She seems to Horses on with them just fine, but I am sure there are certain people she does deal with regularly, and others she has no dealings with.

Deanna - WI 8 he 05 at 03:02 PM I would say - you can't just say 'good' or 'bad', you have to know each one and make your decisions accordingly. The very traditional Amish will Horses Midwest sell directly to women. When they got him home, I was appalled at Midwest Horses condition. He was about 17 years old, and had been worked in the field up to part time he was sold to a kill buyer. In our business we see lots of Amish at sales around the country buying this for pulling their darn buggies around day and night. I've seen some with sea so swollen and oozing pus from wounds that the poor things can't even move.

He was put forth as being about 4 years Midwest and broke to ride and drive. This is why most of live racing people don't like to see a horse Amished. Now go inside and look at the horses standing in the need barn stalls. Don't clean it every day and check the oil every day. Yes, have heard a lot of abuse and starvation stories.

Amish care of or horses - Midwest Horse Welfare Foundation, Inc. They are much less into communicating the horse. My personal experience with the Amish as relates to horses was a pony we bought at an Amish auction. That was my only direct experience the Amish.

I was given this board address as of you might have direct experience with this subject. I put both hands on his butt hollered at him, and he immediately stepped forward then stopped.

They don't, for the most part, believe in and don't spend much on their horses and that goes for meds also. In snow and sleet and and cold I've seen Standardbreds standing hitched to a buggy in the worst weather. He only well broke to ride until he regained his health. The scars are from handling and rough training they do things in a hurry and use force if necessary. If knows anything, I would love to hear.

He has some rope burn like marks around his neck, not too far from his and some more lower down his neck. If a horse can't work, it isn't worth much the farmer. I think depends on what sect they belong to, as to whether they can talk to and deal with women. They so impressed they bought him. I found dead in the aisle of my barn one night.

I have heard they use very old methods such as breaking horse to drive by hitching an unbroke horse to a steady broke horse and away they go. And the corners his mouth are torn. We able to train at the time, so he ended up going to a dealer who knew of a family looking for a nice driving pony. Sure there probably some Amish out that take exceptional care of their horses but the fact is that the horse to the Amish is like our car to us. We had the vet out later on, and the vet said he put Apache's at closer to 2.

• Since they transport him blind, he was sold to a rescue organization, and I adopted him.
• Apparently, the Amish use modern medicine, and they don't give it to their animals.
• The vet said he had a heart attack or stroke.
• I have recently met one Amish guy who is a younger guy, he is very with horses.
• Mickey-IN 8 25 05 at PM My only experience with Amish was a blind Percheron I adopted.

Many cuts, sores, healed over cuts all from ill-fitting harness. It has got me to thinnking about wanting to out more about what the amish do when they train and or use their animals.

They said the guy just jumped him bareback with a halter and rode him around.