15/05/2023
🔱🔱 HOW MUCH DOES A FOAL COST❓️🔱🔱
Let me say some words to you, yes to you, the person who whatsapp just to ask for the price. The person who calls, hears the price and says "oh I can buy that cheaper somewhere else". I'm talking to you too: the person who doesn't care about papers because I'm looking for "just a leisure horse" and "I don't care about documents".
NO FOAL is "just a leisure horse".
Behind every purebred foal is a BREEDER. I use capital letters to differentiate a breeder from a backyard breeder or a pet factory because there is no better word. A reliable breeder does not breed foals without papers that protect the integrity of the breed.
Registration papers are ancestral records that document the bloodline and allow you to investigate possible health issues in your lineage
If you tell a breeder you don’t care about the papers, just tell him you don’t about the health of the foal, you just want the cheapest you can find!
When you decide to buy a foal from a reputable and quality breeder, this breeder is responsible for the health of each foal.
This breeder will skip vacations and weekends, miss sleep and spend most of his personal time devoted to his horses and their welfare. The truly passionate breeder who loves what he breeds, puts all his time into it.
Not just for foals that are sold but for every customer who has a piece of their heart and now joined their extended family!
Breeders worry about their babies after they move and take them back without question.
A breeder will get their hands dirty, often covered in everything that comes with birth. Cos thats what life is all about... Between birth and life there is also death... this is part of it. It rips the breeder's heart out. But it's the wheel of life that keeps turning.
A breeder conducts ultrasound, analysis, vet emergency, vaccinations, registrations, research pedigree, deworming, farrier appointments and provides the base start for the future of foal in foal ABC, loading training, cleaning, spraying, leading, accustoming to environmental influences...
Last but not least, a breeder CHOOSES the family that is lucky enough to have one of their foals. Yes, you read that right.
A real breeder decides WHO he sells to. And that never goes "over the price".
There really is no compensation that can beat a breeder's investment.
A good breeder has different criteria for the one who wants to continue his bloodline or buy a foal from his offspring, why? Because breeding isn't a responsibility to take lightly, it's a lifestyle choice reserved ONLY for the few dedicated people who are willing to, because a foal is never "just a pet" or a "vacation horse".
The foal is the breeder's legacy, a little boy's best friend, a little girl's caretaker, a therapy for the elderly, a family member, someone's whole world - until the day it moves out and then for the new owner!
Written in part by: Sr. Eduardo Loredo Müller
English translated by: Angel Sophia Nogga
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Worth sharing an article written with so much truth and heart. Responsible breeding and owning several horses is a lifestyle and commitment many fail to understand:
7 days a week, 365 days a year.
What’s a holiday?
Then there’s foals that you’ve done all you can for and they just don’t make it, or you lose the mare. Not for the faint of heart.
