I need a new horse

Poor you and Dolly, feel for you cause i was ripped off by dealer too, ended up loosing about loads at the end of it. I sent one back that was lame (was vetted sound but had major foot problems ) she sent me an absolote looney next that went back, then we went on for about 3 months where she said she could n't find anything suitable, ended up taking a youngster who grew far to big for me, ended up selling at aloss cause i couldn't do a thing with it.

Shopped and shopped til i found something else highly recommended, he vetted fine got him home and instantly started windsucking Just leaves you feeling that there is no one staight out there.

Good luck with whatever you decide to do. Its harder when you fall for the horse, you dont want to send it back.
 
I'm going to sit on this Opposition horse in a min, need to speak to the owners about exactly what they want but if they're willing to sell it cheap and I think its any good, I'll let you know!
 
Sh1t DD...I didn't know anything about this
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Well, you know you've been a bit silly...you don't need me to tell you that....but you did do one thing right...you bought from a dealer so you DO have some rights !

If the dealer won't talk to you slap him with a solicitors letter and see what he does...if that doesn't work go to small claims or trading standards. He has knowingly sold you goods that were not fit for purpose and you will have a strong case in law against him.

Good luck.
 
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Sh1t DD...I didn't know anything about this
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Well, you know you've been a bit silly...you don't need me to tell you that....but you did do one thing right...you bought from a dealer so you DO have some rights !

If the dealer won't talk to you slap him with a solicitors letter and see what he does...if that doesn't work go to small claims or trading standards. He has knowingly sold you goods that were not fit for purpose and you will have a strong case in law against him.

Good luck.

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I didn't say anything as I was trying to sort it out nicely but as that has proved impossible I thought sod it, turns out from asking around he doesn't deserve the good reputation he's got at all.
 
A dealer without a good reputation is no good to anyone...and he should know that.

I would suggest the threat of a high-profile campaign including trading standards and local media might help him focus on the problem in hand
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I am so sorry to hear this about Dolly, poor mare what a nightmare.
Firstly most- but not all- spavins settle down between a year to 3 years once the bones have fused depending on which part of the hock joint is affected.
I also think that it is very possible that with Dolly it could just be the initial stages of spavin forming that have made her hopping lame now. How I understand it and from what Ive experienced, the affects of spavin start of with showing mild lameness at first, then gradually over the next few months show major lameness, then with work, more work, and bute (to make the joint fuse) the symptons will eventually subside. This takes between a year and 3 years. But some horses will just get worse and worse but this is the minority.
It took 3 years with owen and now he is completly sound and will pass a flexion. Likewise friends dressage horse had terrible spavins in both hocks as a youngster, was hopping lame, and was kept in work and is now winning advanced dressage at age 8 and is about to go PSG. I think he had just the one dodgy year of unsoundness while working through it to make the hock fuse.
Also it would appear that youve been advised by your vet that Dolly wont ever be sound?? vets have different opinions on spavins it seems- the dressage horse above and my horse were both seen by the same vet who seemed to think that both horses were a write off. Dressage horses x rays were sent to the Liphook hospital and was actually told that he was ok and he has obviously turned out just fine so his owner is relieved that she got that second opinion.

So its not all doom and gloom- the vast majority of hock spavins do fuse eventually but the most important thing is (with most horses) is to keep the horse in work not neccessarily competing but lots of long slow hacks for example with fast walks and long slow trots to concuss the joints into fusing as once they fuse the bones stop rubbing and stop causing inflammation.

Anyway hope you can work something out and it could be possible that when you bought Dolly she was just showing very mild on/off lameness symptons with the dealer but not enough for him to be overtly concerned then unfortunately by the time she had been with you a while the spavin was well on its way to developing...
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I would 2nd what Forrest has just said. I only have limited experience of Spavins, but for what its worth.... I took a horse on loan as companion that had been written off as loss of use by the insurance company and obviously the owners wanted to buy a more usable model. (He had been to Newmarket horse hospital and had the works in terms of treatment). He was quite lame and very obviously so on a circle (he wasnt being ridden, but just watching him in a field you could see). Anyway 2 years later he is the soundest horse in the world. He can turn on a sixpence and would pass any flexion test you wanted to throw at him. (He is a horrible horse to ride by the way, but thats another story!!!)

I am sure this is of no use to you as you want a horse you can do things with, but if you can find a loan home as companion you might well be able to get back a valuable horse some time in the future.
 
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