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<blockquote data-quote="dcara" data-source="post: 98037" data-attributes="member: 473"><p>So you have a horse you say YOU can't do anything with AND has seriously hurt one of your family members. But you like him because he is sweet. I can almost garuntee that you are going to spend alot more on this horse on either trainer bills, or medical bills, or vet bills, or broken equipment, or a combination of all of these. Alternately, you could put your family's safety first and spend that same money on a good horse that you and your family could enjoy AND which I'm sure would be just as sweet. I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but I was in a similar situation a few years back with a 7 year old geilding that I DID ride before I bought but showed other undesirable behaviours after I got him home. I was determined to make a "good" horse out him because I liked him. After about 18 months, a couple of trainers, endless hours working him, some cracked ribs, wife with broken finger, broken halters, etc., I realized that I had spent more on trainers and other problems related to that horse than I had paid for the horse. </p><p></p><p>We now have wonderful horses that any member of the family can enjoy only because we quite wasting our time and money on the not so wonderful ones. Also, they don't cost anymore to feed than the ones we got rid of. </p><p></p><p>There are plenty of people that specialize in dealing with the not so great horses. I recommend you sell your horse to one of those people and get one (or more) that you and your family can enjoy, safely.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dcara, post: 98037, member: 473"] So you have a horse you say YOU can't do anything with AND has seriously hurt one of your family members. But you like him because he is sweet. I can almost garuntee that you are going to spend alot more on this horse on either trainer bills, or medical bills, or vet bills, or broken equipment, or a combination of all of these. Alternately, you could put your family's safety first and spend that same money on a good horse that you and your family could enjoy AND which I'm sure would be just as sweet. I'm not trying to be a smart ass, but I was in a similar situation a few years back with a 7 year old geilding that I DID ride before I bought but showed other undesirable behaviours after I got him home. I was determined to make a "good" horse out him because I liked him. After about 18 months, a couple of trainers, endless hours working him, some cracked ribs, wife with broken finger, broken halters, etc., I realized that I had spent more on trainers and other problems related to that horse than I had paid for the horse. We now have wonderful horses that any member of the family can enjoy only because we quite wasting our time and money on the not so wonderful ones. Also, they don't cost anymore to feed than the ones we got rid of. There are plenty of people that specialize in dealing with the not so great horses. I recommend you sell your horse to one of those people and get one (or more) that you and your family can enjoy, safely. [/QUOTE]
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