yes, and she is from Michigan and those Amish run auctions are top and no slaughter

I have some Amish furniture….I absolutely love it! The furniture is well made and is of heirloom quality. The Amish are honest, hardworking people.

Thank you so much!

Did you have any knowledge of how their animals were treated?

Well said!

yep,Tennesee seems to rescue belgian that are in the slaughter pipeline from who knows where and they always have negative comments about the Amish

And those videos are from one point of view in certain situations. Spur, the Shetland pony that was rescued , was not owned by an Amish family. Yet, he was really mistreated. There was a farm near us that had 200 skeletal horses confiscated because of neglect, and those were not Amish people. You can’t form opinions from watching videos because it’s always from one point of view.

That was one person

Where in Topeka was the sale? I live outside of Topeka.

@@geridannels1701livestock arena at the expo grounds. Back when it was the Shawnee County Fairgrounds!

I’ve lived over 60 years and I’ve only become aware lately that people are so hateful towards the Amish. Is it because of those fake Amish “Reality” TV shows? I don’t know. 🤔

So sad

Darn it! We have not heard about skunk in along time either

I too live in Ohio Amish country. There are many who take fine care of their animals, but there are many who don't. I would not like to risk that one of my horses might go to the ones who don't. And don't get me started about their puppy mills!

Horses are ‘rescued’ all the time by people who never intend to help the animal at all. We’re told all the time to never offer a horse for free as it attracts the type of people that take the horse immediately to auction. These people even bring their children/grandchildren along to seal the deal. It has nothing to do with being Amish. Once the horse leaves you really have no way of knowing what becomes of them.

Before you say shame on those who made comments about their concerns, please do some research. It is mostly the old school Amish that work their animals to death with little vet care and almost no hoof care with their plow Belgians. There are many rescues out there that specialize in rescuing these work horses at auctions. They are generally NOT cared for and then dumped as kill buyers love the heavy horses as they sell to slaughter houses by the POUND. So the bigger work breeds are in trouble and being neglected and abused. The younger Amish seem to be turning the way horses are handled around and we are happy to see and hear that, but there are STILL a bunch that care nothing about the animals they own. IT IS A FACT. So it goes both ways, I agree there are wonderful Amish breeding and training wonderful horses, these are the younger men and families. The older ones are the problem and there is still the puppy mill problem that is horrendous as well. I don't think every fan made a broad statement against the Amish, I think most were concerned as we/they are informed about auctions and the slaughter pipelines. We watch hundreds of auctions live with the many rescue groups that go there to rescue so we have seen the problems and neglect these Amish horses have endured. Like most things more of us were just concerned that you were totally unaware of the Amish horse problems, we did not say that the ones in Michigan were awful personally, we all just wanted to get you curious about our concerns and to get up to speed on what IS AND HAS been going on with Amish throwaway horses, It is even sadder that many of the auction horses that the Amish bring are sometimes very young and have not received the vet care needed to keep them sound and therefore when these work horses or buggy horses become lame or have injuries that were never addressed and become a financial drag on the owners, they just get dumped. and sadly most of the big drafts end up in the slaughter pipelines which is just horrendous what these animals go through before they even get to the slaughter houses. Mexico has the worst, I have seen undercover videos of horses being SKINNED ALIVE, and the big drafts punched ten or more times in the head with a huge weight before they finally die. Sorry, but to those who let these beautiful animals end up like that, I have no words for.

Sorry there not the only ones that are bad with equines. There are other cultures too.​@@claudiadickerman4218

Yes, various Amish (and Mennonites) have been engaged in puppy mills criss-crossing multiple states and they are being called out. Religious freedom does not mean that they can abuse/ neglect animals. Everyone must speak up about animal abuse regardless of the social status of the abusers. Horse racing is another industry that treats horses horribly. Big, big money in horse racing, and yes, there are whistle- blowers whose conscience speaks to them and they call their ego-driven employers and vets out. BRAVO!

Have a nice day

I have had some of my horses trained by them .