Looking for a Quarter Horse for Sale Whatcom County WA? I have some nice mares stallions and geldings that might work for you, red roan horses, blue roan horses, palamino horses, black horses. bays and sorrels too. Weanlings, yearlings all ages and some nice colts I have just started this winter.

See my list of horses for sale

This is the Dale Anderson quarter horse for sale site, my horses are located in Whatcom County Washington State.  I have shipped horses as far as Florida, so I can get my horses to you, although there is some shipping cost involved.  I think in many cases it is well worth it as I raise these horse and take very good care of them routine health care, shots wormer, and hoof care on a regular basis.

I start most of my horses for sale myself and bring them along slowly so they are not over stressed and develop bad habit which you know can be difficult to eliminate.  I have a lot of new horses for sale so check back soon to find the new ones. This may be more information than some of you want or need but, I quit operating my professional horseshoeing business  in mid August.  I got very sick and it just got too much for me, I am focusing on getting healthy again and starting some more horses for sale.

Here is a list of my horses:

1. Blue Canal Fisher 1997 blue roan Stallion

2. Voo Doo Drift 2003 black Stallion (SOLD)

3. Takota Dun Kiger Stallion (SOLD)

4. Dry Fork Ike 2005 buckskin Stallion

5. Richard 2006 stallion

6. Rocky 2006 stallion

7. Jumping Jack 2006 stallion

8. Buffy 2006 filly

9. Dry Fork Annielou 1995 blue roan mare

10. Two Square Coyote1985 red roan mare

11. Perfect Missy San 1985 bay mare

12. Dry Fork Nita 1997 red roan mare

13. Perky Pocho 2000 palomino mare

14. Blues Benny 2002 Bay Roan gelding

15. Blues Hippie 2002 red roan gelding (SOLD)

16. Blues Jerry Lee 2003 red roan gelding

17. Blues Beegee 2003 red roan mare

18. Hot Heels Driftn 2003 blue roan gelding

19. Blues Perfect Bay be 2003 bay mare

20. Four Drift Coleen 2003 red roan mare

21. Drifin Bar Sadie 2003 bay roan mare

22. Blues Art 2003 paint gelding

23. Blues Charlie Brown 2004 bay roan gelding

24. Blues Red Barron 2004 red roan gelding

25. Brickhouse bonnet 2004 sorrel gelding

26. Blues Miss Lucy 2004 black Mare

27. Frosted Danica 2004 palomino Mare

28. Blues Chester 2005 chestnut-black gelding

29. Nitas Red Boy 2005 red roan gelding

30. Blues Coyote 2005 red roan filly

31. Tillie the mule

I am going to have more time to train and also update my quarter horse for sale offerings for you so stay posted and you may find the horse that you are looking for.

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How I get more training done on my horses in 1/2 the time

Copyright 2004 by Dale Anderson

Here's a really simple way... to help your horse learn twice as fast.

We are all pressed for time, seems there is just not enough of it. There is the job, family obligations, maybe social events, all competing for our time. Our horse is often put on the backburner and we end up with a 10 year old "greenbroke" horse, which can mean anything from they buck or, spook sometimes, to they still need to be gee-hawed to g left, or right. They may still be trying to figure out go and whoa. Well I have found some easy ways to double the results, I get when training horses, you can do the same if you will try.

Tip #1 - Rub you horse all over

You must be able to rub your horse from one end to the other, neither end is more important than the other. You should, be able to handle the mouth and ears as well a rubbing under the tail, start stroking with the hair on each side of the tail. When the horse un-clamps the tail and raises it, you can then rub under the tail.

You must be able to do this or you may have to go back and redo the training later, like I did. I had a paint stallion in for training and he already had four months put on him by an other trainer, but he still was spooky and not a nice ride at all. I noticed that he did not like his ears touched but I was trying to hurry and moved on. Three weeks later he threw himself over backwards while being bridled. You better believe I spent about three days on ears 101, then bang1 he got it and changed completely, was one laid back easy going pussy cat from then on.

Be smart and learn to rub your horse, rub don't pat or slap them, that is not soothing to them. What would you like a back rub or a back slapping?

Tip #2 - Stop punishment when you get desired behavior.

Whoa! you say, what’s this punishment talk? Well I would like you to realize that there are a multitude of things we do to a horse that are "punishment" in the horses mind, maybe not your mind, but definitely in the horses mind.

Here is a little list of punishments according to the horse: 1. pulling on a rein 2. using a spur 3. using a quirt or whip 4. using a stud chain

Do I want you to quit using the above? No, just stop using them when the horse does anything close to what you want. Let me give you some examples;

You pull the left rein to turn your horse left, the second he starts left quit pulling, if you want to turn left more ask again, as many times as you need to but reward the horse for the try.

You put your spur against your horse to move over, when he moves the slightest amount take that spur out of there, do it again if you have to, but reward that try and pretty soon you won't even need to wear those spurs as the horse will move off your leg, because you reward that try.

Tip #3 - Reward your horse for the right behavior.

Now you can consider the cessation of punishment as a reward, and that is true, but the term reward will be used to mean giving something extra to the horse for trying to do the "right" thing. If you can find a way to reward the try in the horse, you will have your dream horse, that partner you wanted or some of you maybe had as a kid. Kids can be givers easier than adults, my grandson gave me a kiss today, my brother never did, because he was almost an adult when I was born. Learn to be a kid again reward your horse with:

some grain a soothing voice a rub on the neck a drink of clean cool water a handful of grass a modern horse treat a chunk of carrot a slice of apple getting off his back

The list is almost endless, the trick is to give the reward at the right time for the right behavior. quit training at the good spots

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If you will take the time to follow these tips, you can double the size of your horse training toolbox. You probably already know the punishment side of training use it right and add the reward side to double your training results.

Put your ego aside, be a giver to your horse and they will give back to you in ways you can only imagine.

Dale Anderson Horseshoeing
Ferndale Washington State
Phone: PST (360) 398-1505 

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