| I was in the fifth grade when my parents bought | | | | Two years ago my neighbors wanted to buy a |
| me my first horse. She was POA Appaloosa | | | | horse for their 13 year old girl. They bought a |
| pony, and she was so calm when we went to | | | | registered Quarter Horse from their orthodontist. |
| see her. No one put a saddle on her, she just | | | | It was green broke, 3 years old, and pregnant by |
| stood there with her head down and her lower lip | | | | a yearling colt. Fantastic. |
| a little loose, she was all kinds of mellow. | | | | Never buy a green broke horse for a beginning |
| A few days later, and the horse that came out | | | | rider. It is like the blind leading the blind. And since |
| of the trailer at our house was completely | | | | this horse was knocked up, she wasn't ridden for |
| different. I put a saddle on her, and she took off. | | | | about a year. The girl ended up getting bucked |
| We went in circles down the road until a neighbor | | | | off, and knocked unconscious. Last week her |
| caught us and helped me down. Luckily, one of | | | | parents found out when she hit the ground her |
| the neighbors was a horseman and helped me | | | | pelvis was rotated and jammed in an unnatural |
| learn to work with the horse and not be bullied by | | | | position. She has to have physical therapy now |
| her. | | | | because her bones have been growing this way |
| Years later I watched as the veterinarian gave | | | | for three years. |
| another horse a tranquilizer shot to perform some | | | | Please be extremely careful when buying your |
| medical procedures. There was the same lowered | | | | kids a horse. If you can, take a horseperson you |
| head and loose lip. I am certain the horse dealer | | | | trust, and will tell you the truth, along with you. |
| drugged my first horse, to sell a crazy train | | | | Horses kill kids every year. You need to protect |
| wreck to a fifth grade girl. | | | | yours. |