Horrible viewing...

phantomhorse said:
Jeeze :rolleyes:

I bet the OP rues the day she decided to post about being fouly sworn at during a horse viewing!!! I think that was the OP's reason for posting, not to be torn off a strip for how she chooses to go about her horse purchase.

Okay, I personally wouldn't go to view a horse for the first time with a trailer/lorry in tow, but many people do. This was a young horse (4?), maybe still unbacked. Maybe the OP'er had thought she'd seen enough (video/photos/advert) and asked enough questions over the phone to indicate the young horse might be worth the trip and take a chance on not having it vetted if it appeared genuine in the flesh. Not everyone has every horse vetted. Shocking :eek:, but true. Also, people visit horse auctions all the time with a trailer/lorry expecting to take home a horse (minus a vetting) the same day. Shock horror! Plenty of people on this forum do this so why is this poster being slated for the same 'crime'? Beats me. :confused:

Good luck finding your new horse OP. Just make sure you don't post about it on here, eh :rolleyes:
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Thanks for that comment, started regretting putting this post up. I didn't expect getting this many negative comments and my original point was not how I disagreed with the owner or was annoyed I had taken a trailer, it was only the girl language and attitude. I would never dream speaking to anyone the way she did under any circumstance.
 
Phantomhorse making a good point.....I hope OP is happy to post when a new horse is found!

Not sure where this turned sour...the OP merely stated their level of experience, didn't say they were a vet!

OP - good luck on your hunt
 
skyhigh said:
Thanks for that comment, started regretting putting this post up. I didn't expect getting this many negative comments and my original point was not how I disagreed with the owner or was annoyed I had taken a trailer, it was only the girl language and attitude. I would never dream speaking to anyone the way she did under any circumstance.
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It's okay Skyhigh, some of us understood your point. I agree, I would have been appalled at being spoken to like that. How shocking. Even in this day an age no one expects a mere stranger to feel they can speak to you like that. Ignorant and uneducated. Thank god her mother was embarrassed and shocked. Hopefully she gave her daughter a good talking to after you (quite rightly) walked. Do feel expecially bad for you having driven all that way just for that to happen.
 
I hope you don't feel too bad OP. forums can be tricky things as they are open to all and putting your views out there means anyone can comment, and sometimes not always in the way that you'd want. Best of luck in your search and be sure to post us pics of your new horse (flex tested or not!) so we can say hello nicely :)
 
Bernster said:
I hope you don't feel too bad OP. forums can be tricky things as they are open to all and putting your views out there means anyone can comment, and sometimes not always in the way that you'd want. Best of luck in your search and be sure to post us pics of your new horse (flex tested or not!) so we can say hello nicely :)
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Thanks Bernster, I have been browsing here for a while and always respected 90% of comments made on this forum, so feel like I have done something wrong to get 50, mostly negative, comments from different people. I think I will go back to browsing :p
 
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If you need help horse hunting then there are making on here who love window shopping!!

What are you looking for? and I assume you do not want a long distance this time:D
 
MiJodsR2BlinkinTite said:
Jeez - you were pretty damn lucky not to get your head kicked in. This was a strange horse and he didn't know you, and was obviously in pain, and reacted violently to it.

No I don't think it unreasonable to have a flexion test done before buying a horse, BUT I would expect this to be done as part of a vetting by a qualified vet.

You frankly had a very narrow escape; you could have been very badly injured indeed. A piece of advice that I was given was NEVER to touch the horse yourself, particularly feet (and VERY particularly hind feet!!!). Let the owner/handler do it ....... that way, to put it bluntly, its their head that gets kicked in and not yours. Also, I'm probably telling grannie to suck eggs here, ALWAYS watch it ridden first as well - a friend of mine went to see a horse for her daughter and as soon as it was mounted started bronking for England; and, you've guessed it, it had "never done that before"!!!

So protect yourself, and stay safe.
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Erm, OP didn't touch the horse. She ASKED if she COULD do a flexion test....
 
I'm so sorry that you had such a bad experience, it is so disappointing to get your hopes up to be dashed without getting abuse from the seller as well. I hope you find your horse of a lifetime soon..I know you will xxx :)
 
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