Buy A Horse From These People And You Can Be Sure He Is Healthy
There are 36 veterinary schools in the United States. Nearly all of them offer classes in have a large-animal health. And, as you’d expect, they need horses as teaching aids to help students learn equine care and first aid.
So when they no longer need these horses, they usually take them to a local horse sale or put them up for sale at a horse auction. However, the University of Georgia is doing something pretty creative. Take a look…
John Glisson, head of population health for UGA’s Vet School has 4 Belgian Draft Horses the school no longer needs. They’ve been well-cared for, as you can imagine. What better place to find a healthy horse than a vet school, especially a top-tier vet school like the University of Georgia.
He put the foursome up for sale online at GovDeals.com
The horses have been used to teach large animal vets at UGA for many years. Glisson says no invasive surgery has been performed on them, and they’re in perfect health. One of them is even pregnant!
But the university now has more horses than they need, and would like to give these “nice girls” a nice home for the rest of their lives.
But rather than place Dilly, Daisy, Serena, and Suzanna up for the usual offline auction, Glisson decided he’d try something different. He put the foursome up for sale online at GovDeals.com
This is the first time the university has used an online auction to sell any of its horses. Glisson has the right idea. He wants to get as much exposure as he can for them. And with a larger pool of horse buyers that the internet offers, he’s sure to get a better price than if he just put them up for offline government auction where there are fewer buyers.
The bidding opened this past Monday at $500. Daisy and Suzanna have been bid up to $600, while Dilly and Serena are holding at $540.
Bidding ends for these girls on Monday, March 5th, so if you’re interested, visit GovDeals.com and search on the keyword “horse” (make sure you don’t type in the plural “horses.” I tried and nothing came up). It will be interesting to see what the final bid price is.
If you’ve ever bought or sold a horse at an online auction, let us hear from you. How did it go? Did you feel like you got a fair price? Do you think it worked better than if you’d sold him at an offline horse auction?
Whether you buy a horse online or off, you can be sure of one thing. If it came from a vet school, it’s probably pretty healthy.
Yours For Better Horse Care,
Sierra Lynch
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Buy A Horse From These People And You Can Be Sure He Is Healthy