Navicular. Would you?

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Would you take a horse on loan who had been diagnosed with navicular(sp?)?

If the horse was still in work, hacking out regularly but just couldnt be worked hard on hard ground?

Would you if you could put conditions in place, eg- owner has to pay for corective shoing(if horse has it) or a clause in loan agreement saying if any vets fees are incurred as a result of the condition then they are the owners responsibility to pay for?

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wouldnt touch with a bargepole.

Navicular will gradually get worse unfortunately, and im sure you know it is uncurable, although the symptoms are treatable.

there are plenty of horses out there without navicular!
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no. as above

get one without the problems,horses are expensive enough as it is withoug taking on known problems/expensive ailments

get one you can enjoy properly and wont break your heart if/when it s condition deteriorates
 
Dear god no! You'd need huge, deep pockets to pay the vet bills coz ain't no way you'd get insurance for a pre-existing condition. And then you'd need to be prepared to not have a rideable horse most of the time.
 
No. Plenty of sound horses out there for lone , and imo the owner shouldn't be looking to lone a horse like that anyway. It's their responsibility to look after it.
 
Why not, you are looking to loan not buy. With those conditions in place and if I was happy the owner would take the horse back if the condition changed so you couldn't ride, then I don't see the problem.

If everyone had the attitude of the other posters then I would never have been able to loan my old mare (who had a serious medical condition but ridable) for the last few years of her life.
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I think it depends what you want to do with it. Our older mare was diagnosed with navicular syndrome about 10 years ago - whilst we are careful with what she does in the summer she has given our 12 year old daughter hours of pleasure and is the perfect school mistress - albeit we only jump on a surface and tend to focus on indoor winter showjumping. However, that said you are going to become attached to any horse, and it will be difficult to part with the horse when it does become more pottery-or unrideable.
 
I have a horse on loan with navicular and I would never do it again. It is absolutely heartbreaking. He is fine at the moment but I am always so anxious and worried.
 
Yep, if it was doing to the job I wanted it for happily. You get to enjoy it for the rest of its useful years and then when its no longer up to what you want to do with it, you just give it back!
 
I have a mare with navicular and i have had a part loaner for ages - she is not really hindered by her navicular - was diagnosed about 6 years ago and corrective shoeing costs no more than my other horses regular shoeing. Her only problem that ever comes up is stony ground is a no go but other than that shes a lovely riding horse and hacks out/ schools beautifully. I would never buy a horse with navicular but if it happens and u manage it well its really not been a major problem for my girl (yet).
 
No I wouldn't, I'm sure in many cases it works well like others have explained but me personally, I wouldn't.

I'd want to loan a horse that would be sound enough to buy if it was for sale, if its not sound enough to buy then it wouldn't be sound enough for me to want to have it loan, if you get where I'm coming from.
 
No, I have a horse with navicular and it is soul destroying and heartbreaking. Especially when, like mine, they fine in other respects. You never know when they might go lame, especially at the moment with the hard ground.
 
No I wouldn't. Riz has navicular and has had to be retired because of it. I understand each case is different and some can be managed better than others, but it is degenerative and it is more than likely it's comfortable ridden life will be shorter than you would hope for.
It's heartbreaking when they go through problems like this - I would perhaps shield yourself from having to go through it with something that already has a condition like this.
I agree with MissSBird as well, I couldn't put a horse out on loan with a condition like this - No offence meant to you, but how can they be sure the horse won't be hammered and made much worse?!
 
no i also wouldnt touch with a bargepole. My first pony had it and we were unaware of it and its absolutley heartbreaking
 
No sorry I wouldnt take in on
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My own horse was PTS with navicular a few years ago, and I just remember the total heartbreak it causes. I know that with a loan horse you have the option of giving it back to the owner, but I also remember a TB I had on loan years ago which was never sound (not navicular) but I couldnt send him back to the owner as I was too fond of him
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No, I wouldn't. I have no experience with navicular but don't see what the point is in loaning a horse that has a degenerative condition like this, with a condition in the agreement that if it gets worse it can be given back and the owner pays for it's treatment. Seems pointless and not worth the heartbreak when there are plenty of other horses out there for loan
 
No, I wouldn't either. I've known two seperate people whos horses had navicular and I've seen how soul destroying and limiting it has been for them. Even when horsies were well, the owners were worrying about it. So many ups and downs and in the end both horses were pts at quite a young age. It's a difficult decision as some horses lead a relatively normal life, with expensive farriery and care, but I wouldn't want to take this on knowingly.

Sue
 
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