“Big and leggy this little filly is already an eye catching althletic mover. Her unique color and blue grey eyes will make her a show stopper catch. She has smooth fluid movements and will be a pleasure to ride. Great foundation breeding. If she doesnt sell I will kep her for a performance prospect. Last pic is her dam. Will take $2000 for the package. check out her pedigree http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/se+sassattitude“
My letter to the Craigslist seller:
Why is this filly being ridden! She is far too young to have ANYONE even sitting on her! You’re likely damaging her developing musculoskeletal structure which will cause permanent changes and damages that will affect her the rest of her life. Not to mention you’re endangering your child. But fear not, what you’re doing is undoubtedly considered acceptable by your Craigslist posting brethren. Idiocy like this creates fodder for the auctions and slaughterhouses. Congratulations on contributing to the longevity of an industry that causes the pain and suffering of horses.
Sincerely,
DE
Considering the ad, I thought I was incredibly nice.
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That’s sad. She is a cute filly, just owned by stupid.
Oh, and is it just me, or is that last photo in the ad photochopped? Something seems way off there…
Na, seems totally legit to me.
Ya, I thought so.. lol…
I was running on no sleep and no coffee when I looked at it the first time, so I wasn’t sure if I actually saw what I saw.
Stupid people…
*falls over laughing*
The nicest thing I can say is….at least the fence isn’t barb wire?
And look she’s already trained for bitless riding, she has the neck loop on! Like that would stop the filly from anything!
Unique color? Looks like a plain old chestnut to me. And those blue-gray eyes won’t stay that color.
Putting the child on the foal isn’t safe as it is, but the foal is also in no way restrained–what happens to that helmetless kid when the foal gets bored or scared and decides to trot away, leap straight up in the air, or do any other silly baby horse thing? Even if she’s a good rider, she won’t be able to control that baby with a lead rope around the neck like that, and the chances of dad being able to get ahold of the foal in time to stop it…? Not likely. Best case scenario, she ends up with some bruises and a fear of horses like my brother got from this same situation (at least it was an adult horse in his case!)…worse case scenario…dead or paralyzed kid.
Well, I’d say that’s when Darwin steps in..
The idiot even has a video of the filly being ridden posted on Youtube. Where is Darwinism when we need it, sigh…
While I agree the whole situation is stupid, the argument of musculoskeletal damage form a child sitting on her withers is far fetched. A foal, at this age, takes much more abuse physically from other horses and foals roughhousing than a what, 40 or 50 lb child sitting on it…ever watched how hard these babies play and jump on each other? I would not condone it for long periods of time, over great distances and from a safety standpoint of the child this is a poor choice for sure.
While you do make valid points, I think the fact that there is a picture of the filly being ridden means that this is only one of the times this has happened. How do we know that the child just got on her for a second? How do we know this is the first time this has happened?
I think the fact that this filly is so calm right now says that this has been happening for a while.
Also, Foals are designed to be able to play with each other roughly resulting in minimal injury. They are definitely not designed to carry weight. Even if it is a 40 or 50 pound child.
You do realize that to a BYB CL poster “musculoskeletal” is probably some kind of alien…
Just sayin’
ha ha quite possibly lol
Hopefully the plethora of words longer then their face made them take a step back.
Probably not.
But once can only hope.
*One.
The comment was posting as I saw this FFS!
*headdesk*
A young horse no matter what should not have weight of a human on its back at least until it is at least 2 or 3… If you want start the foal out and “sack this horse out take a saddle banket,trash bag or a pony saddle….the horse i helped rasie from a foal was being sacked out and desenseatized from saddles and halters and pads on his second day of life….he was being lead and getting a pony saddle put on him with the girth chinched up lightly….but he had no more weight then a 8 or 9 pound pony saddle…..and we only put this saddle on him for maybe 5 or less mins at a time….so when it came time to saddle break him it really took less then expected becausewe thought ahead… but putting a child on a foal that first of all has no control from dad, with no helment and next to hot wire that the child if the foal spooked the child could be hung or injured quite easily……
I love the lush quality of their grass….
Wow. Just wow. And she is a cutie too.