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TRAVELER HAS BEEN ADOPTED!!! More gentle horses available on our website visit our website

2011 Dun Quarterhorse Gelding

12 years old and about 15 hands

Please read all of his description before calling.

Traveler is such an incredibly sweet and willing horse who gave his all to his previous owners just a little too much. When we bought him he was being ridden at a walk, trot and lope all around a ranch doing all of the ranch chores.... (read more) He is really well trained, calm and gentle. His vet check including X-Rays shows that he has significant arthritis in several joints and should not do any more work than lead line or kids riding him around a property or in an arena for short rides. We put him on Equioxx to keep him more comfortable and his appetite has gotten much better and he has been active so he has put on weight since the photo was taken and he seems overall to be doing much better.

Ideally we want him to go to someone needing a really nice, respectful and gentle pet with a small amount of riding. This horse is so tough and willing that he would literally do anything you ask of him so its important to us that he goes to a home where he will not be pushed.

At this point after purchasing him to rescue him, getting his feet trimmed, vaccines done, teeth floated, PPE and X-Rays done, Equioxx and feed to get him back to a good weight we are into him for a little over $5000. In a perfect world we would recoup some or all of this however a good home is the most important thing for us and we are open to offers for a loving home.

When we are out searching for horses that will meet our strict criteria to be a “Lazy Oaks Horse” we have to go through a lot of horses that do not meet our standards in terms of training, soundness, safety and personality. We pass up many of the horses that we check out because they are not good enough for the program. Occasionally we meet a horse that is so exceptional that we are tempted to buy the horse anyway. Traveler is exactly the type of horse that we liked so much that we could not live with ourselves if we let him continue to be worked so hard.

Serious inquiries only and please share his info if you know anyone who could be a good home for Traveler.

Lazy Oaks Ranch

Using natural horsemanship methods we train horses to be friendly, safe and to enjoy their job.

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