Hopefully the horse hunting is over! :o)

[GREYSMEADOW]

Well I’m hoping the horse hunt is over as I have found a suitable neddy. I now need to make an appointment with the vet tomorrow for a 5 stage + bloods asap. I may not be able to be there for the vetting (before Friday) but will be on the end of the phone should something flag up!

I’m wondering if any of you have still purchased (at a reduced price) if the horse showed up slightly lame on flexion test(s) or even something else. I just want to prepare myself for this as a friend of my mentioned that if this happens you could offer the dealer to drop the price by say £1K etc as I would only be happy hacking rather than an advertised all-rounder. Also would I still have to provide the vet fail report for insurance purposes. The horse is a fraction over £4K.

I would welcome some advise please.

Many thanks.

 

[neddynesbitt]

Hey firstly that's brilliant news did you have to travel miles or were you lucky enough to find one locally?

As regards flexion tests (or anything else that the vet would regard as a fail) even if you were to get money off, I would still say don't do it. I know some people may disagree with me BUT a very good friend of mine had a horse fail on flexion. She had fallen in love with him and decided to buy him anyway at a reduced price

She was advised by her own vet to tell the insurance company she HADN'T had a vetting and that way she would have no exclusions on that leg. She did exactly that.

All was well until the horse went lame on that leg yes she was insured but quite frankly that's not the point. The horse was on box rest for 9 months and had PRP treatment etc. He did not improve and his fetlock started to collapse, the vets said there was absolutely no choice but to put him down

After all the heartache I saw her go through I am more than a little miffed that her own vet advised her to do the above, they would have been better off advising her if they had spoken to the vet who did the vetting and get the vets version of the failed flexion test rather than just say "Tell the insurance company you didn't get him vetted"

My own boy was PTS last August after various lameness issues and quite frankly I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy.

Good luck with your vetting and hopefully this won't be an issue anyway

 

[LollyDolly]

Congratulations!

As for vettings sometimes they don't go as smoothly as planned, the best thing to do is to ask the vet's opinion! If something comes up then just ask the implications of the fault and what the vet would do in your situation.

Best of luck!

 

[natalia]

Depends, a good dealer will often offer to warrant anything that's shown up on a vetting, ie if unsound on flexion, there area by reasons horses don't pass flexion and sometimes it simply just a knock or bruise.

 

[hoggedmane]

mmm but how do you find a good dealer. I had a warranty from the dealer IN KENT that I bought a pony from. She refused to honour it and I took her to court and won. She sent the court papers back marked gone away. I was then faced with the choice of spending more time money and agro trying to chase her or cut my losses and move on. If I post my experiences and name this person HHO admin will not allow the posts to stand so how do other buyers get warned about these people. The particular dealer I bought from has since been arrested and is being investigated for her dodgy dealings but still she trades and unsuspecting buyers will go there.

Sorry rant over - I hope your vetting goes well - just remember never use a vet suggested by the dealer (he has been arrested too!)