[HairOfTheDog]

Rammy is not my friend!

Oh - I am having a hard night. A woman called me today who heard from my vet that I might be interested in a sale or trade for my pony. I told her she could come and look and we could talk. I can't sell this pony. I can't even name a price because the woman would probably pay it then we'd have a deal. I can't do it. I don't know why I am even thinking about it, I just don't have any reason to own a pony. But I worry that she would end up disappointing people and they won't keep her. No one will care about her the way I do and they will mistreat her because she is afraid. I am a basket case.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

I don't know why I am even thinking about it, I just don't have any reason to own a pony.

As long as you have no pressing reason to sell her, I would think it would be a bad idea to do it, seeing your doubts. Sorry for the way us guys messed up the Hobbit Hole.

[Bear_in_RoseBear]

Oh, good evening! Was just on my way out...

I just don't have any reason to own a pony.

Do you have any reason to not own a pony? If you don't, then why not keep her?

[2Jedismom]

Hair, that pony is your family. Saying you don't have any reason to have that pony is like me saying I don't have any reason to have these kids.

Now if you truly believe someone would be a better owner than you...by all means, you should sell it. If I were in a position of being unable to care for my kids, I would give them to someone who could. It's the purist love that would do it.

What I am trying to say is, search your heart. If you love that pony so much that you could give it a better home because you know it would be better off...well, you know what to do. (Not to say yours is bad...that pony has the life of Reilly imo.)

[Inge_CAV]

"No one will care about her the way I do and they will mistreat her because she is afraid. I am a basket case."

Good Morning!

Going through the same thing and I decided to sell. It is better that I get to choose who the new owner will be. The alternative is that if I become too ill to care for them, there will be no way to pick or choose the new owner.

The practical side is that you do need a new younger horse that you can ride in competition. Make sure that the Pony's new owner will let you visit pony in her new home. : )