tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883131984088123932.post6875808764179381754..comments2023-09-30T06:12:39.272-07:00Comments on For the Tennessee Walking Horse: ARTICLE and NEWS - NHSC Votes to DissolveFor the Tennessee Walking Horsehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00136282847284092947noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883131984088123932.post-48373626484250434732009-03-21T00:08:00.000-07:002009-03-21T00:08:00.000-07:00Hi Funder. I have found myself in the exact same ...Hi Funder. I have found myself in the exact same situation. Thhere are options for this problem.<BR/><BR/>First, here's a question for you: when you got your horse, did you get the transfer form as well? If so, did the owner you bought her from sign both forms? And did the owner date the forms?<BR/><BR/>If the owner didn't date the forms, then you don't have to do anything if you don't want to. You have her papers, and you can just tell any potential buyer in the future that you didn't want to be a member with TWHBEA, so you never sent in the registration. You can always ask the person you bought her from to send you a signed bill of sale, which would show that you did buy the horse from them and it is not stolen.<BR/><BR/>If they did date the forms, once again, you cannot do anything and just hand over the papers to any future buyer and let them deal with it. It's a bear for them to have to deal with it, because then they'd have to pay the past due fees (another reason I hate TWHBEA--most other registries don't have past due fees). But you can be honest with the new owner and tell them why you never transferred the papers.<BR/><BR/>I have had to send in the transfer because I was showing horses I've owned, and at the local shows here I had to have proof of ownership from a recognized registry. So what I did was sent the papers included a letter with them telling TWHBEA NOT to put me on the membership roster. I flat out said in my letter taht I will not support a profiting organization that continues to allow its associates and members to break the law and allow animal abuse. Yes, I had to pay the $100 non-member fee. But at least I let them know that what they continue to do is wrong and that I won't support them in any way.<BR/><BR/>Another option is to not transfer the papers and to register your mare instead with NWHA. Or to do both. :) NWHA has a tracking registry and it's very inexpensive--$30 for members and $40 for non-members. Membership is also $60, but they don't tack it onto the non-member fee to force you to be a member like TWHBEA does. You get a lot of free priviledges with your membership with NWHA that you don't get with TWHBEA. When you register your horse with them, the horse will be available online for anyone to access her records. You can join their trail riding programs, such as TRIP and CHIP, and you get an amateur status card if you ever decided to show in any discipline, all for free. TWHBEA charges for things like this.<BR/><BR/>I support NWHA's registry because we need another option than to continue funding the sore horse community. They are a completely sound horse group and are wonderful people, working hard to keep the sore horse and heavy-shod horse out of the show ring. They are doing a fine job, but of course they always need more members, just as any non-profit organization does!<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nwha.com/nwhatr.html" REL="nofollow">Click here for more information on the NWHA tracking registry.</A><BR/><BR/>I am also on the trail committee, so if you have ANY questions, please feel free to contact me. Really, if you have questions in general--about gait, NWHA, TWHs, whatever--let me know; I'm here to help!<BR/><BR/>Let me know what you decide to do with your mare's information. Feel free to continue to post here or email me via my website: www.silverphoenixranch.com.<BR/><BR/>Have fun with your mare!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7883131984088123932.post-50446314173764261072009-03-20T19:50:00.000-07:002009-03-20T19:50:00.000-07:00I have a bit of a moral quandary, and I'm wonderin...I have a bit of a moral quandary, and I'm wondering what you would do in this situation. I've never transferred my young TWH mare's papers to my own name. I'm not sure if I <I>want</I> to - it would help her resale value if I were ever forced to sell her, but I really don't want to give TWHBEA the money and the "new member." <BR/><BR/>What would you do?Funderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06358687366401205336noreply@blogger.com