Theocat
Well-Known Member
Okay, I'm bored, so taking it at face value ...
If you didn't have a receipt or contract or similar which specified the sale was subject to satisfactory proof of vetting, then you don't have a leg to stand on. In any case you should have asked to see it before purchase / kicked up a stink long before now.
If you're experienced, as you claim, why does the horse still have no manners after you've had him for weeks? He may have arrived like that, but it really shouldn't be all that difficult to address. Again, if you weren't happy it's too late to start kicking up stink - you have no proof you didn't cause the behaviour. Ditto under saddle.
The gelding / rig issue - doesn't square with inspection of his teeth and again is your own lookout for not checking the vetting.
So, no, I don't think you have any come back at all. Get a vet out, get anything sorted that needs sorting, teach him some blumming manners and just get on with it.
If you didn't have a receipt or contract or similar which specified the sale was subject to satisfactory proof of vetting, then you don't have a leg to stand on. In any case you should have asked to see it before purchase / kicked up a stink long before now.
If you're experienced, as you claim, why does the horse still have no manners after you've had him for weeks? He may have arrived like that, but it really shouldn't be all that difficult to address. Again, if you weren't happy it's too late to start kicking up stink - you have no proof you didn't cause the behaviour. Ditto under saddle.
The gelding / rig issue - doesn't square with inspection of his teeth and again is your own lookout for not checking the vetting.
So, no, I don't think you have any come back at all. Get a vet out, get anything sorted that needs sorting, teach him some blumming manners and just get on with it.