How to choose a horse
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First of all, if you really want something, you have to listen not only to your heart, but also to your common sense. It's not enough to want a horse, you have to deserve it and to be ready to have one. You also have to realize that a horse usually lives until it's thirty, so you have to be ready to care for it the whole time. An animal isn't just a thing you buy on the spot and get tired of and just sell a couple of years later. A horse is a life-long friend. You have to think about other things such as the time you have to go see your future horse and if that's sufficient and fair not only for you, but also for it. A horse isn't a bench, or a chair, it's a living thing with feelings that you have to take account of and make sure you're ready for that kind of commitment.
The kind of horse is always important, depending on what you want from it and what discipline you are going to be doing with it. You can choose a horse with no particular pedigree if your wish only to have a good friend to hang around in the woods with. But as soon as you want to ride English you have to pick a specific kind of horse that has the ability to conform to that discipline...