When I first saw the title of this thread I immediately thought of a former trainer of mine that would never, ever buy a horse that was trained for the discipline for which it was intended. She bought barrel horses and tried to make them hunters, Arabs that had been shown English Pleasure and tried to make them jumpers, etc etc - I mean, think of a horse trained in some wildly different discipline and then try to make it something it isnât. And she - and her poor clients - wondered why nothing ever worked outâŠhmmm, who would think, right? Or the woman I boarded with that wanted this: four year old 17.3 warmblood, jumping four feet or better. For $700. Never mind that on her best day and on the nicest most willing horse in the barn she couldnât get over two feet without having to be coaxed and then having a melt down that was what she was. going. to. get. Of course she was practically laughed out of existence by every seller, but she still she persisted. Finally, trainer (see above) persuaded her to buy an older dressage horse that hated jumping for about $2k. She was last seen trying to beat this poor animal into being a hunter and jumping. Poor horse.
But the problems mentioned here - I want X, you try to sell me Y are everywhere. I had to buy a car, and I told the salesman what I wanted (small used SUV) and he kept showing me small used sedans. I say âI want ABC.â He says âOh look at this Elantra or CIvic or Prius.â DudeâŠno. The one that made me laugh was my neighbor wanted some small desk thing for her house. She posted on Facebook sales and got back some woman trying to sell her some baking pans. wâŠtâŠfâŠlol.
And oh gawd yesâŠthe snarky responses when you turn down their PERFECTLY reasonable suggestionsâŠ:lol::lol::lol:
