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There are plenty of "rescue" horses out there who aren't nut cases! I've got several of them.

 

chris

Steph E Caldwell <biothanetack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  I'd rather buy the rescue or retrain because a confirmed 
> bolter, rearer, or agressive horse isn't going to have much of a future 
> without someone like me. A good calm, kind, sweet horse has much better 
> chances of finding a good home (like you :). I have dicey moments, this 
> year I've come off 3 times (off my newest horse when I first got him), 
> but it's what works for me. Eventually, I'll get my endurance horse, but 
> I can't pass up a skinny/abused horse just because he doesn't fit the 
> bill for what I want. Once the horse is retrained they're more saleable 
> (I keep saying that, but now have the only 3 horses I've ever owned... I 
> still own them!)
>
> It's all in what you want and what you'll put into a horse. No offense 
> meant to anyone...
>
> Steph

"Slowee, slowee catchee monkey," Rudyard Kipling, from The Jungle Book

 

Chris Paus

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