Less than 24 hours after plastering FB with adverts for the cows, we had sold them subject to a clear TB test (testing Friday) and payment of a deposit.
We feel as confident as we can that they are going to a great home.
But how do we know??
For us and our cows, we knew we had to really 'like' the potential new owners (and we did, a lot), We spent an hour and a half with them, they answered all our questions and asked us loads, they didn't try to haggle the price, they talked about their land and their current stock (they already have some Dexters) and when they went home they sent us loads of pictures. They interacted with the cows and touched them and we shared our 'cow' stories, serious and funny!
They live on 50 acres near Torquay, half of which is woodland and from the photos, their place looks amazing!!!
We asked for a 33% deposit and agreed a potential collection date and all in all, as we write this, we are feeling as positive as we can whilst accepting that nothing is 100% certain till it happens...
We were inundated with interest and have several people on a 'waiting' list in case it falls through! We had no idea of the response we'd get and were in fact a bit over-whelmed!