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I bought my mare after having leased her for 3½ years and after seeing a lot of people talking about PPE and asking advice on if the horse they are looking at is worth buying I'm wondering how you do it.
Like, I don't know if I would be able to make such a big decision with only getting to know the horse one time. I mean, I get that you don't have more, but I feel just so blessed to have known exactly what I was getting into.
So how do you decide the horse you're looking at to buy is the right one for you?
Lol I didn't even meet my horse. I made a facebook post and someone in another country responded with a 7 month old and I was like "oh yes, that is the one I want." Bought him sight unseen, no PPE, he arrived and was everything I could have ever hoped for. I love the crap out of that little guy.
A lot of people responded to my post. Most of them were an immediate "no". But with him, I just knew. I don't know how.
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I agree with you. Many people on this sub are so incredibly out of touch for the reality of most horse owners in the US. Someone on here was arguing with me once about how only board certified equine dental vets should be touching a horse's teeth. FYI, there are 25 of these specialists in the US and none of them are anywhere near me. And no, the regular vets don't want to touch teeth, and wouldn't have as much practice as some of these laymen. The alternative would be not having my horse's teeth done, which is not a great alternative lol. Thus, I use a layman.
And for a PPE, who in the world is able to get the vet out that quickly? If you call my vet you might get A CALL BACK in a week, unless it's an emergency, and even then you might be better off hauling to the vet college. For all of the western portion of my state there are 4 traveling vets and their areas of operation have very little overlap.
I just gotta laugh at it. Different lives, different experiences.