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im in the process of buying a horse and after the vetting my vet said she was unable to pass or fail the horse as there was nowhere to lunge the horse in a circle on hard ground. i rang the owner to ask her if there was anywhere she could organise to do this and she said she had never herd of lunging a horse on a hard surface to look for lameness and thought it would be cruel. after explaining its only for a short time shes insisting i get my vet to explain this to her. she said in years of owning horses she has never herd of this....which im pretty sure has been done by my vet on every occasion of possible lameness or pre purchase vetting.

is it normal for a vet to do this? or is she just trying to get out of it being done because she knows her horse will fail??

thankyou im a bit confused abut the whole thing.
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I have witnessed horses being lunged on hard ground for the purposes of checking for lameness, but that is not really the point, is it?? From your whole experience I find it most odd that the vet is refusing to speculate on whether or not it has passed the vetting! It just seems rather evasive!- Perhaps you should ask the vet if they identified something suspicious that they need to investigate further by lunging on hard ground? Why else would you not be able to reach a pass/fail verdict?
 
It's normal for the vet to want to trot the horse in a circle on hard ground - some unlevelnesses will show on the turn and not in a straight line.

Just because someone has owned horses for years doesn't make them knowledgeable - particularly about selling them. Vet practices have changed to keep up with the times and the different demands/expectations of their clients!

Nowadays, vets tend not to commit to a pass/fail decision - they tend to make observations which the potential purchaser can make up their own mind on, although they will discuss the potential implications of their findings. Fear of Litigation!!
 
thanks!!!
well the vet spotted a splint that was ever so slightly hot and i think she just wanted to check if it was still forming and/or causing lameness.
i have had easily 20 horses vetted in the past and my vet has always done this.
i think it is a bit odd the owner has never herd of this because if any of my horses are off and not lame in a strait line the first thing i do is trot them in a circle. im sure this method has been around for donkeys years .

thanks again
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Hi, we are in the process of selling our horse, (never sold one before)she had a 5 stage vetting and after the purchaser asked the vet to lunge her for 5 minutes on concrete before the exercise test and then AGAIN after exercise and flexion test, she failed surprise surprise! Since then she has had to have two weeks box rest due to bruising on the inside of both her front soles. Our vet has said it was a direct result of being lunged on the yard for too long, he said the idea of the test is for the horse to complete 1 of 2 circuits to see if they are lame NOT MAKE THEM LAME!
 
I've never had a vet do this on hard surfaces on vetting in a school yes, the only time i've seen this was when I had my horse at lea hurst hospital checking out lameness and they trotted him on hard ground then.
I'm not saying it right or wrong and would have no problem if a vet wanted to do this to mine if I was selling them, i've just never seen it.
 
hi vet was allowed to lunge him after i got her to speak to the owner and he was fine so passed the vetting....so im buying him
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thanks for help my vet is rather anal she spent 45 minutes just looking over a horse once i thought shed found something unusual but nothing up.
 
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