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Thank-you folks. Just a quick question with regards to the xrays... A specialist equestrian rehab centre have offered to get their vets to take a look at Maizys xrays for me, after hearing quite a few negative reports about the current vet. However, I asked for a copy of them the same day...

Sorry to hear about both of your horses Halfpast & Wagtail :( I am waiting on permission for a burial site to come through this week, it is all starting to feel very real now & I worry that the mare can sense there is something wrong as I can barely look at her now without getting upset. x

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This was my exact thought at the time. But I did get to see the xrays and my vet talked me through them & because the majority of her problems are Degenerative, she will only worsen with time. Unfortunately I am not in a position financially to have all of her xrays and blocks done again by...

Again, thank you all for your time to reply. I personally feel that the injection will be the path which we choose to take. I don't think cremation will be an option for us financially so we are making arrangement to have her buried in a place which I know I can visit. Today I was allowed...

Just had an email back from rockley farm, I think the jist of their opinion is that they cannot give a definate answer because they have not spoken to my vet but they do not want to give me false hope about her future Because it concerns them that the blocks have not left her fully sound :(...

cptrayes, Thanks so much for this translation, It has made my decision a whole lot easier. I would never sentence her to a lifetime of pain and misery just because I would prefer her to stay here with me. In our 7 short months together she has looked after me well & now it is only fair that I...

I guess what I really need is everything put into lay mans terms for me to understand the severity of it all. From what I have researched online I am getting really mixed views. Are there any vets on the forum? x

Okay, so written vet report states: Lame left front, right front & right hind, blocks partially to foot, fetlock & knee in front as well as right hind hock & stifle. Very poor foot conformation with obvious signs of laminitis changes over the pedal bone , also interphallangeal degenerative...

Spoke to my vet again this morning. He is typing a written report up for me with his findings so I will repost them here when I receive them. Thank-you for the recent replies x

I wish I had recorded the call TBH, maybe these rules are different in the south of Ireland? Or perhaps he meant that that particular practice only allowed their senior vets to carry out vettings for purchase? On my receipt is says that it was for a 'Vetting of an 8yo bay mare' It also...

The man on the phone also suggested that I my vet is going to have a great deal of trouble proving to a court of law that these injuries were present at the time of the vetting and did not occur after I bought her. Does anybody have any views on this?

I decided to contact the vet who carried out her 'Vetting' before I bought her. After days of constant nagging really, I managed to get talking to a senior vet at the practice. He told me that the man who was present on the day of this was not qualified to carry out a vetting! He was only...

Sorry Box_of_frogs, I realise that I made that sound as though the vet told me this, It was infact a close friend who advised me about this. However, I suppose this is actually quite good news :) Thank you everybody so far for your opinions & kind words. I will be contacting both vets today...

Thank u for your reply, I am going to give the vet a call tomorrow morning to go over a few things, hopefully he will put it in writing for me so I can re-lay it back more accurately. I also forgot to mention that there is arthritis setting in on top of everything else. I think it is completely...