Recent content by the little ausie

Interesting - yet again more conflicting information. "BEVA Guidelines for Pre Purchase Examinations BEVA/RCVS Guidance Notes on the Examination of a Horse on Behalf of a Prospective Purchaser (amended 2012) This document has been produced jointly by the British Equine Veterinary...

My horse had completed all the stages of the vetting - including the horrendous trotting on a concrete circle and had shown no signs of any lameness. The only indication the vet gave for further investigation was that he has smallish feet! then out came the hoof testers. It is becoming...

Thanks for your replies. It was the purchasers vet not mine who did the hoof testing/vetting. I did mention to my Vet about making a complaint, she said I could but without another vet as a witness to the horse being sound and then not being sound, it would be difficult to prove that the hoof...

I had my horse vetted on Wednesday (just a cheap all rounder). He passed everything (flexion /trot up)until the vet used HUGE hoof testers on all four feet - including pressing on the frogs! He then was 2/10 lame on both front feet and 1/10 on both back feet and was failed by the vet. My vet...