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wandaluvstacos

Sep 9, 2017

I really shouldn’t rant about this on this blog since I assume most my followers aren’t horse people, but you may recall this post, where I bitched about this dude and similar killbuyers who operate scams in order to get people to pay way more money than a horse is worth so that you can “save” it from slaughter, when it’s probably not in danger of being shipped at all. Well“shipped”, in that they sell it at another auction.

I attended the New Holland horse auction this Monday, and whataya know, three of these horses on his page this week I recognized from that auction. Moore buys many of his horses from there. I actually considered buying the mare on the top, but she was a bit older than what I wanted (she wouldn’t let me look at her teeth) and then nearly ran me over as I was looking at her feet (maybe because another horse bit her? I don’t know; I was crouched over).

I know that the buckskin stud on the bottom sold at New Holland for $275, because I wrote it down. Here is Moore, selling him for $700, four days later. “Not whiny”, he says, even though I recall the horse neighing his head off when I saw him. You sometimes can’t trust how horses act at auctions though. Some get really stressed out. Still, I would consider it false advertising.

The Appy mares went for cheap. I believe the gray and white sold for $350. The red and white didn’t even sell for that, maybe $300. Both were led through by Amish girls. The one I looked at, the red roan, was not friendly and wouldn’t accept a treat (no mark against her; the boy I bought doesn’t know what a sugar cube is either, and the mare had to teach him what a carrot was). She also almost ran me over.

These are example why you don’t buy horses on the internet from horse traders. You are being scammed out of money for horses that could possibly be dangerous. Unless you’re able to put your hands on a horse and look in its eye and determine its personality, you shouldn’t be buying it. I don’t think I would have bought either of mine on the internet, because they aren’t inherently impressive. But I met them and handled them as much as I could while they were tied. I see how they reacted to food and whether or not they let me touch them all over. If you can’t do that, you have no clue what the horse is going to be like. Going to an auction is risky enough. Buying a horse from a horse trader who knows nothing about these horses but will happily accept your cash? Bad idea. Unless you’re a miracle horse trainer who can fix any attitude problems of any horse, you’re taking a huge risk.

Anyway, here are the horses I paid $475 and $500 (respectively) for on the same day at the same auction as this dude.

Notice how they’re cheaper AND I was able to handle them beforehand. If you’re set on “saving” a horse, buy them at an auction, NOT ONLINE. There are thousands of auctions across the country. Instead of paying to have some mystery horse shipped to you for hundreds of dollars, get them locally. You can determine conformation, soundness, health, and sanity much better in person, without the $400 markup.

Edit to add: Furthermore, killbuyer lots are crawling with diseases like shipping cough and strangles. Horses that spend time there are much more likely to be sick than horses purchased directly from an auction. If they’re not dripping snot or coughing, they may be beat up from transport or have lost weight because of the stress and poor hay provided. No medical treatment is provided. No hoof care is provided. Horses that go in sound and healthy may come out lame and skinny. Everything should be done to keep a horse from going to the feedlot, not in getting one out.

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