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FEELING FREEDOM - A GUIDE TO BUYING YOUR FIRST HORSE
Buying a horse? Grab this Guide to Purchasing Your First Horse. It answers ALL the questions first-time horse buyers have.
Buying a horse is a big decison, so make an informed choice. Help never hurts. This provides information beyond just horse purchasing, its about budgeting for a horse and caring for a horse, and so much more. This is a great guide to start with for first time horse owners as well as those interested in purchasing a horse. If you don't have much of a background with horses and are new to them, this will help you understand them better. If you haven't been around horses for so long you may need a refresher, this book could help.
Here are some hints about what advertisements about horses might really mean:
Ad Says / Ad Means
FRIENDLY - comes up to you in the pasture but you may not be able to catch him/her.
SEASONED - tired.
BOMBPROOF - ready for retirement
GENTLE - this really doesn't mean anything.
GOOD WITH KIDS - doesn't like adults much; prehaps has a sore back.
MAN'S HORSE - you'll have to be a weight lifter to stop this one.
NEEDS EXPERIENCED RIDER - bucks, spooks, runs away or rears.
PROSPECT - the horse may be able to perform as required in a few years.
BROKE - green-broke
GREEN-BROKE - not broke
READY TO START - halter trained.
LOVES TRAILS - hates arenas
SUCCESSFULLY SHOWN - nobody was killed at the one schooling show it was taken to.
- taken from Horse USA
Buying a horse? Grab this Guide to Purchasing Your First Horse. It answers ALL the questions first-time horse buyers have.
Buying a horse is a big decison, so make an informed choice. Help never hurts. This provides information beyond just horse purchasing, its about budgeting for a horse and caring for a horse, and so much more. This is a great guide to start with for first time horse owners as well as those interested in purchasing a horse. If you don't have much of a background with horses and are new to them, this will help you understand them better. If you haven't been around horses for so long you may need a refresher, this book could help.
Here are some hints about what advertisements about horses might really mean:
Ad Says / Ad Means
FRIENDLY - comes up to you in the pasture but you may not be able to catch him/her.
SEASONED - tired.
BOMBPROOF - ready for retirement
GENTLE - this really doesn't mean anything.
GOOD WITH KIDS - doesn't like adults much; prehaps has a sore back.
MAN'S HORSE - you'll have to be a weight lifter to stop this one.
NEEDS EXPERIENCED RIDER - bucks, spooks, runs away or rears.
PROSPECT - the horse may be able to perform as required in a few years.
BROKE - green-broke
GREEN-BROKE - not broke
READY TO START - halter trained.
LOVES TRAILS - hates arenas
SUCCESSFULLY SHOWN - nobody was killed at the one schooling show it was taken to.
- taken from Horse USA
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