OFF TO THE BLACK FRIDAY HORSE AUCTION! 

I do too. They are mostly flippers buying versus meat buyers.

same!

@@freespiritequestrian that’s such a relief to hear! In that case they got a great deal on some very beautiful horses. I love them all.

There are a lot of kill buyers in that area. It’s crazy how horrid many of the Amish are to their horses at that auction! I went once as a teen with a friend, and there was a group sale. One horse had a dislocated hip and another laid down which meant they wouldn’t make it to the ring (thus would sell for much less) so the father had his about 10 year old son beating the downed horse to make him stand. My friend jumped in there and started whipping the boy! She was a wild girl! It’s been years since I went there because it was so heartbreaking for me. I hope it is better now. Maybe it isn’t as bad when it’s an auction just for horses. They have pretty regular livestock auctions, and it was one of those.

@@jenliz6248 this was a highlighted sale. Yes there are kill buyers but it’s mostly flippers. That’s what I’m saying.

Seriously I want to save them all!

@@freespiritequestrian Thank you for reply, you are my idol!

I felt the same about prices but I’ve been looking at puppies. Mini schnauzer prices as high as $6,000 a puppy. My first schnauzer cost me $300 and my last Great Dane was $2,000.

@@cheriebrantner5543 It’s ridiculous

Pretty crazy yes

@@cheriebrantner5543 The prices of puppies in UK have plummeted recently..Whippets were £3k , now you can het them for well under £1k {Kennel club registered} I'll take a look at mini Schnauzers.. £1,000 KC reg and vet checked seems to be the average price. Perhaps a little more from Champion lines, but still very cheap compared to crazy ''Covid'' era prices.

@@cherylmillard2067 I looked at Whippet rescue for years, just none come up at all..I know a trustee for the main Whippet rescue charity in UK, and mercifully there are rarely any that come up for adoption. The craziest was a good few years ago, when two Whippet show ladies {one in her Eighties} were murdered in their remote rural cottage, Norfolk {England} and they had about 16 Whippets to find homes for. The poor Whippets were deeply traumatised. The names of the individual Whippets weren't known. The murderer turned out to be a 33 yr old salesman who stabbed the ladies to death. {Whippets aren't great guard dogs, too trusting and peaceful} All the Whippets were eventually found homes.

Thank you!

Yes it’s so upsetting.

I know 🥺

I know. They have to be terrified and confused. The guy spurring and backing the appy!! Really necessary?

Thank you!!

You’re welcome! Thank you! 🐴💖

I know. Broke my heart 😢

I did too I meant Shea at a Auction when she bought the 👑 PC 💖 thanks for your post

Amazing! I’m so glad you’ve come along on this journey with me.

Thank you 😊

Because euthanizing and disposing of a horse costs money whereas they could sell it to someone else for a couple hundred bucks and come out ahead (in their mind)

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Wow that’s so awful :(.

Thanks for that!

Yes they truly are. Are you talking about Mt. Hope?

Yes, everyone talks about how good all of the horses look at some of the auction I go to, and I want to show all types of auctions and variables. The first horses were “loose pen” horses the ones later were the catalog/riding horses. Appaloosas really are amazing! That one was so pretty. For some reason I just couldn’t seem to bid on him…idk what it was because he was lovely!

Thanks!

Yes because the first horses going through were loose horses.

It’s hard not to buy more!

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Lol

Yes it would!

Awesome!

Thank you!

So pretty right?!

Yes, me, too! He was only 6 yrs. old and a gelding. Shae was looking for a pony for her younger riding-school students, so that was probably the big factor.

He was pretty.

I just wasn’t feeling it. Apparently he was just gelded too so who knows what he could have been like at home with other horses etc.

Awesome 🤩

So pretty right?!

@@freespiritequestrian I wish I'd known about you being there I totally would have gone to meet you as it's only an hour away from me

My goodness I’m so sorry that is horrible. Feel free to reach out!

Wow that’s so exciting! Awesome. I’m glad I can help a little. ❤️

@@freespiritequestrian Not even a little! A whole bunch! I had to go to the auction alone so the tips really helped, especially since it was only my second-third time!

I have either been to them before and know their schedule or I see them on Facebook :).

Thank you so much 😊. Yes it’s so difficult sometimes! I just want to get rich so I can help MORE horses. They deserve so much better.

I almost couldn't watch the beginning bids, being so low, I know what this means for these poor animals, those s. houses south of the border. All those men, the kill buyers, were ringed around in a tight circle trying to buy up all these cast-offs. Can't sleep tonight. Thanks for your compassion. Maybe some of them were bought by people who want to help them.

@@virtualselfie6899 We can hope

​@@beverlycass1840 Hope works. Many of them are given away for free on CL and then who knows. I used to watch the welfare horse channels, Tawny runs a great one in TN but I had to stop. So many of them can't be saved. The vets go way beyond the call of duty to restore them to health. When the writing is on the wall, Tawny gives them that one last act of kindness, a feed bucket on their nose after leading them to a soft field under a sweet tree. Then she or the vet administers the shot so they can cross the rainbow bridge in bliss. Forgive my tangent! It's just really hard to watch some of what goes on at the auctions. When I was a kid, dad took us to the "good" auctions, where good horses in good health, were adopted. If people don't have the know-how or means to take care of such a beautiful animal, they should not be allowed to adopt them ~~ like a driver's license, there should be credentials in order to own magnificent equines. I hope Shae "gets rich," so she can buy as many as possible. She'll need more aces for pasture and paddocks. When she was giving TLC to Baheera, the 27 year old resting in the shade on the side of the barn, I lost it. Shae said that she will always keep Bagheera; when the time comes, she wants Bagheera to have a nice, soft spot to fall down. This compassion makes up for all the nefarious horse-trading going on behind the scenes. Those poor horses are pumping out the stress hormones. Take care and let's keep watching Shae pull a kangaroo out of a hat. Her spirit is indomitable.

@@virtualselfie6899 Prayers too.

I agree!

I’m definitely going to adopt a wild mustang one day. ❤️

I don’t love them either but I’m there to try and buy horses along with educate. But I will add NOT ALL auctions abuse horses or are bad. Please educate yourself. Some auctions are well run with nice, high end horses and strict policies. Do I love the process horses go through? No, but don’t assume every auction horse is abused and neglected.

I completely agree about the auction ring! Honestly, it’s plain stupid. So sad :/

Sad but not surprising. People do they same with their dogs & cats. Discard them like old shoes and buy new shiny ones.

I don’t get it either!

Congrats!!! He’s so beautiful.

I have trusted individuals who handle the farm when I’m gone 🐴❤️.

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Right! So gorgeous. I just want to be rich so I can buy more and help them.

Yay!

Lol! I do love our tooled western saddles.

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Completely agree.

I truly have no idea and wonder the exact same thing!

Yes!!!! Manifest! Thank you 😊

@@freespiritequestrian Mhm!! Thank you for replying!!❤

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