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Let our guide help you find the right horse for your rider, how to care for your senior horse and showing tips from a parent's perspective.
Links to Businesses We Recommend
Links to Businesses We Recommend
Links to Businesses We Recommend
Every horse owner needs a sound horse community to help keep things on track. Below are businesses and services we recommend:
Training for horse and rider and Paint Horse Breeding
Mark Smith Training Center- Findlay Ohio
Vibration Plate Therapy
Supplements
World Show Equine Chiropractic
Grain
Every horse owner needs a sound horse community to help keep things on track. Below are businesses and services we recommend:
Training for horse and rider and Paint Horse Breeding
Mark Smith Training Center- Findlay Ohio
Vibration Plate Therapy
Supplements
World Show Equine Chiropractic
Grain
Stall Signage and Personalized Horse Accessories
Children's Horse Books
Links to Businesses We Recommend
Children's Horse Books
Our Standards Gold Watch is featured in a Children's Book Series titled: The Adventures of Standards P. Goldwatch.
The first in the series is: Stanley Paints a Fence. Illustrated children's book about being different. Great for kid's 3-8. Has been the #1 Best Selling New Release for Children's Horse Books. Check it out!
Checklist for buying a horse
A look inside our First Horse: A Guide to Buying and Showing Horses for Kids.
Sample (first 5 points) of what is included in the First Horse Guide when looking to buy a horse for sale:
Checklist Before You Buy A Horse
1. Registration papers if buying a registered horse. Look at the pedigree and see if it matches what the seller stated in the advertisement of the horse. If not registered, ask for any previous owners you might talk to about its pedigree. You only need a registered horse if you are planning on showing in the breed shows. Open shows and 4H do not require any breed registration papers.
2. Veterinarian records. Ask the seller for any records from veterinarians about the horse. Ask for X rays if they exist. You want to know as much about the horse’s health history as possible and see if it matches the sellers’ statements in the advertisement. Ask for updated vaccinations and Coggins Test.
3. Ask for a Pre-Purchase Exam by a qualified veterinarian of your choice. Be prepared for a decent sized bill. PPE’s can run anywhere from $300 to $3,000 depending on to what extent you want to examine the horse. X rays, MRI’s, blood work, lameness testing, are all tools used to evaluate the horse you are buying. Plan because veterinarians are busy and may be a couple weeks out on an available appointment. Don’t expect a completely clean PPE on any horse. A horse may have issues that are manageable and not necessarily a reason to pass it over.
4. Ask about any bad habits the horse may have such as cribbing, biting, won’t load in a trailer, won’t go into a wash rack, how they get along with others, ring sour, buddy sour, stand for farrier, stand for vet, bucking, and anything else you may have questions about. Will the horse stand calmly in cross ties or is it usually tied with a single lead? Will the horse stand to be clipped?
5. Ask for videos of the horse being ridden and shown. Try to get as many as you can. Serious sellers should have several. Ask for at the walk, trot, lope, both directions and if horsemanship is the plan, then horsemanship pattern videos.
Announce coming events
We are rolling out a page to advertise pleasure horses for sale. If you have a beginner horse for sale and are interested, please contact us for information.
Promote current deals
Stanley Paint's a Fence is now available in paperback, and Kindle ebook on Amazon