5 stage vetting and facilities needed

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I am about to organise a vetting for my intended purchase and want a 5 stage vetting however the horse that I'm buying in not on a yard but a small set up with various paddocks , stables but no school and no real hard area for trotting up the horse.The owner suggested perhaps a 2 stage vetting would be ok as she doesn't have the facilities for a 5.
My question is the access to the stables is via a very small country lane which is quite flat, do you think the vet would do the trot up there?, the ridden and lunging could be done in the paddocks as one is quite flat and used for schooling, the stables are really nice for the eyes examination , so really its just the hard flat surface that might be a problem.

What do you think?
 
i had both of my horses 5 stage vetted, and neither us or the sellers had a big hard surface to trot up on. With Tara the vet said we HAD to find a peice of flat hard land to lunge her on, so we ended up using a pub carpark (with permission of course)
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with harry, the vet said the long flat country lane would do fine.
 
We had one of ours vetted & we dont have a school & vet didnt bother we just went into one of the paddocks. I just rang the vet & explained that we didnt have a school & he said not to worry that we would manage. You could give them a ring & ask them?
 
Dont let her talk you out of a five stage vetting - if she wants to sell the horse she needs to be thinking about this and not you - the vet will be able to sort something out - is ther not a hard road that they could trot up or is too busy ?

I do know that alot of vets have stopped lunging on hard surfaces now - when I sold my last pony she was five stage vetted and the vet was adamant that he hammered her rounf on the concrete for ages on a really tight circle - I ended up telling him to f%ck off as my pony was getting upset and he was making her go faster and tighter - it was so horrid!! needless to say she failed as we had to stop halfway but a tthe end of the day I wasnt going to see my little mate go through that just for a sale!!

She should arrange for the horse to be sent somewhere so you can trot up on hard surfaces if she wants to sell it - or at least let you take it somewhere.

Sadly - part of selling a horse is to have the correct facilities to do so nowadays
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Hope it passes!! Good Luck
 
browbrow, there is a very small lane just next to their fields so I hope we can use this, i will not be talked out of a 5 stage vetting , I had one done 4 weeks ago on a lovely horse which sadly failed, but the vet was so thorough and had I not had it done would in years probably come to regret it and spent a lot of money in vets bills.
 
if you are using a local specialist equine vet the chances are they will have suitable facilities at their centre & will be happy to arrange for the horse to attend their premises for the vetting ,
 
I am sorry about your last failed vetting!!

Vets are used to improvising - so as long as the road has good visibilty ans no blind corners they wil defo use it!!

I hope all goes well for you!!
 
I recently had our new pony 5 stage vetted. We used the lane to trot him up in. We just had to stop if a car came by!

Also, the vet didn't lunge on a hard surface. She did the flexion tests on the lane and turned him in tight circles on a lead rope to check his front legs. Only a couple of turns each way.

Luckily there was an arena there we could use for the breathing/heart rate test.

But I shouldn't worry about it. use the lane if it's not too busy and don't let the owner talk you out of a 5 stage if that's what you want.

I think the 2 stage is basically just confirming that the horse is alive and matches the passport!

Are you going to be there for the vetting? I was and I'm glad I was as the vet could ask me questions about what we wanted the pony to be able to do etc.

I did hear from someone that sometimes is the potential buyer isn't there then the vet 'may' not do the vetting properly!
 
Boxers, I was there for the failed vetting and was glad that I was there, you really get to see the horse put through the tests, so yes I will be there for this one, the lane is pretty quiet and straight so I think it will be ok to use, i just hope this one sails through the vetting, its so upsetting if they don't. I then have to wait another 10 days or so as I then go on holiday so the owner will keep the horse till I get back, I didn't feel it fair for a horse to be left in a strange yard with no mum !!
 
yes OrangeEmpire, he fits the bill, I know he needs a bit of work re outline, but hey I'm ready for that, he has got the dentist coming this week as the owner feels he is sore in the mouth and just wants him checking, I would have done that anyway, so has saved me a job, , I showed the children a picture of him the other day and they thought it was my old chestnut mare, he does look identical, so I too must have a thing for orangey horses !!!!!!.

I will keep you posted, god I'm soo excited and me being a "mature" rider, pull your self together woman so my OH would say its only a horse, yes I say but its going to be mine , yeeha!!!!
 
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