COURTNEY LIVESTOCK Charlie Courtney false representation of horses he sells Holden, Louisiana

 Me and my husband recently purchased a black, 9 year old, stud TWH from Mr. Courtney about 6 months ago. When we arrived at the farm he had several donkeys and small horses everywere just like the other lady said on about 1 and 1/2 acres of land. The horse did have secretion coming from his nose but we over looked it because he said it would go away and he thought he had sinus. He told us to not be alarmed that Roscoe tryed to breed a shedding pony through the stall and he hurt his p***s but it would heal real quick. Being that a stud does not let down there p***s until they r around other mares a month later when my husband got off work we decided to bring him out with our other horses, and when he let down his p***s it was severly dirty never cleaned and had a knot on the side about the size of a golf ball. So us taking him at his word we bout him sum antibiotics and begin to treat it. The knot only got larger. So I decided to research it online and i found out it was a sign of squamous cell carcenomous which is a form of cancer. The horse never showed any signs of pain so we just monitored him a little longer. Then we decided to call out a vet and he cut a piece of it and sent it to lab. Found out it was Cancer and already been started to spread. So we called Mr. Charlie Courtney and he said well since you all do alot of business with me I will take him try to trade him back off and get you all another horse. So when my husband got back off we loaded him up to bring him and when arrived we saw 2 trailers in the yard which let us know it new horses brought in that day with the tractor out as grass had been cut. The wife came out and told us he had cut his leg and almost died and that we had signed a contract as a final sale and she told charlie he can't do this. She had a very ugly attitude towards us as if we were nothing to her company and have bought at least 3 horses from them. Im shocked this is the first incident now that i see what is going on with this company. If you are going advertise and lie to people for money you should at least allow them a chamce to get another horse if selling animals with internal illnesses. This horse is gonna die so we have to try and donate him to lsu research center. But i will post everywere until everyone knows to not do business with them unless u have money for animal vet bills that are thousands of dollars. But we were told it was a waist for us that he been dieing already. So i will not give up I will be heard one way or another!!!

How can someone be ripped off when they do not purchase anything???  By the time I finish providing all of the facts, readers will find that we are the ones being ripped off!

Per Angie's flagrant allegations, amidst my teaching responsibilities as well as house and farm chores, I am still adding pictures of horses we owned at the time critics from Angie, LA came to our premises and left with the urge to monetarily DAMAGE our horse business as well as provoke undue STRESS on my husband, on me and my family.  These are the horses and jennies on 10 acres that are supposedly abused and not fed!  Please pay close attention to the facilities--an 8-stall barn, large penning lot behind the barn (a lot they thought was a half acre that housed all the animals), the pasture, the large bales of hay, 2 round pens, and a large tack shop.  I will also be so pleased as to provide totals within the week of all receipts for feed and vet supplies disbursed on these animals.

Please visit out website, www.courtneylivestock.com,  at any time to view the physical condition of our animals or call for directions and come for a visit.  We welcome visitors any time after 4:30 p.m. since I teach and do not get home until then.  My husband gets home from the plant around 6:30 to 7:00 daily depending on the traffic.  You may also come on weekends, however it would be best if you called (225) 567-5358 or (225) 362-6024 , because I clerk, writing tickets at the horse sale on the 3rd and 5th weekends.

How can someone be ripped off when they do not purchase anything???  By the time I finish providing all of the facts, readers will find that we are the ones being ripped off!

Per Angie's flagrant allegations, amidst my teaching responsibilities as well as house and farm chores, I am still adding pictures of horses we owned at the time critics from Angie, LA came to our premises and left with the urge to monetarily DAMAGE our horse business as well as provoke undue STRESS on my husband, on me and my family.  These are the horses and jennies on 10 acres that are supposedly abused and not fed!  Please pay close attention to the facilities--an 8-stall barn, large penning lot behind the barn (a lot they thought was a half acre that housed all the animals), the pasture, the large bales of hay, 2 round pens, and a large tack shop.  I will also be so pleased as to provide totals within the week of all receipts for feed and vet supplies disbursed on these animals.

Please visit out website, www.courtneylivestock.com,  at any time to view the physical condition of our animals or call for directions and come for a visit.  We welcome visitors any time after 4:30 p.m. since I teach and do not get home until then.  My husband gets home from the plant around 6:30 to 7:00 daily depending on the traffic.  You may also come on weekends, however it would be best if you called (225) 567-5358 or (225) 362-6024 , because I clerk, writing tickets at the horse sale on the 3rd and 5th weekends.

As evidenced by the pictures, it is obvious that we love and care for our horses.

Before addressing your over-zealous, unjust complaint, first let me begin by telling you that my husband and I both work and are not die-hard horse traders.  Charlie works at a refinery, and I am a 40-year veteran school teacher.  We love horses and work diligently to match the right horse with our clients as well as find these animals a good home.  We buy and sell horses and are upfront with customers about our position in the horse industry as openly disseminated on our website.  We spend a substantial amount of money on grain, hay, and veterinary supplies and have been selling horses for over thirty years warranting a first-rate reputation for treating our customers right.  You are the FIRST to complain!  

Let me start by stating, You really need to get your facts straight!  Our horses are NOT confined to a half acre. We own 10 acres!   Im assuming the half acre you are talking about is the lot behind our barn where we had penned the horses.  That lot is less than a half-acre.  Also, on the day you arrived with your entourage, you conveniently failed to mention there was a large round bale of hay in the penning lot, another large round bale in the side pen, and four large bales in the pasture as well as four adequately-filled troughs of rice bran.  And, the horse lying down was NOT a pony.  She was a little 4-month old white, malnourished, paint filly that came with her extremely skinny bay/white paint mother.  These two are rescue horses that my husband had picked up a week prior to your visit. 

For the record, Charlie dewormed and administered B-12 shots to both the mare and the foal, and both are fed separately from the other horses to ensure they get sufficient nourishment.  Per your unfound allegations, I snapped pictures of all the horses that we had on our premises the day of your impromptu visit.   Although we generally do not post pictures of a skinny horse, my husband and I opted to share these pictures to the public for pending future reference.  Interested parties may visit our site at www.courtneylivestock.com.  

Prior to your visit to our home, the white TWH gelding, Kajun, had been ridden by several prospective buyers who had no problem saddling or riding him in the arena, outside of the arena, down the blacktop in front of our house, and in front of the barn.  Like you, all but one of the buyers had a horse they had purchased from someone else that was too much for their wife or kids to ride so they were wanting to

trade.  In lieu of the incident that occurred the day of your visit, we have no clue as to why Kajun jumped backwards when Charlie tried to saddle him.  He had never done that before.  But, allow me to enlighten you--Horses are animals, and we cannot always control what they do.  If Kajun was as bad as you are portraying, we would never have posted him on Craigslist or have allowed our 13-year old grandson ride him.  And, if his behavior when he broke loose from the hitching post bothered you so much, why did you still want to ride him?  I would assume your wanting to ride Kajun was because he rode really well when my 13-year old grandson was showing himvery smooth gait with both his head and tail erect, and long, smooth strides.

My husband running???  Sure he did, and, of course, I am being facetious!  He retrieved Kajun after he broke loose from being tied to the post, but I can assure you my husband did not run him down, not with his (Charlies) medical issues.   And again, the other guy he put on him was my 13-year old grandsonjust a kid-- who has started riding in the last six months. Again, if he was so bad why, why, why did you still want to ride him?

My husband did say he understood it if you did not want Kajun since he acted out.  You are the one who ask to see the second horsethe one that I told you we bought at a sale, had not tried him, and was unsure if he would work.  Nevertheless, with your overly dramatic testimonial of the incidents that occurred with both horses, I, for the life of me, cannot comprehend why you still wanted to ride both of them?

OK, now let me think about this!!??? Youre informing everyone via the World Wide Web that you were offended because my husband and son were sitting on the tailgate of his pickup drinking a beer.  And, you were equally bothered that you were not greeted with a happy-jack smile and an overly-enthusiastic, howdy-doody, roll-out-the-red carpet, bring-it-on demeanor???!!!  ***Well, let me shed some light here!  We own that house and ten acres that you so-called graced, and no one is going to tell my husband and son when and if or if and when they can drink a beer.   If drinking a cold Miller Lite bothered you that badly, then~~~~~~~you should have gotten back in your vehicle and headed back in the same direction you came from!