10/29/2026
One thing that I tell everybody who buys a horse from us is that I am ONE phone call or text message away, so stop asking social media for horse advice.
One of the most valuable things you can do as a horse owner is build relationships with knowledgeable horsemen and women OFF social media—people you trust enough to pick up the phone and call when you have a question or need to vent.
I’ve learned over the years: the most knowledgeable horse people I know are not sitting in Facebook groups all day giving away everything they’ve spent 20, 30, or 40 years learning. They may advertise their horses or services online. They may have a social media presence. But their best advice usually comes through a relationship not in the comment section of a Facebook post.
The horse world lacks genuine relationships, and it’s a shame. People message me almost every single day asking questions about something horse related and it may not even be a horse that came from us. Sometimes it’s people I sold a horse to years ago and I value those relationships and am glad people reach out to me when they have a question.
I can’t tell you how many times the conversation starts off with - this isn’t a horse I got from you but … - and I don’t ever mind helping. I’ve dealt with sicknesses, refeeding, ulcers, rehab, etc for so long I feel like I could write a book on it. I in no way know it all, no one does, but have seen and dealt with a lot of different things and do daily and am usually able to help or give good advice.
Good horse people understand that nobody knows everything. We all need somebody we can call. The problem with soliciting advice from the internet is that you usually have absolutely no idea who is qualified to answer you. And most of these people are bitter, so they take the first chance they can belittle you, make the situation feel like a moutain, or just over all discourage you…. And that is despicable to me. They are always quick to twist the agenda around and start bitching about their own problems - 99% of which they caused and start bashing others. The loudest people in online horse groups are the people with the least real-world experience.
It’s like these people also have a strange way of relishing in someone else’s lack of knowledge. Instead of teaching, they ridicule. Instead of helping, they want to prove how much smarter they are. It’s like they feel good that someone else is struggling or may appear to know less. It’s their only way to feel powerful.
They need a job a life and a point. They have none of those three things.
Knowledgeable people don’t need to make you feel stupid in order to teach you something.
So stop building your horse education around strangers in comment sections. Build relationships. Pick up the phone.
THIS IS FOR EVERYONE BUT ESPECIALLY NEWER HORSE OWNERS.
THE ONLY REASON TO GO TO THE ONLINE FB GROUPS IS TO OBSERVE THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF STUPIDITY IN THE ONLINE HORSE COMMUNITY AND BE THANKFUL YOURE NOT ONE OF THEM!
I said what I said. 🤦🏻♀️
