Thursday, January 5, 2017

Officially for Sale

I've quite literally drug my feet over listing B on the "official" sites for like, 2 months....whoops.

Mostly I have just advertised him on my personal FB, instagram and this blog. Not exactly the best way to get a horse sold that you desperately need to, but I was also dead inside from the decision and not being the best about it in general.

Now that I have a set date for moving houses and grad school loans looming and my car needs replaced and insurance premiums rose like 200% and medical bills to pay....I am freaking out and realized I needed to get over myself and list the damn horse *cries inwardly and outwardly*

So I did it. Today.

In hindsight I should have removed the wraps, but we were getting ready to ride

It was every bit as awful as I imagined and I teared up picking the photos (there are too many good ones to choose by the way) but my loyal equine friends banded together and shared the shit out of my post on FB and ad from equine.com and its generated tons of interest already, which is super overwhelming TBH.

When I first casually listed him, I had him listed for much more than I am asking now and got a lot of responses just off instagram from followers who have known him for years, which would have been great if they weren't thinking I was listing him as a flip project for $1000.

No. GTFO.

KIND OF A BADASS OK

I've already done the HARDEST part of retraining this beast, you will have it easy from here on out, TRUST ME. He is 8, not 3 and he's kind of BAMF, so BYE.

So that was annoying and put me off really pushing him for sale. Then, I got some super PA and bitchy DMs re my decision to sell and it was truly the cherry on the cake of my emotional stability over all of this. Fun times. Additionally, I was sick as a dog and he barely got worked. All I could think of was someone coming to try him and him not even being able to canter properly due to being out of shape, so I put it off for that reason too. ALL THE EXCUSES!

But I listed him. It is done.

I can already tell this is going to be exhausting, as I vaguely remember the physical pain I was in reading some responses and dealing with people the last time I sold a horse. LORT give me strength.

This is hard and I hate it.

Anyways, he's now officially officially for actual sale and I decided on a price and you should tell your friends.

Peace and blessin's.

11 comments:

  1. Seems like a steal at that price. Best of luck. Hugs

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  2. Good luck. I really hope he finds a good home quickly and you don't have to deal with TOO much crazy. He's a great horse, a great home is out there for him.

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  3. Best of luck and hopefully you don't have to deal with too many crazies 🙁 he's a fantastic horse and I have no doubt you will find him a good match!

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  4. Good luck with his sale, he's a lovely horse so I'm sure he'll attract a lovely home.

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  5. I hope you find the best home for him!! Hugs.

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  6. adulting is poo. selling is the raging shits. best of luck!

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  7. Sorry about the haters, I hope you find the perfect situation for him soon.

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  8. Selling sucks, I hope you find him a wonderful home as quickly and painlessly as possible even though it will be hard to say goodbye.

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