What’s wrong, er, not wrong with this picture?
Nov 27 2007
I am starting to think we need to take up a collection…to buy people ATV’s.
Clearly they should not have horses, and equally clearly, they are self-destructive and trying to qualify either themselves or their child for a Darwin Award. So why don’t we take the equine misery out of the equation and have Santa bring them a brand new, “easy flip” ATV?
Heck, we can have a contest where they can write 500 words about why they are too stupid to own living animals and therefore really need an ATV!
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Good. Gawd.
I’m amazed they actually had the cash for supplies for the 27 fuglys, cuz the ones in the ad sure wer’nt skinny, although my memory isnt remembering what the hooves looked like…ah, well.
I sent her an anonymous e-mail informing her of my….opinion.
*evil snerk*
As the mother of a three year old, I would NEVER put my child in that situation.
“he is in the pasture with mares, a gelding, and another stud”
…so this means that the STUD is also in the pasture with the mares, meaning there will be a bumper crop of new lil’ Rowdy’s every bloody season. gag me. he looks like a sweet guy, though awful fugly, and i’m sure he would turn out a lot less fugly if you stop your kid from “SETTING” on him (setting what, exactly? a tea service?) when he is NOT EVEN A YEARLING.
these people need to be gelded, post haste.
I second that notion, Zhenya!
I hate that.
“Southern Safe Horses”
Sorry hon. No horse is safe. Ever. Spooking, hormones, full moon…you name it, they might decide they don’t like it.
Comments like “we provide people with safe horses” pretty much just invites lawsuits.
They also have their own registry:
Just in case
I don’t even know they need ATVs. I think they should start out with sea monkeys, and if they can keep them alive for two years, then they can move up to something like goldfish.
The horse in this photo looks like with worming (darn, but it costs money) and feed (darn, that costs money, too) he might not look so despondent. There are some nice things about him. As is, his growth is probably stunted, as his mental development, and his tendons are wonky; all because he’s owned by clueless hillbillies that – surprise! – can’t spell.
Again, the problem isn’t with the horses. The problem is the idiots that own them. Obviously, no one has prevented them from breeding, judging by Little Precious Hillbilly plopped on top of their colt. Witness the next generation of stupid.
These people need PZP in their water supply a lot more than fluoride or chlorine.
And on their sample registration papers they have a “SPECKELED ROAN” quarter horse.
Interesting. Not only a new color, but one that doesn’t appear to actually be the color of the horse. Can’t really tell, because WHY would you have a clear, bright picture on a paper to help “provide identification and proof of ownership” for people who can’t take their own pictures?
http://www.southernsafehorses.com/
rebel.jpg
he has a kickin’ mullet!
Did that ad say $1500.00???? Don’t these people know that $3000.00 horses (you know, the grown, trained kind with points and experience) are selling at auction for $500.00 – $700.00 right now? Ok, stupid question…
Next…can’t someone call social services and tell them that this child’s life is in danger? I can’t believe any rational, normal, semi-intelligent human being would put their child on a yearling! Not even close enough to grab him if the horse did something stupid (not that being closer to the child would make this any smarter or safer of a situation).
For the love of God!!!!!
Yeah, ATVs. *nods* Especially those super easy flip three-wheel ones they used to make.
behindthebarn- im glad you caught the wormy look, too! Who knew someone could make themselves look like such a hillbilly asshole in just one add?! And he’s out with mares and a stud?? WTF is wrong with these people? Did’nt they realize when ROWDY came out fugly, maybe they should re-think this breeding program? (or end it! LOL)
paintedtaz said…
Did that ad say $1500.00???? Don’t these people know that $3000.00 horses (you know, the grown, trained kind with points and experience) are selling at auction for $500.00 – $700.00 right now? Ok, stupid question…
Next…can’t someone call social services and tell them that this child’s life is in danger? I can’t believe any rational, normal, semi-intelligent human being would put their child on a yearling! Not even close enough to grab him if the horse did something stupid (not that being closer to the child would make this any smarter or safer of a situation).
For the love of God!!!!!
November 27, 2007 1:13 PM
not only that… i swear that one mare is priced at 10 grand!
Did that ad say $1500.00???? Don’t these people know that $3000.00 horses (you know, the grown, trained kind with points and experience) are selling at auction for $500.00 – $700.00 right now? Ok, stupid question…
You guys just don’t get it. These are SAFE horses. SAFE SOUTHERN horses.
How can you put a price on your child’s SAFETY?
*snort*
Don’t these people know that $3000.00 horses (you know, the grown, trained kind with points and experience)
The common man doesn’t want a SHOW HORSE, he wants a fugly, bred in someone’s backyard, trained using NATURAL horsemanship. Of course, by a self-taught trainer.
Geez. You guys don’t know ANYTHING. We breed horses FOR EVERYBODY, not fancy SHOW people.
I’m at a loss for words. The old standbys (asshat, assmonkey, fucktard, etc.) aren’t adequate for some reason.
Does Southern Safe horses mean they turn into hell-beasts if they cross the Mason Dixon Line?
Well-rounded huh? By that did they mean his pot belly full of worms?
Here is a 2007 baby that has already been saddled & ridden!!!
http://dreamhorse.com/show_horse.php?form_horse_id=1135173
Stupid stupid people!
Crunchberry’s mom said…
http://www.southernsafehorses.com/
rebel.jpg
he has a kickin’ mullet!
Wow, that is a truly ugly horse. I guess I’ll give the guy kudos for being willing to be photographed on it.
I’m diggin’ the bit that came with the headstall action goin’ on, too.
Or maybe people named “Christy” or “Christie” shouldn’t own horses since both offenders today have been named that.
No offense to those who are responsible and do own horses though!
Izze90 posted a link about a 2007 baby who’s been saddled and ridden.
Ah – not only – but by a 2 year old boy – AND yet still they want to trade him for a horse that doesn’t have to be broke. I guess the 2 year old didn’t do such a good job breaking him to ride.
Does anybody else think that there’s something a little… off… about his neck/chest and forequarters. I’ve been staring at them and I can’t figure out what it is about his shoulders that bugs me (due to the child nearly falling off over them) but they look wrong.
Is is just me, or does that poor guys front pasterns look funny? They might be safe horses, but your not safe people!
And his fetlocks. They look weird too.
(a nice big picture can be found here:
http://www.southernsafehorses.com
/57945_1.jpg
mustangrider
It does look like he is rather lopsided or something in the chest….or maybe just underdeveloped! Probably from being ridden by a child…..Or from his shitty parents bloodlines…..
yipes, i’m with klupony. there seems to be something weird going on with his front pasterns.
Sorry for the repeat comments, but they also race tiny, tiny cars. And will sell your horse on consignment. And their example breed registry horse is missing half a pedigree.
And they will help you find a buggie.
Instead of the expensive 4×4 ATVs let’s got to the auto salvage yards and get those old 3 wheelers. Then there is no doubt that they can have fun tipping those over!
The first part of the ad text makes it sounds like they’re selling their kid… who lives in the pasture with the horses. Sounds like it was a home delivery, too.
OK. Nevermind.
although I agree it’s stupid, how much stress could an 18 month old kid actually put on a horse that age? My assumption is that the parents really only put the baby on the foal for pictures, or to walk around for a few minutes while being led, so do you really think that would stunt his growth?
Everyone keeps saying that he’s butthigh because there’s a kid on him, but 9 months is damn close to the “WTF is that” stage. Horses that age are USUALLY downhill to some degree…
Someone needs to pop those Cherries once and for all.
Malnutrition doesn’t always mean starvation. This colt looks malnurished and wormy.
Studies have shown with human babies and animal babies a lack of fat in the diet causes brain abnormalities and a host of other developmental disorders.
It appears this colt isn’t plump, but bloated, like if he was carrying a heavy parasite load. Whatever they are feeding him isn’t being fully utilized, and hasn’t been for some time.
He’s also oddly developed, including those freaky front pasterns. Again, this could be his conformation, but it is also a sign of a developmental problem caused by lack of adequate nutrition. The hollow neck, the pinched hocks, the floppy pasterns – these are commonly seen with horses that haven’t seen any nourishment from an early age. It could be lack of calcium, fat, protein, selenium – who knows. I bet this horse’s x-rays would scare someone shitless. (Likewise, x-rays of the owner’s skulls would show an empty cavern with wind whistling between their ears.)
He’s at an age where he might be salvageable, but as long as he’s living with these hillbillies this poor horse doesn’t have much of a chance. And at $1500 in that neck of the woods, his future doesn’t look rosy.
They created this mess. This is not this horse’s fault. It’s people like this that reaffirm the reason I loathe hillbillies with every fiber of my being.
starrynightxxi said…
although I agree it’s stupid, how much stress could an 18 month old kid actually put on a horse that age?
UM Dear, that kid is no 18 month old! He looks like he could be 4…at the youngest 3!
klupony – yes, i just looked at that and was going to delete my post -lol-
i had 18 months in my head for some reason, i guess, but didn’t look at the picture enlarged, or really all that closely. so, anyway, ignore me :0)
Yeah, it states on their page that their son is 4…..
Either way, the horse looks like he’s tranquilized!
Did anyone else note that their registry example, the “speckeled roan” was foaled in STATE: CANADA
Canada is not one of the United States. Wow, I know. Surprising but true.
Sarcasta,
I got stuck on the Speckeled….
yeah, stopped reading after speckeled too
What is right about that picture?
Oh I get it: the colt is “bombproof.”
Does anyone use a “bitless” bridle?
Does anyone have an “only” horse?
i have a bitless bridle, as in Dr. Cook’s. It lives at my coach’s since I don’t have a horse…
southernsafehorses.com has another picture of the child on another horse they are selling. Guess this is what they do in Alabama.
starry, do you use it? What do you think of it?
I am thinking of using it instead of a bitted bridle on a young horse when I begin to train him.
The young horse is an “only” horse–someone said I needed at least another horse to prevent bad behaviors in this young one.
Okay so I took your advice, clicked on the picture, and read it. I regret that decision. I now have a massive headache from the stoopid.
There are so many things wrong with that ad. I would have been happier not reading any of it. I’m going to go wash my brain out with soap now.
Hypno-Toad said…
Okay so I took your advice, clicked on the picture, and read it. I regret that decision. I now have a massive headache from the stoopid.
There are so many things wrong with that ad. I would have been happier not reading any of it. I’m going to go wash my brain out with soap now.
My exact experience as well. That one hurt.
starrynightxxi said…
Does Southern Safe horses mean they turn into hell-beasts if they cross the Mason Dixon Line?
November 27, 2007 1:33 PM
LOL!!!! haven’t we all, at one time or another, had a raving hell-beast in our barn?
Apparently they also have a horse that’s 15.5 hands.
ja – I like it well enough. I don’t really notice a whole lot of difference in the horses I’ve used it on, but my hands are pretty quiet so I suppose that may be why. When the beginners use it, though, the horses certainly look happier than in bits.
For starting a young horse, I imagine it would be fine.
Its because of ads like this that make me shudder whenever I hear the phrase “we imprinted him”.
Are you freaking kidding me? Poor little guy isn’t even old enough to wean. No I’m not talking about the kid.
Laid back = starved.
I have quite a few well bred colts for sale on dream horse, that are 10 times better quality than this poor little guy! I have them priced WAY below $1500…maybe I’m demented. I guess I should put my 2yr old son on them and call them “safe”, then maybe they’d be $1500 horses, rather than the 500-750 that I’m asking for them.
::SIGH::
What’s the world coming to these days??
Go look at their web site. They have his momma for sale for ten thousand dollars and let me tell you, one look at her and you can tell where that colt came from!
*shudders*
By the way, I just wanted to note that I was totally fair and balanced today…one idiot from the South, one idiot from the North!
If somebody just sent me that ad out of the blue I’d have thought it was a joke. Very scary that it’s not. I’m amazing these people actually figured out how to get an ad online.
Re. the “babies on horsies” photos: at this point I am just inured to it all. It’s not even worth a snark anymore. I just shake my head and thank God that I’ve never had to see that kind of thing in person.
OT, but can anyone tell me why people are hesitant about filling in their horses’ registration numbers on those sale sites? They say, “will provide”, or “ask”, yet they will give the horse’s registered name. Why wouldn’t they fill in the number part (like it’s some big secret or something)?
Man–the spelling!! “He don’t mind…” and the son (poor redneck kid!) is “setting” on the colt? Is he laying an egg there?
Boneheads.
forthefutureofthebreed said…
why people are hesitant about filling in their horses’ registration numbers on those sale sites?
Probably don’t need no gosh durn foreigners and Yanks messin’ in their biznuss, lookin’ up stuff they ain’t got no reason to.
Or, it could be $10k for a kid broke mare with a ho-hum pedigree could be detrimental to their selling program.
Take your pick.
behindthebarn said, “Probably don’t need no gosh durn foreigners and Yanks messin’ in their biznuss, lookin’ up stuff they ain’t got no reason to.
Or, it could be $10k for a kid broke mare with a ho-hum pedigree could be detrimental to their selling program.
Take your pick.”
LMAO! Those reasons crossed my mind, too. I thought to ask since that $10k mare must be worth her weight in gold. I wanted to see the pedigree of that $10k mare, but guess they don’t want anyone snoopin’ around. LOL.
Fugs, I agree the dam to this colt is far from pretty (straight shoulder, poor hocks, tied in at the knee, toed out…)
but is it just me, or can I not see where his pasterns and seriously odd looking neck/chest came from? She’s got short upright pasterns, his are loooong and weak; her neck ties in pretty well, and he has a bizarre 45 degree angle to the front plane of his chest and his point of shoulder seems like it is much too far away from his elbow (very long humerus, very short scapula?).
Anyone else see what I’m talking about? Other than mustangrider?
PS their “speckeled roan” from the dam of unknown breeding sure looks grey to me… and these are the first papers I’ve ever seen with a spot for the horse’s barn name!
I see the same things you do on the colt, HeatherAQHA; the shadows might make it look worse than it is. He’s a fug, for sure, more so than his dam (although she’s a fugly-looking grade type, too).
It gets better.
I looked up the dam’s AQHA number, and her name is “Splash Teena” and she’s by a HYPP N/H son of Kid Clue.
She was on allbreedpedigree but her dam’s name was mislabeled. It’s correct now, according to AQHA records.
Wonder if this mare is HYPP N/H too… not to mention the colt?
*edit* that should be Kid Clu, not Clue.
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*slugs shot*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*still sees vision of redneck kid on young colt*
*slugs another shot*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*vision of baby redneck on baby horse replaced by vision of 27 ay-rabs stuffed into a double-decker on its way to Me-hee-ko*
*slugs rest of bottle*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*headdesk*
*Merciful alcohol and trauma-induced coma overtakes*
The pain is gone… until tomorrow. Cuz as we all know, this crap just doesn’t end…
HeatherAQHA said…
It gets better.
I looked up the dam’s AQHA number, and her name is “Splash Teena” and she’s by a HYPP N/H son of Kid Clue.
She was on allbreedpedigree but her dam’s name was mislabeled. It’s correct now, according to AQHA records.
Wonder if this mare is HYPP N/H too… not to mention the colt?
Thanks! The sire himself is obscure; so is his dam line. The dam of this $10k mare isn’t bred too badly, though. Even with her faults (she has no hip, either), I could tell by looking at her she has some good breeding somewhere behind her.
Bet they’ve never heard of HYPP, and they wouldn’t be able to spell it if they did.
spiritofhopefarm
HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
I could so see the pain washing away!
*Holds up shot glass*
I am with ya sista!
FTFOTB said…
Bet they’ve never heard of HYPP, and they wouldn’t be able to spell it if they did.
Hipe? Naw, she ain’t got nunna that. Billy Ray junior needs his big spurs ta git ‘er ta run. She ain’t doin nuttin but eatin’ the hay we baled from the side of the highway (our frend in Illonoise told us that trick) all day long so she must be real lazy or summthin. Her belly gets real big so she must be eattin plenty good.
I have a prettier, cheaper suggestion for these dumbasses.
Model horses. They’re nice to look at, you can get them in any color you want, and some people have 3000+ and never pick up a horse turd.
No vet bills either!
sarcastabitch said…
They also have their own registry:
Just in case
So If you look at their sale horses, the $600 Dun “Quarter Horse’ mare with ‘N/A’ registration looks a whole lot like a Mustang to me….
“that $10k mare must be worth her weight in gold.”
Well, assuming she weighs 1200#, it works out she costs $8.33 per pound, which at least will give her some protection from kill buyers… but also “protects” her from going to a better home.
How about an idiot from the far north too.
horse for sale
Oh please do not give the morons ATV’s! There are already enough idiot ATV riders out there to contend with. I’m in both worlds – horses and ATV’s, so I get to see a lot of idiocy. It’s no different – parents putting kids at risk by doing things that are stupid, illegal, plain not caring. Even when they are informed by law enforcement that what they are doing is illegal, they just go ahead and ride double and triple, because of course, nothing like a bad accident will ever happen to them. Until it does, then they sue and fuck it up for everyone.
I would like to see a mandatory first-strike sterilization law for fuck-wits like that.
“brand the owner, not the horse. he’s the one more likely to go astray.”
Misty123–
the same person that’s selling the poor 9 month baby percheron is also, and I quote, “Looking for: CROTCH ROCKET !!! looking for a nice but affordable street bike, it will be my first bike so im not looking for anything crazy fast or crazy expensive, just something nice and subtle, must be good to go, i can register it etc, “
Just the type of person I would want to buy a baby from!
Phe said…
Crunchberry’s mom said…
http://www.southernsafehorses.com/
rebel.jpg
he has a kickin’ mullet!
Wow, that is a truly ugly horse. I guess I’ll give the guy kudos for being willing to be photographed on it.
I’m diggin’ the bit that came with the headstall action goin’ on, too.
November 27, 2007 2:00 PM
i guess one bit fits all! *sigh*
that mare is related to a horse i used to own… and i gelded him!
A crotch rocket!! OMG!! At least she needs a license to ride one of those.
I feel so bad for that poor horse.
Children….this is called one gi-fucking-normous accident waiting to happen:
http://www.southernsafehorses.com/57956_1.jpg
There are soo many things wrong with this picture, it’s almost easier to start with the things that are ok…
Here ya go.
http://tinyurl.com/2un3nk
Anybody have a horse to trade?
As a person with common sense and as a Texas Licensed Clinical Social Worker – I feel like these are the pictures that need to be forwarded to Child AND Horse Protective Services. *CRINGING* I never stop cringing with these.
And the “stud” colt – is turned out with mares and another stud? Granted he’s not even a year old, but apparently makes a great riding horse for the kid? Yikes!
I know what socks are….but WTH is a ‘stipe’?
On the “Horse Identification Registry” – WTF is the American Ranch Horse Registry? And why do idiots keep insisting that having registration papers is proof of ownership? My friend just bought a registered Arab and his papers had not been transferred from 2 owners back! The papers didn’t prove a damn thing, except who his sire and dam were!
Did anybody notice that his neck is tied in at his elbow? Ugh, gag.
Okay, did anyone email these idiots and tell them that trading horses IS NOT really the best thing to do if you don’t have a fucking clue about riding or training horses? I just love the pic of the poor ground tied horse with the tie down on. Do you think they know what that is for, or that it just looks cool. Clearly mullett man CANNOT ride, we need to tell them to knock this shit off!!!
The quarter horse looks suspiciously like an App to me…but that’s just me.
Guess I better make myself clear…I mean when you click on the main page, the grey APPALOOSA that they are calling a QH…
ja said…
southernsafehorses.com has another picture of the child on another horse they are selling. Guess this is what they do in Alabama.
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Yeah, Alabama is the ONLY state that has asshats like this!
They’re EVERYWHERE ja! Ignorance and stupidity know no state lines!
Hey look! He’s so Southern Safe that he don’t even move!
ja said…
southernsafehorses.com has another picture of the child on another horse they are selling. Guess this is what they do in Alabama.
That’s not just any horse! That’s his ma!
Crunchberry’s mom said…
http://www.southernsafehorses.com/
rebel.jpg
he has a kickin’ mullet!
erm… which one is Rebel?
Horse too young, child no helmet. Come on people.
I know this is super late, but I’m new to the blog and I’m just scanning through a bunch of old posts so here we go.
Ok…. What ISN’T wrong with this picture… Umm… The halter seems to fit. There is some one holding the lead rope instead of just letting crazy baby horse run away with the toddler… Oh, and the kid is in Jeans and boots instead of shorts and barefoot. Other than that. WTH?!?!