We purchased a horse from Kara Hoefer of Sweet Iron Farm in Swansea, SC several months ago. We purchased the horse on the contingency that the horse would receive 30 days of "professional" training ("natural horsemanship") before the horse left her farm. She also promised that if we did not like the horse, that she would refund our money. When we arrived 30 days later to pick-up our new horse, we found the horse terrified, very thin, and covered in bites. The horse was abnormally nervous, and very hard to load. Once he arrived at his new home, we realized that Kara did nothing but starve and beat the horse. She obviously did not feed him at all over the 30 days, and her "training techniques" are both barbaric, and cruel. After 2 weeks, we decided that we could not deal with the horse's issues anymore, and we asked for a refund as she promised. She never returned our phone calls or emails, and now we are stuck with a crazy horse. Buyers & clients beware of Kara Hoefer and Sweet Iron Farm. Kara is a liar, with no real credintials who mistreats her horses. I would advise ANYONE thinking of doing business with her to think long and hard before doing it. I hope this report will help someone not make the same mistake that we did.
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