaborate more for us! Thanks,

[Super_Trooper]

Breaking a horse is SO much fun and SO gratifying. You build such a bond with your horse and become kindred spirits. I would say so with the PMU mares cause then you get a good horse, in foal AND your helping a good cause!

[crazi4horses]

i would want to ride and breed the mare...

[crazi4horses]

thanks for the replies

[luvmypercheron]

i would go with a pmu. some pmu mres ARE broke...some are not. but considering what they did for a "living", a majority are very quiet. and they do tend to be good to their foals. i feel so much better about having my pmu's than if i'd just gone and bought any horse.

[QHGirl]

Yes it is very fun and gratifying, but the big question is that we really don't know how each of us ride and the types of horses we have encountered. I would NOT recommend an unexperienced rider to break a horse. That is potential for major problems in both the rider and the horse. UNLESS you have a trainer that will help you, that is the only reason someone should break a horse that could be a "green" rider.

SO many people on the forum think breaking a horse is fun. Yes it is, but it also is very time consuming and VERY hard if it is not done correctly.

Unless you have LOTS of experience with ridding different horses... I would stay clear of doing it alone.

The reason I say lots of horses... Someone could have ridden their horse for 10 years, be a great rider on THAT horse but know nothing about riding any other horse and could get hurt very easy.

Just being cautious! I am not suggesting she should NOT buy the horse, I am just wondering what she is going to do with the horse. I also said some PMU mares are NOT broke... meaning some are... you just have to make sure if you don't want to worry about breaking a horse for training then make sure you ask which PMU mare is broke to ride.

<small>[ January 28, 2004, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: QHGirl ]</small>

[crazi4horses]

i understand COMPLETELY(sp) with what ur saying. I feel the same way.

these ones i do not believe they are broke and i would have my trainer help me with the WHOLE THING. i would also spend time with the mare before i adopted her.