Beck And Anne Kozloff, Whistlin Willows Farm Fraud on Horses papers Gorham Maine

I have done business with Becky and Anne Kozloff for years now. I've owned horses for 48 years. I've seen first hand in many situations, farms and horse sellers who are cruel to their animals, deceitful to their buyers, only looking for their next dollar and falling short of properly fitting the right horse with the right rider.

Anne and Becky not only offer first quality horses, but excellent customer service in which their family takes great pride in.  In fact they will even continue to follow up on their horses even after they are sold to insure they have good homes and are being well cared for.  They are NOT looking to cheat anyone.  Their main goal is to keep a long time family owned and operated horse farm running to service all us horse lovers out there.

I have purchased many horses from Anne.  All of which have had the correct paperwork to go with them, no lies, no hidden issues on any of the horses.  They are completely fair and upfront about all there is to know about the horse or horses you would want to purchase from them.

Anne has gone as far as even helping me care for my horses when I had two tragedies in my life recently.  One was when we moved here from Connecticut and I broke my leg.  The other was when I was diagnosed with Lymphoma Cancer and was completely unable to be around my horses to care for them, or even to be in the barn with them.  When times were tough for me to care for my horses Anne came and took care of my horses all at her own expense.  This is not the action of a "rip-off" individual that she is being made out to be.  This is the action of a kind, caring, honest horse lover and individual you would want to buy a horse from.

She goes out of her way everyday to insure her horses, her business, and her customers are well cared for and completely satisfied. 

To insinuate that they are "rip-offs" is completely inaccurate.  Seems this person complaining of the "paper error" they had, could have been resolved if they only took the time to instead of trying to turn the fault on the wrong party, shows this person is not telling the whole story or anything far from the truth about Whistlin Willows Farm and their family run business.  The fact is they did receive a darn good horse that they loved.  Take a good look at yourself and horses.  Are you really into them as your pet and friend, or are you just into purchasing horses and trying to ruin a person's life and business all for selfish reasons.   Look for the "good" in others and the good will come back to shine on you.  Whistlin Willows Farm is a wonderful place to do business with.  I should know.  I have been a customer of theirs for quite some time.  Never had a bad horse purchase from this family. 

As far as I'm aware falsifying paperwork is illegal and is a very serious matter. If the horse in question was not bred by Anne Kozloff then it is not her error. If it was bred by her then there's a possibility that with so many horses she got confused. She does after all have 3 horses for sale at the moment named Blue, Blue and Blues!!!!!

I have has several dealings with Anne Kozloff and I have been less than impressed everytime, however I understand that the horse dealing industry is extremely hard and she needs to do what she has to inorder to feed her family and horses.

I do think that there's a lot that happens on that farm that people don't know about and I strongly feel that the living conditions of those horses are not acceptible.

The best thing I can suggest to anyone is to thoroughly investigate any farm/person/horse that you intend to buy, including checking papers, seeing the horse's parents if possible, and getting the horse thoroughly vetted as I know many of the horses that I have had from her have rarely been sound.

I personally do not believe that she is a bad person but she is a dealer and does what she has to. If she didn't, she'd have no money to feed her 50 horses.

I agree with everything the first person to comment said. I, too have bought a horse from Anne and had not had any problems at all. She was the best person I have ever gotten a horse off of. She actually cares where her horses go and out of all the inquiries, picks the best person for the horse. She was so nice to deliver the horse 250+ miles (round trip) without charging me profit. Only gas and tolls. I asked her about this report and she told me you black mailed her! She would not let you have what you wanted so you filed a false claim. I wouldn't believe a single word that comes out of Ottbmommy's mouth. Just goes to show how you should see for yourself before you judge. And also, don't mess with someone's reputation. It will come back and bite you in the end. Oh and by the way, she also said she has never even met you. She wouldn't know you if she saw you.

I for one think it is absolutely amazing that this women, ottbmommy(aka Angel) or whatever alias she is using at the moment is complaining about anything, she constantly has listings looking to "rescue" horses then turns around and sells them, like that poor little blind appaloosa mare she had listed as a kids horse- this women is a piece of dogshit- anyone reading this beware- she contacted me about my appendix when i was looking to find him a home then i stumbled acrossed her ads for the appaloosa mare and whatever poor soul she had up there then. I emailed her and went up to her dump of a barn- she shouldn't have a mini there let alone big horses. To top everything all off here I read that she bought a horse "second hand" so shes saying she did not even buy the horse from them, what a piece of work!! I do not know the Kozloff's other than seeing them at shows a few years back but their horses always looked wonderful and they always were good sportsmans, pinned well, had very lovely horses, i know people that learned to ride there and have gone very far in the equine industry. I personally would not take anything this ottbmommy says to heart, she is an idiot and a theif- to point fingers at someone else and accuse them of doing what she has been doing for years well needless to say i guess she speaks from experience just not the type she writes about. I can't believe the kozloff's havent taken this women to court for deformation of character, i would encourage it!!

I had dealt with Anne, when I was interested in purchasing a paint mare she had advertised for sale(before I knew of her reputation) This was about 4 years ago.  I contacted her, to get more information about a this mare that she described as practically bomb proof but just needed more miles/saddle time.

Luckily, I do my research before buying an animal!  I tried to arrange a time to come meet the mare with Anne, but was unable because of her strange availability at the barn.  So I did a drive by, and was preparing to "drop in" to see what the barn was like. I was horrified!  The property looked more like junk yard than a farm, with parts to vehicles, tractors etc everywhere, as well as trash, tarps etc strewn about. The fields that were fenced for the horses were very sparse and at that time I did not notice any hay out for them, they were standing near the trees head to rear because the flies- no masks on any of them.  I did not see a water tank anywhere either.  The place was an absolute mess, with dangerous piles of "stuff" everywhere that a horse could get injured on easily!  The horses I did see, did not look horribly skinny, but lets just say their body conditions were not %100.

After the drive by, I pretty much ruled out purchasing there, but did more research on the mare.  I found where she was previously boarded and advertised for sale and contacted them! They were very kind and obviously truthful when telling me that the mare was very green, and was hard to handle and unreliable and she would "blow up," without warning.  They agreed she could be a nice mare if she had been properly and consistantly worked with, but she had not exhibited the qualities Anne had advertised while she was boarded at their facility.  Why would they lie, they aren't gaining or losing anything in this situation.

Anyone in their right mind can tell just by looking at the farm, that these animals are not given the best care.  Just think about the horrible conditions hidden from view in the barn that you are not seeing- and yes I have later experienced more of them, as I feel their is a need to expose their apparent priority is to make a dollar, regardless of the animal's best welfare. The latest conditions and 23 horses dead, speak for themselves. Who feeds silage, especially without vaccinating for botulism- if you are an experienced horse owner- that actually cared why would you even take the risk....unless all you cared about was saving the all-mighty dollar in the long run!?!