@Rockwall, I dealt with a lot of that and my whole experience of owning a horse kind of turned me off from the horse world. Had a trainer scam me out of $1,000 because she was supposed to be training my horse, but wasn't. If I ever get back into horseback riding it will be western to avoid the people I dealt with while riding english.
The probability might be small. But dealing with enough animals in a year, I've seen enough. I had 20+ colic episodes in a single summer. Two horses went in surgery and only one came out.
Yes you can become paranoid - but also seeing it in person brings it to a whole other level.
The saddle fitter did the same thing when she tried to sell me a jumping saddle that was too small for me, but fit my horse. "You aren't going to find a saddle that fits you in your price range and all that matters is the horse. Don't you care about him?"
@Rapcoon, proper fitting saddles are important, but you don't have to buy a $3,500 custom one. My trainer and the saddle fitter made it sound like if I truly cared about my horse I would spend that much money.
I mean, I owned a horse for less than a year and used up ALL my savings. Granted, I probably provided him extra things he didn't need, but was told he did such as a custom fitted saddle, chiropractor, and fancy tack.
boulder the only way we can afford 2 horses + 7 ponies and a menagerie of other creatures is that my mother trims their feet herself(and has done corrective trimming for 3 of them) and uses some natural remedies for minor issues.
luna yeah, not only are we moving to a ranch with a hay field, but we're also taking over a friend's business so he can retire. He grows organic forage and usually yields 600-ish bales a year. And he sells 'em for $15 a bale.
I'd love to have my own horse in RL but not in this economy. I'm able to afford the basics and the medication that my husband needs to live and not much else
If you have Dapple Blend Grain, you can feed it to your horse and their coat will dapple.
The effect will wear off after a few days. One pound of grain will be fed at a time.
If you feed Senior Blend to your senior horse they will have a 10% decreased chance in dying
when the weekly script runs on Monday morning. The effect lasts for one weekly cycle.
You have no available Level 1 riders.
You can hire a rider. They will be automatically assigned to your horse. Be sure to visit the Rider's Lounge and pay them.
Set Breeding Requirements for your horse. Enter the minimum rating allowable for breeding. When breeding, Any combo of the entered values and higher will be accepted. Leave blank to set to None.
Edit your horse's remarks. Keep all content PG-13.
Choose a Background for your horse.
Withdraw your horse from it's team. You will lose all team points for this horse. Please discuss this action with the team manager first.
Your horse may show 3 times per week. Shows run daily. Your horse and rider will gain valuable experience from showing. Select a discipline to show in, or scratch from tonight's show.
Your horse has shown 0 times this week.
A rider must be assigned to your horse before you can enter shows!
If you would like to put your horse on the market for breeding, click below. Note that when your horse is up for breeding, anyone may breed to them. Also note that you don't need to enter a price when marking a stallion available for straws.
If you want this horse to have a special price for club members, feel free to add it, otherwise
leave those two fields blank.
This horse has been Bred this Year and can breed again next Game Year.
This will mark a Mare's Brood as Reserved.
It is cosmetic only and will not prevent this Mare from being bred.
This Reservation will be identified in the Breeding Center.
Choose a file to upload as your horse image. Pictures should be no larger than max 500 width and 500 height. Only file types of jpg, gif, or png will be accepted, however file size cannot be greater than 100K, So most likely you will need to save
the file as jpg. IMPORTANT ! Images stolen off the internet are not ok to use.
Please follow the crediting rules located here: Link If you are having trouble getting your images uploaded, here is a forum topic to help: Link
Upload A Horse Image
Enter a new name for your horse.
Choose the discipline to train your horse in. Your horse will train slower if trained in all sports at once, than if trained in one specialty at a time.
Enter the sale price for your horse. Please be aware that if you put a horse up for public
sale, anyone may purchase it.
If you no longer wish to own this horse, you may set them free to fend for themselves. The Karma Fairy will pay you 1000 for your adult horse, up to 100 horses per month. 100 to go! The Karma Fairy will pay you 200 Credits for all of your adult horses. The Karma Fairy will pay you zero for your yearling. This action is not reversible so be sure before you click Submit !
Move your horse to another barn or pasture.
Join A Federation. Your horse will accrue Federation Points
and based on that may make the Federation Championships.
It costs 500 to enter a Federation and membership lasts
one game year.
Reroll your horse's image. Your horse's genes will stay the same, but their markings and patterns will be randomly regenerated.
Rerolls remaining: 175
Genetic Test this horse to view their coat genes. It costs 5000 ebs to genetically test this horse.
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