Disturbing Sales Ads

[Iluvgoldies]

Haha - I just about died to see that the author of the second ad put "Satan" as the sire of the pony!!

[Shahrazade]

I'm going to come right out and admit it- I put my five year old niece on a two year old filly. I had the lead shank the whole time, but I felt comfortable with the situation and the filly (who has been acclimated to various surroundings from birth, is lightly started under saddle, and fears next to nothing) was certainly more pleased with having a little bitty girl on her than she would have been with a big ol' cowboy. My niece was very proud of herself and the filly did a great job. But I was holding the lead shank. I don't think I'd turn a kid loose on a two year old without a helmet, but some two year olds certainly don't act their age.

[MistyBlue]

Wow, backwoods rednecks *ssholes? This is why on the Pet Peeves thread I had one of my peeves being people who put up ads not related to them and people who critique/make fun of them.
That little pony is not skinny. He's out of shape, but then I wouldn't want to see a working bred QH of that age looking like a muscle bound athlete either. He needs some age, some maturity and some conditioning. He doesn't need to look like a butterball turkey to be "in shape."
It states in the ad that the little fellow comes from a working AQHA ranch. Working horses, bred for speed and agility and usually broke earlier than larger, more fragile breeds. Even here in "uppity English" CT any horses coming on trailers from working ranches in New Mexico are snapped up so fast it's scary. Many as pleasure horses, family horses, trail horses, lesson horses and horses destined to be retrained for the show ring. They average 2-8 years old...and 3 year olds coming off those trucks are dead broke, calm, cool, sane and sound. All have cow sense too, which takes a little getting used to, LOL!
These aren't *sshole owners, they're seemingly normal ranch folks breeding, training and selling ranch broke horses.

[BelladonnaLily]

Thanks MistyBlue. I hate uppity *ahem* people (I'm biting my tongue) who feel the need to criticize and insult anyone who doesn't do things the way they do. Geesh.

[Jumphigh83]

Originally posted by Vandy:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Two Simple:
And for the record, if a stallion is properly socialized and trained, there is no reason in the entire WORLD that a kid cannot ride or handle it!!

And I have nothing against stallions...but I do know that if I wanted to keep stallions on my farm, my liability insurance would increase. It's not like the risks are imaginary. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Yes the risks are only there "if" the stallion is "improperly socialized" LOL hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha..(p lease insert sarcasm here) There is no reason in the world little chlidren(who are properly socialized ie educated) cant have guns and knives. After all they ARE properly socialized!!! LOL!!! So they(the stallions) lose their libido after they are socialied????(yes Mistress Too imple spank me again I deserve it said the stallion)I am glad I am not your man...btw ..great screen name. Vandy..get real..there are no risks..the testosterone leaves when the tree hugging and Koombayah singing begins!!!!
"someones crying Lord...koombayah
no doubt stomped by their properly socialized stallion Lord...Koonbayah..."

[appaloosalady]

Where's the fruitbat??

[Kap]

JumpHigh you might want to chill, stop laughing, and retype that, because it made no sense to me at all. Just a suggestion

[Spirit_Rider16]

The only thing that really bothers me about the first ad is that they have a five year old child on a three year old pony without a helmet. Regardless of how perfect the pony is for his age, there's always the chance that something will spook him. Heck, there's even the chance a thirty year old been there, done that type of horse will spook. Beyond that, yeah, the pony's not gorgeous, but who knows? He could be cute once he's ready to really start working, but now he's only three.

And the devil pony?
I'm dying to see what he's really like. Just because I want to know what could make a person write a sale ad like that...

[Vandy]

Originally posted by Kap: Aefvue Farm Young'n:
JumpHigh you might want to chill, stop laughing, and retype that, because it made no sense to me at all. Just a suggestion

Jumphigh, no need to edit for me. I read you loud and clear

I don't think of myself as uppity at all...My best school horses are from working ranches or the Indian reservation herds, and they make lovely little bombproof show ponies. However, in my world, "normal people" don't put their preschoolers on 2-year-old studs bareback without helmets. But to each their own, I guess. I was going to say something about Darwin, but I don't think that will go over too well with this crowd.

[Vandy]

Originally posted by Spirit_Rider16:
The only thing that really bothers me about the first ad is that they have a five year old child on a three year old pony without a helmet.

Actually, if you look at the date, the pony hadn't yet turned 2 when the photo was taken.

[Bugaboo]

I thought the first pony was cute. I don't approve of the girl on the stud without a helmet though. With some work and being gelded, I think he'd be decent.

[Shahrazade]

Can we at least retain a modicum of politeness and manners on this forum? We scold our horses when they snap at humans, but it is okay to snap at each other? JumpHigh, I would think that after a very respectable 3,596 posts you would be a little more mature.

[twotrudoc]

I am not one to make fun of other peoples horses, but I have to say as a QH owner, and having shown my familys' QHs, that young stud does NOT look at all like ANY quality QH I have evr seen. Definately does NOT exhibit any characteristics of Dry Doc or Doc Bar (My family owned the Doc Bar grandson Granite Doc). I think that is a needs to be gelded NOW grade horse. With (unfortunately) papers. Now I'm done. Sorry for the rant.

[BornToRide]

Originally posted by BeastieSlave:
I think the first ad is unfortunate. I don't think it's disturbing. Sure, the pony doesn't appear to be anything special, and should probably be gelded, but he's not heinous. He does seem to be a good little guy and he's got a cute face.

The devil-pony is priceless!

That's what I'm thinking too - what exactly do you find disturbing about the ad? Sure he's not a horse that necessarily should be a stud and perhaps he's misrepresented in the ad, but to me it's more important whether or not he's happy and healthy.

Why exactly are you disturbed?

[nightsong]

Originally posted by Briggsie:
I would buy him...just because i feel bad for him and he has a cute face- and to save him from backwoods redneck assholes that own horses like this owner is....he is too skinny. thank god only the little girl is riding him.....anything else would break the poor skinny fellow's back. I feel bad for him, i really do.

Notice how sway-backed the YEARLING stallion is in the picture. I bet he's been having weight on that poor little UNDEVELOPED back for a loooong time...

[BornToRide]

He's not swaybacked - he has a considerable hunter's bump which may be in fact not really be from jumping but just due to his conformation of having a pretty steep croup!

[Gnalli]

Is it smart to have a kid on a stud? No. However, the stud in question is a long yearling-coming 2-hormones have not kicked in fully (even halfway) so if a parent is there (i.e. taking the picture) chances are the critter is not going to do any damage.

Imagine the panic of waking at 6 am on Sunday morning, looking out your kitchen window and seeing your long yearling stud pony who had never been saddled before being ridden by your petite 11 yr old (maybe 70#) daughter in the paddock. 14 yr old was there as a "safety" and they had had the 6 yr old riding him before we woke up!! That was not smart. This pic was not so bad.
Anyone with any sense is going to cut him as soon as possible, and the fact that he does look so laid back is a plus to me. I'd buy him, put groceries to him, work him to a cart, then let my 9 yr old have him after we cut him.

Quit picking on the kids pony. He is not a great pony for upper level stuff, but he is still a youngster. Give him time...and be kind, not everyone is beautiful (or brilliant)

[Amchara]

I was reading about my horses grandsire, and at two years old he was so ugly he'd set your gag reflex off apparently, the owner wanted to geld him sooo badly but the horses trainer/her good friend begged her out of it.

Later he went on to win every champion trophy available to his breed, become a breyer model, go prelim, retire a few trophies, take little boys fox hunting in company, (with the only 'stud' behavior being a curled lip occasionally) and allow the same young boys to bath him as they sat on his back.

The trainer/friend said that the line had ugly foals/young horses but made beautiful horses.

[Shahrazade]

I knew a guy who said look at them when they're three days old, then pretend you can't see them until they're five- he said all of them are ugly until then, and the ones that aren't probably don't have much but looks going for them.

[Jumphigh83]

Well Sheherazad..if you have been reading my posts you would know that most of the 3000plus were not respectable at all! When I hear hoof beats outside my window I think "horses" not "zebras" so when I hear something so overtly rediculous and out there I ussually laugh assuming it is a joke! Silly me..having a sense of humour! Where is the fruitbat INDEED??