selling a mate
http://www.stockyard.net/cgi-bin/classifieds/classifieds.cgi?session_key=&search_and_display_db_button=on&db_id=20097&query=retrieval
for some reason this makes me furious. you've had the horse since it was BORN for chrissakes. and now your kid has a more appropriate horse for it?
plus, he seems VERY overpriced - i guess that's to try & weed out unsuitable buyers. but still. if you're on a bloody farm, let the pony retire.
i guess this angsts me so much because it's exactly what i did as a kid. sold on ponies that REALLY should have just retired & lived out their days. i mean FUCK. we lived on a farm, it's not as if we were short of land. the horses were always fat and well fed & never had any real issues.
i HATE that i did that & sold on best mates who should have stuck around. i hate that my dad forced me into it (i mean really, how autonomous is a 12-13yo?). i have some bad memories from that time and because of them, i will NEVER EVER sell on a good mate that's been in the family for years. i try not to feel guilty about it because it wasn't MY fault. i was just a kid.
i will fucking do everything i can to find a nice retirement home if i can't keep it with me. i have had to do this for blitzen & it broke my heart, but i wasn't about to sell him to the fucking knackers (as my father suggested, can you believe it?) just because he outgrew his usefulness.
for some reason this makes me furious. you've had the horse since it was BORN for chrissakes. and now your kid has a more appropriate horse for it?
plus, he seems VERY overpriced - i guess that's to try & weed out unsuitable buyers. but still. if you're on a bloody farm, let the pony retire.
i guess this angsts me so much because it's exactly what i did as a kid. sold on ponies that REALLY should have just retired & lived out their days. i mean FUCK. we lived on a farm, it's not as if we were short of land. the horses were always fat and well fed & never had any real issues.
i HATE that i did that & sold on best mates who should have stuck around. i hate that my dad forced me into it (i mean really, how autonomous is a 12-13yo?). i have some bad memories from that time and because of them, i will NEVER EVER sell on a good mate that's been in the family for years. i try not to feel guilty about it because it wasn't MY fault. i was just a kid.
i will fucking do everything i can to find a nice retirement home if i can't keep it with me. i have had to do this for blitzen & it broke my heart, but i wasn't about to sell him to the fucking knackers (as my father suggested, can you believe it?) just because he outgrew his usefulness.