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In Need Of CoTH Support, My Sister Bought- Vanners!

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  • #21
    Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
    So we get her a butterfly net for the foal shower?
    Originally posted by Martha Drum
    ...But I don't want to sit helmetless on my horse while he lies on the ground kicking a ball around without a bridle while Leatherface does an interpretive dance with his chainsaw around us.

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    • #22
      Don't let her see the Alpaca website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money!!!), Chinchilla website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money), Emu/Ostrich website (they're big, you'll make a ton of money), Mary Kay website (They're not cute, they need makeup, you'll make a ton of money), Pot-Bellied-Pigs website (they're still huge and you'll make a ton of money)....maybe she can also stuff envelopes at home for fun and profit.

      Jeeze, a gypo coloured cob, dime a dozen except when sold in the US for beau-coup bucks. Is she also getting a Freisian/Fresian/Friesian/that Dutch horse with the tiny heart and way too high an incidence of anhydrosis...lots of hair Fabio horse from Ladyhawke.

      Her poor husband/SO.
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      • #23
        @:

        Originally posted by Trakehner View Post
        Don't let her see the ...Mary Kay website (They're not cute, they need makeup, you'll make a ton of money)...
        and especially @:

        Originally posted by Trakehner View Post
        Jeeze, a gypo coloured cob, dime a dozen except when sold in the US for beau-coup bucks. Is she also getting a Freisian/Fresian/Friesian/that Dutch horse with the tiny heart and way too high an incidence of anhydrosis...lots of hair Fabio horse from Ladyhawke.

        Her poor husband/SO.
        Originally posted by Martha Drum
        ...But I don't want to sit helmetless on my horse while he lies on the ground kicking a ball around without a bridle while Leatherface does an interpretive dance with his chainsaw around us.

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        • #24
          Did you ask her why the owner sold the mare in foal if the foal was likely to be so valuable?
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          • #25
            Originally posted by Trakehner View Post
            Don't let her see the Alpaca website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money!!!), Chinchilla website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money), Emu/Ostrich website (they're big, you'll make a ton of money), Mary Kay website (They're not cute, they need makeup, you'll make a ton of money), Pot-Bellied-Pigs website (they're still huge and you'll make a ton of money)....maybe she can also stuff envelopes at home for fun and profit.

            Jeeze, a gypo coloured cob, dime a dozen except when sold in the US for beau-coup bucks. Is she also getting a Freisian/Fresian/Friesian/that Dutch horse with the tiny heart and way too high an incidence of anhydrosis...lots of hair Fabio horse from Ladyhawke.

            Her poor husband/SO.
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            • #26
              Originally posted by Coreene View Post
              WW, you are past doing an intervention with her. I suggest you drink. Heavily and often.
              This is how I get thru most of the crap I hear each day...I'm much more pleasant to deal with as a result.

              I wish your sister a Vannerliscious economy! Lord knows she'll need something majikal as our REAL economy does not support her endeavors
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              • #27
                I love Vanners, I think they are beautiful and I like their stockiness and the fact they're short. I don't like their price, that is what is ridiculous about them, not the horse itself, the cost, and the people with $$$ signs in their eyes. They are so overpriced it's stupid, if they ever came down to where they should be though I would have one in a heartbeat!
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                • #28
                  I also feel your pain.

                  I see long manes and feathers and I go looking for the pulling come and clippers.
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                  • #29
                    A friend has Gypsy Cobs, fifteen (or is it sixteen?) at last count and is doing well with them. They're for the most part very tractable, sensible, people-oriented horses -- and easy on the eyes.

                    And yes, they ARE selling!

                    Have your sister contact The Gypsy Horse Association. They're in no way affiliated with *that* Gypsy Vanner group.
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                    • #30
                      Hasn't your sister learned the adage that the only way to make a small fortune in horses is to start with a large fortune?

                      For every person that has made a profit selling a horse, I think there are at least 50 that have lost their shirts.

                      Oh well, to each his own...
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                      • #31
                        re; the foal shower gifts: Maybe we could make a rainbow colored carrot stick for training the wee one. And a rainbow rope halter. I mean, why stop with just one form of koolaid?

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                        • #32
                          Originally posted by jeano View Post
                          re; the foal shower gifts: Maybe we could make a rainbow colored carrot stick for training the wee one. And a rainbow rope halter. I mean, why stop with just one form of koolaid?
                          yup and while you're at it, rollkur that baby from BIRTH!
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                          • #33
                            If she can afford to buy two GVs, I think it's time you hit her up for a loan, since she obviously has $$$$ and to spare. LOL

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                            • #34
                              Really, you have to envy her naivete'. Horse ownership really can be so much more enjoyable with a good dose of it.

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                              • #35
                                Originally posted by jeano View Post
                                re; the foal shower gifts: Maybe we could make a rainbow colored carrot stick for training the wee one. And a rainbow rope halter. I mean, why stop with just one form of koolaid?
                                Mass market that and you've made yourself your first million. All you just need a catchy name!
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                                  #36
                                  Originally posted by Trakehner View Post
                                  Don't let her see the Alpaca website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money!!!), Chinchilla website (They're cute, you'll make a ton of money), Emu/Ostrich website (they're big, you'll make a ton of money), Mary Kay website (They're not cute, they need makeup, you'll make a ton of money), Pot-Bellied-Pigs website (they're still huge and you'll make a ton of money)....maybe she can also stuff envelopes at home for fun and profit.

                                  Jeeze, a gypo coloured cob, dime a dozen except when sold in the US for beau-coup bucks. Is she also getting a Freisian/Fresian/Friesian/that Dutch horse with the tiny heart and way too high an incidence of anhydrosis...lots of hair Fabio horse from Ladyhawke.

                                  Her poor husband/SO.
                                  God bless my BIL, her barn is full, so they are clearing more land, and building a run in for the new horses.

                                  Her new BFF, a farrier, has Andalusians, not just any Andalusians, COLORED ones. I think this is where she gets these hair brained ideas, and most of the crap that fills her barn.She of course, is a rescue.
                                  Sis has chinchillas, ( for the kids, of course ) and has been "dying for" an Alpaca.




                                  Originally posted by carolprudm View Post
                                  Did you ask her why the owner sold the mare in foal if the foal was likely to be so valuable?
                                  She never read that far down in my email, I did ask her about that.

                                  Originally posted by SmartAlex View Post
                                  Really, you have to envy her naivete'. Horse ownership really can be so much more enjoyable with a good dose of it.
                                  And she wonders why I never " take her" to big shows, and why she was not invited to come to the VA Hound Show with us.


                                  Thanks for all the great replies, the wit and wisdom on CoTH never fails to make me feel better.
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                                  • #37
                                    Aw, be nice. She's going to lose money, but they seem to be quite sweet overall. Lucky's sharing a pasture with one and while I'm glad I'm not the one grooming that hair, he seems like a nice pony. Also short. Not that I don't love Lucky but there are days when sometimes I'd like to think I'd eventually be able to mount from the ground (not gonna happen on a 16-and-change TB.)
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                                    • #38
                                      Originally posted by Ware Whip! View Post
                                      I think they are lovley to look at, but, they are what they are, cobs.

                                      Her hiding her head in the sand is the issue, it is her money to spend as she pleases
                                      I'm wondering exactly what you told your sister when she told you she'd bought 2 coloured cobs.

                                      And please don't mistake me for someone who thinks a Vanner is a breed.

                                      I well know it isn't.

                                      But you do need to know that you can get some fantastic coloured cobs. With great conformation and true to purpose and type and who do a great job as an all purpose riding and/or driving horse.

                                      They can also make a lot of money.

                                      Your sister might just think you're envious and that it's got nothing at all to do with you and she may just have a point.

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                                      • #39
                                        I saw what I thought was a "funny" GV ad the other day. I thought the whole point was "cute, hairy, colorful, SMALL." This ad was for a yearling filly (at the usual outrageous price), with the ad copy: "She will easily make 16 hands or more." And it was definitely advertised as a GV, not a "drum horse" which would reasonably be expected to be over 16 hands.

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                                        • #40
                                          T1 has a point. I hear that if you go to Europe the Big Thing is the QH, that's right, "Heza skippin' fool" is a Rare and Special (and Costly) item.

                                          I'd hit her up for money, she obviously has some, then you can hit some bars and toast relatives with no sense because they are everywhere. Mine are unrepentant backyard breeders - can you say unbroken eleven year old mares?
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