Welsh Mountian Pony

The Welsh Mountain Ponies are an interesting breed. They have become a very good mount for teenagers and how shall we say, light weight riders.

This breed is one of the most versatile of pony breeds, well because I think they are. They are very strong animals and an adult can ride them easily and train them quickly. The mature around 45-50 inches and have enough strength to pretty much tackle most tasks that can be ask of them.

They make great jumpers and can be used on trail and are very calm in parades and just a darn all around good horse.

And as with any good breed if the horse checks out in one discipline it will be tried in another, so was it with harness classes for this breed. As soon as it proved to be a good choice with the long flowing mane and tale hitched to flashy viceroys displaying joy and excitement of being a participant and loving the attention it took roots there as well.

I would venture to say that it soon swayed a few Hackney lovers to add a few in their barn.

So much so the Welsh can be handled by just about any amateur to do just about anything related to hitching. It seems as well that this breed responds to light discipline and will not require much effort to get them back on the straight and narrow if they tend to pick up a bad habit from their young apprentice.

A young welsh can easily be started working and training at around 18 months for most. But of course individual decisions will have to be made for each animal. I like to start with lots of longe-lining with a few x's after we get the feel for the arena.

Make sure if you are looking for a horse that you take a look at this wonderful breed and ask yourself if this might be one that could suit your needs. It is always wise to seek council when buying a horse from an experienced horse trainer and someone you trust. Not just some old fogey trying to put his thoughts down on paper.

Good Luck

Ron Petracek
Equine Internet

Buying and Selling Horse Trailers Online

Although with the addition of the internet, the market place has changed, the equipment pertaining to horses in general has not! You still need a trailer to get your animals where they need to go, and depending on whether you are replacing a trailer or getting rid of one you no longer need, you will find that you might need to buy or sell one as well. A horse trailer is a large piece of equipment, and even if at one point you were able to take out an ad in the local paper and get it sold, this is no longer necessarily the case. You will find that with a little bit of work, you can get your trailer issue taken care of easily.

When you are looking to sell a horse trailer online, there are many sites that will allow you to do so. There are some horse trailer sites that are specifically designed for the sale of horse or farm equipment, and some of them are even locally oriented so you don't have to worry about transport. The first thing you need to do, whenever you sell anything online, is to get a few good pictures of it. Make sure that it is clean and looking its best, and post pictures of it along with the ad. Ads with pictures get significantly more responses and it is important to maximize the amount of attention you get.

Make sure that all the specifications of your trailer are on the ad, including dimensions, brand, age and general wear. While some people might be interested enough to buy, they won't necessarily want to email you for more information when other people have in their information readily available, so don't let that customer slip through your fingers!

When you are looking to buy, you can go to specialty websites, which give you the benefit of getting them locally, or you can try larger sites like eBay. One of the interesting aspects of purchasing on classified sites is that you will often run into sellers who have inherited their equipment and don't have a good idea of what it is worth. You can pick up some real gems this way if you are willing to be patient and look thoroughly.


CAUTION: Many of the sites on the internet don't have fraud systems in place and if you are interested in a certain trailer make sure you can go see it. Or have a friend go see it! Don't by any means pay a deposit to hold a trailer you may never see it again, unless the source is a trusted seller with really good feedback or rating on that site.

When you are buying a horse trailer, remember that transport is something that you have to think of. Even if you are buying the trailer for a great price, you might be making it up in shipping fees, so make sure you think about how much you are looking to spend on shipping. If the place is close enough, you can always drive it home yourself, but if it's across the country, you will definitely want to look a bit closer to your base of operations.


Buying and selling horse trailers online is quite easy once you've got the hang of it, but remember that as with any purchase, once again you should go to look at the trailer, if possible, and that when you are selling to make sure that you have a good idea of who will be paying you!

And that the trailer is really there! If somone gives you a heartbleed story I am sorry 9 out of 10 times it is going to be a fraud and you are throwing your money away. Most trailers get turned in about 4-6 years so many deals can be had. Just keep your money ready and when you have checked it our fully ... buy it right!

Stop by our excellent horse forum community that will help you find just the right horse trailer for your needs and possibly save you a lot of heartaches.

Enjoy and happy trails

Ron
Equineinternet network

When Is The Time Right To Buy A Horse?

When Is the Time Right To Buy a Horse?

When Kari canters her horse, she can’t control where he goes and her horse runs right up the butt of other horses in the arena. Nora’s very quiet mare spooked while Nora tried mounting and got away from her, causing chaos among the other riders.

Barbara depends heavily on her instructor’s presence in order to ride. All three of these women were first-time horse buyers, and all three of them got quiet, experienced mounts; however, all of these women are still very weak riders and handlers. The frightening fact is that they don’t realize how weak they are or how much risk they are to other riders and horses.

So many books on buying the right first horse talk about the horse and how it should be right for you. But when it comes to discussions of the potential owner and how that owner should be right for a horse, those same books typically do not say much beyond having the time and money sufficient to own a horse.

A potentially new horse owner should be of sufficient riding experience level and have some functional knowledge about horses, illnesses, lameness, diseases and everyday care. Sufficient riding level should be someone who is balanced and strong enough to handle the horse both mounted and from the ground. They should have good feel for what is going on beneath them and beside them.

Before you buy a horse, you should:

• Have strong understanding of the horse’s basic nature and instincts.

• Clearly know and understand your limitations and where you need help.

• Have strong knowledge of safety in handling horses for your sake, your horse’s sake and the sake of other riders.

• Be able to handle the common spook that any horse might give on the ground or when mounted. (That certainly doesn’t mean you could ride bucking broncos with barely a care, but you should be able to handle a horse shying at a shadow or scooting at the sound of a dog bark.)

• Be a balanced rider who can ride all the gaits—walk, trot and canter—without hanging onto the saddle or the horse’s mouth. You should be able to ride these gaits while maintaining regular contact with the horse’s mouth.

• Know how to spot a sick or lame horse.

• Know basic first aid for horses.

• Know enough about conformation to recognize when your horse has a swelling in the wrong place.

• Know the basics of good nutrition and proper conditioning of horses through diet.

• Know how to condition your horse through exercise.

• Be capable of staying out of the way of other riders, especially those who are weaker riders.

• Be able to control your horse or know how to regain your control when all heck breaks lose in the arena.

• How do you gain this knowledge and experience? Read everything you can on training horses and keeping horses. Attend seminars on feeding and nutrition (often hosted by feed companies for free). Lease many different types of horses first before owning. Find a very capable horseman from which you might pick his brain for knowledge.

• Learn as much as you can BEFORE buying your first horse and you can be assured that the learning process after you buy will be far more enjoyable and safe for both you and your horse.

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Happy New Year..

Ron Petracek

www.Ginormous Horse Network

Horses For Sale Without DSL

Hey Everyone,

I am sitting here looking at some support tickets on my horse classified network and I was going over the last years inquiries.

If you have a moment how about answering these questions for me.

• How many still have dial up to connect to the internet to list your horses for sale?
• How many of you still have a 14 or 16 inch monitor
• How many have a second computer that you take with you.

I am a low bandwidth site for horses for sale for just this reason. I have counted multiple tickets saying that the graphics are slow to load and that it takes alot of time to list a horse to sell on some of the sites. If this is you and you want to sell a horse on the internet then please check out this site.

>>>> Equinefieds.com <<<<

We made it so that is was very low graphic enhanced and the horses for sale on this site had text links to the actual pictures if you are interested in them you can click on the link and then wait for the full information.

This should increase the down load speed tremendously.

If you are listing a horse for sale, a horse trailer or saddle or even tack you can upload through this site and it will automatically be dispersed through our horse classifieds to all the sites instantly.

You dont have to worry about your speed because our system will take care of it. We even have a photo resizer that will modify your photos on the fly. (no pun)

So just a quick rant to let you know what we have planned at equineinternet.com which is our hub site and going to be reconstructed to the horse video hub within the network.

Take a moment and stop by after the first of the year and you will be pleased at the systems speed and userability.

Peace to you and good will toward men this coming year.

Ron

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