Re: [RC] 'pound dog' mentality for horses? - GoldenCMK
In a message dated 9/4/2004 11:54:24 AM Central Standard Time,
sunibey@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
One thing for people to know who sell their horses at
auction: horses that have been trained to be ridden are culled by some
of the feedlot owners and are put aside while he tries to sell them.
Bottom line, if you send your young, untrained horses and your untrained
broodmares to auction, you are very often sending them to French dinner
plates
This is such a pet peeve of mine. Why do SO many Arabian owners not break
their horses? This is a horrible epidemic that Arab owners need to remedy. I
make a point of breaking all my horses, broodmares and stallions and I will not
sell a horse over the age of 4 unbroke. They have a better chance of making it
if they are at least broke.
Another problem is too many people breeding for the sake of breeding. I
know of someone who is plain and simple a "puppy mill" in Arabs, breeds over 10
mares a yr, sells the foals for almost nothing, and usually not halter broke.
Most of the adults are not halter broke. It is a sad situation, but what can you
do?
