Mr.  Albert's Words of Wisdom

Advice in horse trading can also apply to everyday life situations. So listen, take heed, and apply some of this advice to life, and you might benefit.

1. In order to determine if the answers to your questions are correct, you must first already know half the answers to the question you have asked.
2. If the horse trader tells you the horse needs an experienced rider, you probably can't ride him.
3. If the horse trader tells you the horse is A green broke horse, you will need someone with experience to ride him for an extended length of time.
4. If the horse trader tells you the horse needs a little feed, he is probably to poor to ride.
5. If the horse trader tells you the mare has been exposed to a stallion, she is probably not bred.
6. If the horse trader tells you the mare is open to breed to the stallion, she is probably not going to breed.
7. If an auctioneer tells you to buy the horse, take him home, feed him out, and bring him back to sell him, he is drumming up more business for himself (commission twice).
8. If an auctioneer tells you a horse is limping because he has had his feet trimmed too close, he is probably crippled.
9. If the horse trader tells you the horse has been ridden by a 13 year old girl, find out how experienced the girl is.
10. If the horse trader tells you a horse is a little "cold back", it will take a real cowboy to ride him.
11. While you are in the saddle, don't take advice from someone who is safely on the ground.
12. Don't ever believe an auctioneer who claims this horse is selling too cheap, unless he will likewise say when a horse he is selling is going too high.
13. You can always depend on a seller to keep his word when he tells you he doesn't guarantee the horse in any way.
14. It is always good to sell a horse on time, if you can make a profit on the down payment.
15. If a green rider needs an experienced horse, then an experienced rider needs a green horse.
16. In working with a horse, if one of the two of you has to get hurt, it is always better for it to be the horse.
17. When breaking a horse, if the horse does not like for you to do something, then that should be what you do the most.
18. In horse dealings, as well as in life, only say as much as necessary; if you tell another person all you know then they have the upper hand on you, because they know all that you know as well as what they know.