Spring Sale Season

Alright folks, lets start planning.

The next sale I'll be attending for sure is the Mitchell Livestock Catalog Horse Sale. It's being held March 12th. I believe the cataloged horses start at 1pm and non-cataloged and loose horses follow.

I have no idea if there will be lots of loose horses (100+) or not many (50+) because people want to use them this summer. Spring sales are a bit hard for me to judge. I'm afraid we wont' see any skinny horses as the vets are not allowing super thin horses to run through. It's a good thing, but also a bad thing as these horses are now being squirreled away in back pastures starving to death.

I'm always curious to see how these sales go.

I'll try to shoot for the Kramer sale (if they are having sales in the winter). I haven't had a chance to get down there since last fall. I do not like the South Dakota Horse Sale (aka Corsica Horse Sale) as it's a good ol' boys place and they stash away their loose horses from the public eye. They changed their sale date to the third Saturday of every month. At some point I need to get the courage to start going. My excuse now will be that a saddle club I belong to is having their rides that same day. But I can still make it to a few in the winter and fall. I'm not yet ready for that sale though. It takes a harder soul than mine to attend that auction.

Selling season will soon be upon us. My hope is to plan and prepare for this coming fall selling season and bring in those that need retirement/sanctuary this fall/winter. For some reason I keep thinking there is hope for some in the spring and summer months. People will want to ride and play with horses when the weather is nice. My fear is always late summer and all of fall for those same horses.

Maybe we need to look at fundraising for hay. If we had a larger hay supply, I could bring in a few more. The pasture is full so I'd have to supplement or drylot some if we brought any more on. We'll see how things progress.

I'm afraid I'm going to be rattled the rest of the day thinking about the March sale.

Start picking up pennies and stashing them away. Every little bit counts to save a life.