Firewell
Well-Known Member
Well I had my gorgeous new horse that ive had on trial for the past 2 weeks vetted and it wasnt good
In fact it went from bad to worse
First of all the vet checked his lungs and he was a bit bunged up, the vet thought he had a touch of COPD. Not a prob I thought, just needs to be managed. Then he checked his back and he was sore around the muscles where the back of the saddle goes, again not a problem, nothing a few sessions from the wonder man Gavin Scofield cant solve.
Then he checked his eyes... The left one had some sort of Cataract on it, not the nasty kind but the vet thought it looked very unusual. He said he was concerned about this but that as far as he could see it wasnt affecting his sight and may be a congenital problem that could or could not get worse. I was feeling slightly worried at this stage but the vet said it wouldnt stop me doing what I wanted but may affect his resale value. OK I thought, perhaps a point for re-negotiating the price.
Then we took him outside to do the trot up. He trotted up nicely and the vet thought he moved really lovely. Then he felt his legs and all was good. Then he did the flexion... Arti started playing up at this point, fidgiting and trying to pull his leg away. The Vet did the flexion test on the near fore for no more than 20 seconds if that and then when I trotted him away he was hopping lame
. The vet then did the off fore, again held the leg up for not more than a few seconds, I trotted him off and if possible he was even worse on this leg , really lame
It was at this point with me nearly in tears that the vet terminated the vetting and wouldnt proceed any further. Basically he couldnt have failed more miserably.
So I rang up the dealer and we are taking him back tomorrow
Im very very upset, hes a beautiful beautiful horse, all 16.3 of stunning golden chestnut and so kind and genuine hes really looked after me these past two weeks.
So there we go, horses I guess. Hes being sold on behalf of a client so I hope his owner has him back and gets him investigated before putting him up for sale again. He deserves that at least.
The hunt starts again
In fact it went from bad to worse
First of all the vet checked his lungs and he was a bit bunged up, the vet thought he had a touch of COPD. Not a prob I thought, just needs to be managed. Then he checked his back and he was sore around the muscles where the back of the saddle goes, again not a problem, nothing a few sessions from the wonder man Gavin Scofield cant solve.
Then he checked his eyes... The left one had some sort of Cataract on it, not the nasty kind but the vet thought it looked very unusual. He said he was concerned about this but that as far as he could see it wasnt affecting his sight and may be a congenital problem that could or could not get worse. I was feeling slightly worried at this stage but the vet said it wouldnt stop me doing what I wanted but may affect his resale value. OK I thought, perhaps a point for re-negotiating the price.
Then we took him outside to do the trot up. He trotted up nicely and the vet thought he moved really lovely. Then he felt his legs and all was good. Then he did the flexion... Arti started playing up at this point, fidgiting and trying to pull his leg away. The Vet did the flexion test on the near fore for no more than 20 seconds if that and then when I trotted him away he was hopping lame
It was at this point with me nearly in tears that the vet terminated the vetting and wouldnt proceed any further. Basically he couldnt have failed more miserably.
So I rang up the dealer and we are taking him back tomorrow
So there we go, horses I guess. Hes being sold on behalf of a client so I hope his owner has him back and gets him investigated before putting him up for sale again. He deserves that at least.
The hunt starts again
