robynstexas
1/5
Interesting, first of all, that there are never Zero stars on these rating scales. I am terribly disappointed in how you refuse to make changes in policy in order to protect the good guys. Your policy gives power & protects bad business & bad people. I purchased my first Paint 4 yrs ago. A beautiful overo frame mare. It irritates me that "You" consider her grade because she is probably in the top 5% in conformation. She is 15.3, 1310 lbs, one blue eye beauty! I paid cash for her, the price asked and without any obvious issues. The woman stated she would have to get her papers for me, she was "selling for a friend". To this day I do not have "My Horses' papers". I just got off the phone with my attorney. I guess I am giving up on ever receiving them. That woman I purchased from is just evil. We never have had cross words between us. "After my purchase" local horse people would ask, where did you find this beautiful horse. When I told them they would get this look on their face and say, Oh No! She has a reputation in the horse community and 4 different local vets told me stories about her but said, don't mention my name, because she sues everyone. Apparently she loves to go to court. She sues people for slander, she has sued neighbors, she even sued a crop duster. She always wins! She has gotten away with stealing a local lady's colt bc she bred the dam before selling her and then when it was born she told the new horse owner that the baby was her's because it was bred by her stallion. The new-be didn't know any better. The evil woman likes to sell horses under a payment plan so that when they are a day late she goes & picks up the horse while the people are at work and brings them to her house so she can charge them a late fee and delivery fee. Come to find out on my horse, the evil woman, who had given me a false name for & took me almost 3 months to find out her real name, had her papers all along, in her husband's name. Once they found out that I learned the truth, they surrendered the papers back to APHA.
That's where you come in. "You don't get involved in civil matters." Fine. You created this monster of a problem by not giving people like me an out. Those bad people have no interest in my horse. They only had her a week or two, when she sold the horse to me. Therefore, no emotional ties. Simply a way to make a quick buck.
Why are you so stubborn or stuck in your ways. You obviously need some new blood on your board if you do not have any compassion for good horse owners. A person should not be allowed to keep papers on a horse they no longer own. That's just stupid!!! If you don't trust or feel good about a person, you shouldn't sell a horse to that person. If a person really cares about the welfare of a horse and does not trust the person who is interested in buying they should not sell. In this case, its obvious it was not about the horse, it was about the almighty dollar. I've had 2 expensive surgeries on my mare because I love her and take great care of her. She had a torn rectum when I purchased her from having her first foal. I had her rectum rebuilt and received a clean bill of health on her from Texas A&M Univ. Hospital in College Station. Then in June of this year I had a section of nerve removed in her lower leg for Navicular Disease to make her more comfortable. I didn't have to do either of those but of course I did because I love her. I cannot get her papers on my horse because of your bad and old policy. Why can't you allow a people to have their horse DNA tested in order to prove they are worthy of your piece of approval? Why are you blocking a good thing? I'm willing to pay. All you have to do is make a policy change for the good of your customers. I was told after much grief and phone calls to ya that your association is the most difficult to work with if there are any issues. After 4 yrs of getting no where I believe it. Thanks to your policies that make it impossible for me to receive my horses' registration papers I will never purchase another Paint. I'll go with AQHA. Robyn L Detert, TX
