Dannie Gilder Horse Transportation

Bought a new horse shipped from Ohio to Arkansas. Seller texted Danny to let him know I would be out of town til Saturday and could he deliver then instead of Thursday or Friday Danny replied yes in text he could deliver on Saturday Driver picks up horse on Wednesday but says he will keep horse overnight at places.

Called Danny for time of delivery on Saturday, he says horse to b delivered sometime Thursday!!. Told him seller told him I wouldnt b here til Saturday. Danny said no one ever told me that first I have heard of it. I sent him text from seller to him and he replied rudely that he texted that for different horse.

He lied! tried calling driver about 8 times so I could have someone to meet him at barn since I had to deliver 3 horses Thursday to Fayetteville and would not be there! Finally got text from driver, said 4 hours out at 7 am. I waited til 11:30 am for driver but had to leave.

Driver didnt show til 2:30. Where the *** did he go for 7 hours! Pulled up in open trailer with piece of plywood to block block the wind on one side onlyso shabby. Sub par to say the least.

Horse was bedraggled and exhausted looking. I dont think they ever took horse out of trailer the whole time for 2 days and it is 30 degrees outside with open trailer.

Hes going to kill a horse with this kind of treatment. Terrible dont EVER deal with this liar

DO NOT USE THIS TRANSPORT! Danie Glider is a fraud.

I paid him $800 last week to transport my filly to me. He told me to wire him the money and that he would pick up on Monday or Tuesday. He did not honor his word. He did not even call or text neither the seller nor I.

We had to try and contact him multiple times. He finally responded and said that pickup would be Friday. I reached out to him multiple times on Thursday and he finally responded saying that the filly would be picked up in the evening and would be dropped off at an undisclosed location and he didn't know when she would be shipped to me. My husband told him no and that was not what we originally agreed upon.

We then proceeded to asked for our $800 to be refunded and he now has become elusive and won't respond to my calls or text messages. He did not follow through on our original agreement so therefore it was my right to cancel out and then I found this site. It appears that Dannie Glider is not planning on refunding my money from what I have read here. Please help this man be stopped!

He is a criminal.

He is a coward and a thief and is not to be trusted! DO NOT USE DANNIE GLIDER OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!!!

Traded one horse for another and the other party arranged Dannie for the transport.

Unprofessional from the very start, over 9 days late picking up the first horse.

When they arrived, the trailer was horrendous and literally had a broken floor support near the rear. None of the horses had hay and the drivers were, less than friendly and MUCH less than professional. For lack of a better term- they appeared not much better than homeless and dirty with holes in their shirts and extremely dirty pants.... (we are a blue collar, asphalt laying, pipeline family- I know dirty.. this was unhygienic not hard working kind of dirty)....

Against my better judgement I put the horse I had traded for on the trailer. The horse was shipped from east Texas Tom South Carolina and arrived in roughly 24 hours. No complaints about that time line- however, the new owner stated the horse appeared dehydrated and underweight/sucked in- he was in very good condition when he left my home.

As soon as the first was unloaded the horse I traded for was picked up. Was told she would be delivered within 24 hours. 24 hours came and I messed Dannie asking for an ETA. He told me it would be a few hours and he would message me when his drivers were close.... 6 hours passedand it’s Saturday evening now- and I messaged him again.... This time he said “won’t be today”....

When I inquired for more information he responded with... “not gonna be today or tomorrow, probably not Monday either”.... I inquired where they were - his response was “horse is fine.”

After going back and fourth with the person who arranged this transporter- I found out that HE knew that the mare had been taken directly from his home in South Carolina to Dannie’s HOUSE in Missouri.

So I ask Dannie if my horse was being hauled or was at his house. His response... “my barn” followed by “she fine”

I requested the address... his response was again- “horse is fine”

When I requested to know what he was feeding her .... he said “we know how to care for one, she fine...”

After hours of back and fourth I was able to get an address and I drove from east Texas to Missouri myself to personally speak to Dannie and get my horse afternoon multiple attempts to have him meet me or deliver her by Monday. He claimed his truck was in the shop- when I arrived at his place there we 3 truck with trailers attached.

During my drive there- he informed me when I was an hour out that he wouldn’t be there, and the 3 big black dogs “should” be fine and “shouldn’t” bite.... He refused to meet me to get the mare loaded, wouldn’t answer or return my call when I arrived, and had the mares papers crumbled in a ball and tied to the stall. She had no hay or water.

He told me earlier in the day that he would cover my fuel cost as “he didn’t know I would be in a rush to get the horse or he wouldn’t have picked her up.....” because... “he had stuff going on”

Clearly he had no intentions of doing so as he couldn’t even be there when I arrived.

The entire experience was insane and I’ve never dealt with a transporter like this, and hope I never do.

Do NOT use Dannie Gilder- you will regret it.

Photo attached is of the mare I traded for- sale ad photo top left, right before she got on the trailer Friday and what she looked like Sunday afternoon before I got there.

She had several minor bumps and scrapes/cuts from her hock to her knees and head... all minor- but just showcasing the lack of driver care/knowledge while hauling horses.

Dannie’s barn was clean, but horse had no hay or water. Other horses did- just not mine. Ridiculous really.

The guy that arranged this hauler says he uses him often and he is never prompt- but handy had an issue like this. He also gave me $200 back for my fuel. Who knows....

Save yourself the headache and just don’t use Dannie...

I used them as well... and let me tell you that it was my worst nightmare...

I have two thoroughbreds one is 20 and the other 21... my mare is a little underweight due to having a foal and she wasn’t getting enough food. I had told them that my mare is a huge stress ball while trailering and for them to keep in contact with me, and my other horse is my show gelding... they had arrived in Brentwood California at around 12pm in the afternoon...

and they said that they will arrive in golden valley Arizona at around 1am! During the entire time I had absolutely no contact no nothing! I had given them the number to the owner of the boarding facility that they were going to, never contacted them whatsoever, also gave them the number to the last owner boarder and NEVER contacted them as well! So I had been trying my hardest to contact them.....

and my mother as well! So I figured they were just trying to drive there to get the horses to their destination on time. So I thought.... So the next day, early in the morning.

I checked my phone, and saw a text from them at 1030 pm asking the address to the destination (even though I already gave him it in the beginning) and I had replied to them asking if the horses are alright and if they made to the destination safely, he had told me yes they were safe but didn’t arrive to the destination.... so I was getting calls left and right about the horses and I had no idea when they were arriving. The gentleman contacted me saying he would be there in 15 min, so I had told my mother to be there, then I got another call from the guy, saying that he had gotten into a crash, and he admitted that the horses were FINE! Turns out that my two horses were in the front of the trailer and my mare got the brunt of the accident and my gelding has gotten a gash above his eye!

My mare injured her leg and could not walk, they were terrified of the trailer. My mare had to be taken to the vet had 5 X-rays done, and vet told us (thank god) that her leg was not broken and everything was in place perfectly, but does not excuse the fact that she still got injured ! Under their care! He also had a $12,000 Arabian STUD !

On the trailer and a $25,000 roping mare right next to him! Majority of the horses on that trailer were mares! I was not happy about this at all! I almost lost my horses, he never delivered them on time and he got into a reck!

Also his boss knew the guys truck breaks were no good as well as the trailers breaks as well! I too will NEVER EVER recommend them to anyone. They had no water no nothing.

Trailer was filthy. To this day my horses are still terrified of the trailers, and my mares leg is still extremely swollen !

My horse left Minnesota on May 22, 2018. Before he left, he had a bath, his tail braided, was in good weight. Two days earlier, he got his hooves trimmed and a new set of shoes on. He finally arrived in Washington state June 3rd at 10:30pm. Dannie Glider never was able to tell me where my horse was, just that he was being well cared for and being fed and watered regularly.

This evening I was in shock at his condtion. He has a horendous eye injury, and it did not happen today. My horse was injured while in the care of Dannie Glider horse transport and no one ever informed me about it. My horse also arrived missing a back shoe, again with no explantion from the driver.

He was also very hungry when he got off the truck. The trailer was full of horse *** obvously not cleaned for many many miles. I wonder how often my poor horse actually got fed and watered and off the truck in almost 2 weeks and how no one at Dannie Glider Horse transport can tell me how my horse got injured.

I'm at a loss I am just so sad about my horse and I wonder also about the other horses that were in there. This is what Dannie Glider Horse Transport did to my horse, abuse and cruelty.

And my horse is a good boy, he trailers well and likes other horses and animals, great for the farrier, so I don't know how this company can be so cruel, they obviously don't like animals.