How can anyone in the PNW still not know about CBER and its at least 10th successor in line “Rebels Equine” purported feedlot horse sales? The proprietor is once again all over the Craigslist in Washington and Oregon. The brazen return even to Craigslist astonishes. From the earlies “Fugly” outing days to the well documented IRS investigation and eventual shutdown of the faux 501©(3) of CBER her reputation certainly precedes her. Just would suggest people cruising Craigslist for a rescue prospect and finding one of her many ads, please take a few minutes to research this “business” and its history as a faux rescue before handing over any money. See also a Chronicle Forum post from two years ago this month for further details.
any questions just Google search “CBER rescue site:www.chronofhorse.com”
there is 258 results of threads on CoTH about this
Well… points for determination, I suppose??🙄 Guess this person has no idea how to “do” anything else.🤔
Saw her latest ads in the local CL back asking way too much money for “bail” for “oh my god the truck is coming!” ponies.
She’s like a bad rash!
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If you really want to educate yourself, enter “cber” here on COTH for a ton of historical info. These people almost wrote the book on rescue fraud. I bet the local IRS agency would be interested to hear
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She never really went away. She just re-calibrated and re-branded. She has been operating as Rebel’s Feedlot Rescue for several years now.
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Since 2013 if my google search represents all mentions.
I think at this point what the operator has said in one of the articles I googled up is true, that it is cheaper to buy a horse yourself at auction in this case. But, then you need a method of transport, a place to keep the horse, sufficient income to care for the horse etc., where she is offering to let people feel good about themselves by paying their dribble to bail a horse without being responsible for it and counting on the higher but still low price to keep her out of court. And even if she lost in small claims it’s only X.
A sucker is born every minute, I mean if you want to pay more for an object you are welcome too, it’s just horrible that what they used to call dumb animals are suffering as well.
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When CBER was in full operation I got taken by purchasing, for far over market rate, an emaciated, untrained, strangles infected QH filly. Sam claimed she was 15 hands and was actually about 13.3. What would have brought $100 at auction, I ended up paying $600 for.
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@16 Hands I didn’t say what she was doing was ethical, but used car salesmen are the successors to the horse trader and everybody has had experience with those. I’m sorry you got taken and hope the filly was salvageable or at least a pleasant, friendly pasture pet.
May I ask why you purchased from her? Were you able to go to her holding facility and look at the horse? Did she offer a photo of a similar horse without saying so? A similar horse in better condition? Did she take your money up front and tell you that “your horse died but I have these”? Did she prey on your nature with the horse is going on the truck story?
http://theethicsofequinerescue.blogspot.com/2013/04/brazen-washington-state-feedlot-program.html. Comprehensive and damning. The problem is to get that info out to those who might choose an auction horse.
The COTH thread from 2017 http://www.chronofhorse.com/forum/forum/discussion-forums/off-course/9885845-rebels-equine-feedlot-sale with many good suggestions for the purchase of say, camp horses sold off in the fall, generally broke to ride and not on deaths doorstep.
That’s the hardest part is getting to the potential buyer and giving them the info they need to make an educated decision. So apart from making up fliers and posting them at every feed store and vet office in the nation getting hits on the internet is the best option.
I have two links here, if they are redacted then they show up on a google search for rebel feedlot Washington.
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ReSomething - Yes the filly was definitely salvageable. Once I got her on a good nutrition program and over the strangles, she blossomed as a beautiful young mare. Her diseased looking coat shedded out and darkened into an almost liver chestnut. She was exceptionally bred from cutting stock and had a lot of cow. I broke her out and trail rode her for a little while then ended up selling her as a kid’s horse. I bought from her because I got sucked in somehow and felt so badly for the poor little waif. No, the picture that was posted was the same horse, a lot smaller than what she purported but it was the same. This little mare came from a local breeder who died and whose heirs didn’t want to deal with the horses and sold almost all of them except for this filly and her half sister which they sent to the feedlot. The half sister went to slaughter and this one was slated to go as well until I stepped in and paid the ridiculous price and had to provide references from farrier and friends.
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Thanks for getting her out of that situation! Sounds like she turned out well. 🙂
She definitely did. She sure was a pretty little mover, with a nice daisy cutter stride. She would have made a good children’s hunter but she liked chasing cows. I took her to a cow clinic where we had to pull one out of the herd and keep it against the wall and prevent it from returning to the herd. Within about 10 minutes, she knew what she needed to do and was watching that cow; stopping and turning on her own that I barely had to touch the reins. It was in her blood.
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I can’t believe CBER is back. When Sam and company were finally gone, it was like the end of an era.
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Back as Rebel’s Equine Sales or some such. Still charging way over market price for old and unsound horses.
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