11/03/2026
Meet Bandit. He is estimated to be a 4–5-month old c**t that I recently purchased at auction. I don’t buy auction horses very often because there is quite a bit of work that goes into them.
When we bring home an auction horse, we immediately begin our procedures. Auction houses can be breeding grounds for diseases and God knows what else.
Here is what our intake process looks like:
* Quarantine: Bandit is housed in a stall by himself where he cannot touch noses with our other horses.
* Initial care: He was immediately dewormed and started on a round of antibiotics
* Minimum quarantine: He will remain isolated for at least one week, or longer depending on if he shows symptoms or not of anything such as coughing, runny nose, lethargic, any bumps or welts that show up.
* Veterinary check: Within that first week, we typically have a vet visit for a health check and he’ll get his vaccinations.
* Biosecurity: We keep disinfectant outside his stall and use it before handling any of our other horses.
* Documentation: Every new arrival is labeled with intake information, where they came from, medications given, and any health updates.
I don’t make a habit of bringing auction horses home, but how could I pass up this little guy.
