Ignorant horse buyer and Brand inspection.

Hmm. We have a horse hotel. Have not had one customer comment on any issues with brand inspections coming from or going to the west.

I think what is trying to be said here is, you never know when you may have to move your horse, I don't own a trailer either and was not planning on my friend getting cancer or ever sending my horse anywhere, wasn't in the books, but realistically life happens, Fires, emergencies, any sort of thing could require you to move your horse, Waiting until the very last minute can cause possible undue stress on you AND your horse....Would you drive your car w/o insurance or wait until the day before a major trip to cover it? Would
You wait until you are sick to by health insurance or dead to by life insurance?

I think the comments about your age is because you are definitely portraying your frame of mind as such, When I was a teenager, I waited until I HAD to do something to do it, As an adult I have become proactive and do things before they are needed, I have become proactive. That is a tell tell sign of age, and you cannot blame the other posters for pointing it out. I hope for you that you will never have the emergency that will require your horse to be moved, but still it's better to have been prepared.

I see what your saying, but I do not find it that important. You may think that's silly, but seeing as how many people I know that do not have one who have moved their horses several times, as well as sold and bought and sold again, it just doesn't seem to be a pressing matter. The one friend who DOES have one, has one because the school she took her horse to in Montana required one. And she got hers IN Montana.

When I have the money that I can spend on things that are fairly irrelevant, I'll do it. But as I said, I don't really care, and until then, I'd rather use that money for necessities, like food. Not a piece of paper that I most likely will never ever need. I am young, I am NOT stupid, naive, a child, etc. I am an adult who has made a decision after she thought about it, as well as weighed the pros and cons.

Does that mean all horses in the western states have to be branded?

No, read Delfina's post on the bottom of page 2.

Thanks. Gosh, I missed to whole pages of responses since yesterday!

Ah thank you for clearing things up for me...hmm...this is interesting...i may have to check into this....

Ricciilove, I did not mean to insult you at all. I think of "youth" as anyone under 21, and I certainly did not mean you are a child.
I just meant it as a comment, younger folks tend to do things when they need to be done, not ahead of time, like us old timers have learned to do. I plan 6 months ahead for dog shows and just get used to doing all things like that.
You are right, the cops won't come to your barn, just was advice from folks that may have had to deal with the issues we are discussing

I understand. No hard feelings. =] It's just that I could go through the hassle of two brand inspections, or I can put that money towards finding a truck and trailer for any emergency haulings that come up, you know? Money adds up [or subtracts o_O] awfully quickly.

Remember, brand inspections are actually to help find stolen horses. They are for our protection! Brand inspections keep unsavory people from being horse dealers with out a license too. Since you can't transfer ownership without the BI, people can't sell more than a certain number of horses in a set time without getting a "dealer" license. More regulation but sadly needed in the horse community because of the few bad apples. I am not huge on government paperwork but this is actually a help to the horse community. For example, a horse cannot be stolen and sold for slaughter with out a brand inspection.