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So I am looking to sell my horse that I trained this summer but was wondering a couple things
1. What should I price him at?
2. Is my ad good? Any changes?
3. What pics. should I put in his ad? More/ Different ideas?

Stunning 2 year old bay overo paint gelding. Currently stands 15hh but should mature to 16hh. He is extremely gentle and calm. He has had extensive desensitizing and ground work done on him. He is ULTRA bombproof and doesn’t spook at anything. Traffic safe, dog safe, and farm equipment safe. Dakota even knows a few tricks! You can stand on his back, slide off his butt, flip off him, crawl under him, pull his tail, he gives kisses and hugs, and shakes your hand. Dakota is as friendly as they come and simply wants to please. He picks up on things very quickly; as a result, I can see him excelling in either western, english, or both. He has already proven himself to be a great trail horse. Dakota stands excellent for the vet, farrier, worming, clipping, bathing, and ties. He is UTD on all farrier/vet work and worming. He is sound and has never been lame. He will be sold with a current neg. coggins. He is an amazing horse with a skill level and calmness that exceeds his age. He will only be sold to a loving home that is a good fit. He is ready for a beginner on the trails or a intermediate rider to take him to the next level. We are asking $________ but will consider any reasonable offer to the perfect home.

Here are his pics I have so far some are rather old but you can go through all 6 pics in the album.

http://s930.photobucket.com/albums/ad149/cowgirl9194/Dakotas%20Pics/?action=view&current=P6120768.jpg

I live in Minnesota. Feel free to also leave comments about him.

This is a nice colt and I dont know if you are riding him or not yet but all trainers in western start horses at 2 so you will not hurt him if you are just lightly riding him. He is a very well built horse and if he is that smart and has that good of a temperament he is worth more than other 2 year olds. I would say $3,500. He is a nice colt why are you selling him? I know the horse market sucks right now but if you advertise him well and wait for the right person you should be able to get what you asking. I am here in Texas and I sale horses for over 10,000 and up to 100,000 regularly they are finished rodeo horses that are world quality but there is a market for NICE horses. And for every one yes under fed thin sick unbroke horses with minimal training that if you buy them you are likely to get hurt sale for under 500. But GOOD NICE well BROKE horses are still bringing fair prices.

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hi, i have been riding since i was ten year old, im now 17. ive ridden western and am now working on my english and jumping. i love to trail ride and ive been working with horses for a long time, not just ridding.i’ve leased and owned before. i am now thinking about adopting a young filly and training her myself.i know people buy young horses and train them their own way to suit themselves. i just want a good reliable trail horse, nothing fancy at all. want i want to know is, do i need to do all the fancy training with surgicles and trainging equipment? i want to lounge lead line and that. this would jsut be a low key horse no showing or anything fancy. has anyone done this before and have any good tips for me? also i know people will be concerned with the cost of a horse but i have been there before and have a reliable job. this is the filly im looking at :

http://www.luckyhorse.org/

I’ve done and am currently doing this. I’ve worked with many adult horses and my uncle gave me a colt last year. I’ve been working with him almost every day since then, though I’ve slacked off in the last few months, because it’s gotten to the point where he’s not physically ready to advance. I’m also working with his new brother who is about 2 months old. I’ve been working with him from day one as well.

That’s just to give a little background so you’ll know I’m not just giving advice without personal experience. First off, it’s hard work. It’s blazing hot right now, but I still have to get out twice a day and feed them and I work with them once a day. I know it sounds excessive, but if you can’t work with them at least five days a week, then you shouldn’t do it. It takes about five days for them to retain what you are teaching them long term. From personal experience, I’ll tell you that if you just let them sit for a while, then their skills begin to deteriorate. That’s not to get you down though, with babies especially, you have to keep the work light at first, because they have short attention spans and they will quite on you after 15-20 minutes. You don’t want a horse to give up on you. You have to quite them before they quite you or they’ll figure all they have to do in the future is quite and you’ll stop training them.

Another big thing is that you have to have the right mind set. Almost everyone has what I call cuteness syndrome. It’s when you have something, whether it’s a child/puppy/foal/whatever, and you think because it’s young and cute that it’s okay to let it get away with this or that. The fact is that it’s not. If you let a child throw tantrums then you can’t expect him to think the world is any different when he’s bigger. If you let a puppy chew on your hand or bark all the time, then they’ll continue the behavior to a higher degree when they are bigger. If you let a young horse get away with bad habits, then you’ll end up with a 1000+ lb animal that does the same thing. You have to treat even a one day old horse like it’s full grown.

There are qualifications to that, however. They don’t have the attention span or endurance of a larger horse and you shouldn’t expect them too. Neither would I correct them as sharply as I would an adult horse most of the time. What I mean by that is that I don’t tolerate nipping in a foal any more than I would in a grown horse and I’ll correct it in an appropriate way to the horses size and the nature of the incident. The two month old foal already leads very well. We have incidents every now and then, but every time I lead him I expect that he’ll lead like a 20 year old show horse. I expect him to walk at my shoulder, speed up when I turn to the inside, slow down when I turn to the outside, back when I back, walk when I walk, trot when I trot, stop when I stop and lead from both sides. Of course he doesn’t know this when I first start, so I give him a lot of leeway.

As you can see, this is just one aspect of training one and there are many. If you are interested you can email me and I can tell you more. The way I learned this is through watching a lot of media and being obsessive over it. I also have my uncle to advice me and watch if I have an issue, and I can also talk to two other trainers I know. It’s important to have someone you can discuss ideas with. They may know a better way to do something that is easier and gets better results. I know a lot of little tricks like that. On my own I’ve found many benefits and uses for a ordinary cheap soccer ball.

Horses are also a big money drain. I have two now. A riding horse and my colt. It’s almost $200 dollars for vet bills each year, $25 for trims and $90 when I’m shoeing mine in the riding season. Then there are wormers, hay, repairs to tack and blankets, and the baby is on a better food that costs $13.50 a bag and each bag lasts almost two weeks. It adds up fast and that’s not including the initial purchase of tack, grooming supplies, and possibly board in your case. There is too much to add, but this should give you an idea. Good luck and I hope you achieve your goals at some point.

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