Janicemacd_2010
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I have posted a few times before but due to the nature of this request I'd like to remain anonymous.
I sold a foal to a veterinary nurse and believed this person to be a friend (have known this person for years and she is local to me).
The person paid deposit for the foal when he was still on his mother, She had 'family' problems by the time she was due to get him and asked if I could keep him a little longer, I agreed as it really wasn't a problem as he could run with the rest of the youngsters ( I didn't ask for any additional payments for feed or worming). She then asked if I would geld him for her and she would pay when she got him.
When it came to April I had him gelded and she was ready for him in the May (6months after original agreement) and she asked me if I would keep his passport and she would get it when she paid for the castration. I 'stupidly' agreed and delivered him for her, she kept me up to date with progress etc for a couple of months but no payment was made for his castration.
I eventually asked her for payment and said she really should come and get his passport. Still nothing to date!!!
Now she has decided she wants to sell him and another friend of mine has gone to see another horse she had for sale and saw him - he is seemingly in a terrible state and sounds like he may have bastard strangles. I'm absolutely heart broken as I did not mean to bring him into the world to have this treatment. She is leaving him in a stable 24/7 no bedding, just poo to lie on and she hasn't been handling him and he is very head shy and completely bonkers. She has not asked for a vet to visit and is not cleaning his abscesses (sp).
I feel responsible as I bred him and I am also concerned that his passport is still in my name because I'm sure that there is a case of cruelty here and that people who will see him to buy will report her to WHW or SSPCA.
I don't know whether to go see him or whether to leave well alone, I don't have the facilities to deal with an outbreak of strangles (if that is what he has) as I have over 30 horses at the moment (breed them) And I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep my cool if he is in a terrible state.
Also since selling him to her I have found out that she has been mentioned on HHO previously for acquiring horses with navicular or KS and selling them on as jumping horses. I'm sure she would be in terrible trouble with her work for this but I'm not really up for causing her trouble, I'd rather sort out the youngster.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I really would appreciate some ideas on how I might deal with this.
I sold a foal to a veterinary nurse and believed this person to be a friend (have known this person for years and she is local to me).
The person paid deposit for the foal when he was still on his mother, She had 'family' problems by the time she was due to get him and asked if I could keep him a little longer, I agreed as it really wasn't a problem as he could run with the rest of the youngsters ( I didn't ask for any additional payments for feed or worming). She then asked if I would geld him for her and she would pay when she got him.
When it came to April I had him gelded and she was ready for him in the May (6months after original agreement) and she asked me if I would keep his passport and she would get it when she paid for the castration. I 'stupidly' agreed and delivered him for her, she kept me up to date with progress etc for a couple of months but no payment was made for his castration.
I eventually asked her for payment and said she really should come and get his passport. Still nothing to date!!!
Now she has decided she wants to sell him and another friend of mine has gone to see another horse she had for sale and saw him - he is seemingly in a terrible state and sounds like he may have bastard strangles. I'm absolutely heart broken as I did not mean to bring him into the world to have this treatment. She is leaving him in a stable 24/7 no bedding, just poo to lie on and she hasn't been handling him and he is very head shy and completely bonkers. She has not asked for a vet to visit and is not cleaning his abscesses (sp).
I feel responsible as I bred him and I am also concerned that his passport is still in my name because I'm sure that there is a case of cruelty here and that people who will see him to buy will report her to WHW or SSPCA.
I don't know whether to go see him or whether to leave well alone, I don't have the facilities to deal with an outbreak of strangles (if that is what he has) as I have over 30 horses at the moment (breed them) And I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to keep my cool if he is in a terrible state.
Also since selling him to her I have found out that she has been mentioned on HHO previously for acquiring horses with navicular or KS and selling them on as jumping horses. I'm sure she would be in terrible trouble with her work for this but I'm not really up for causing her trouble, I'd rather sort out the youngster.
Thanks for taking the time to read this, I really would appreciate some ideas on how I might deal with this.