sharing vet call out...

[tangoharvey]

Just wanted to get a general consensus....I booked the vet to come out to see my horse, in advance to fit in with work. meanwhile some elses horse went ill, and needed the vet on that day, when the vet came, he tended to the more urgent horse first and gave him some jabs too, then did mine. When the bill came, the call out had been split 50/50, but I get the impression my YO thinks I should pay all of it as I called him out. Thoughts please folks...

 

[jewel]

50/50

 

[Suzie86]

SPLIT!!!!!

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

If you hadn't called the vet out she would have had to anyway so yes, it is fair that call out was spilt and most vets will do that.

 

[nessie1288]

50/50 sounds perfectly fair to me. Perhaps you were lucky to be able to share your call out but equally the other person would have had to pay for a full call out if it wasn't for you.

 

[vallin]

split! there's no way you should pay it all if someone else used them whilst they were there!

 

[Eventer96]

50/50, why should you pay for somebody else's horse to be treated by the vet? I don't think so!

 

[indiat]

50/50! Why on earth does your YO think you should pay the lot?!

 

[Angua2]

50/50..... or in my case we had 5 on the same call out..... a good day!

 

[quirky]

50/50 ..... what's it got to do with the YO anyway, unless it was their horse of course!!

 

[tangoharvey]

i love you all....feel much better, no its not the YO's horse, didnt ask why she thought I should pay it - i was going to offer to pay it all but now all of you have said 50/50, then thats what it is!
thanks xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

[xnaughtybutnicex]

you're welcome!! Ignore the nosy YO.

 

[Chico Mio]

Madness. 50/50 all the way. She is lucky that the vet didn't charge a full call out to each of you - not unheard of.

 

[koeffee]

50/50 very lucky she didnt get full call out as hers was an emergency, good call off vet

 

[Donkeymad]

If you had not needed the vet, but the other livery had, they would have to pay the full whack, same in reverse. Therefore you should only pay 50/50 each.

 

[LauraWheeler]

50/50 is compleatly fair.
I got done over once though. I worked for an eventer and kept Lucy on a big comp yard with the eventers and some showjumpers. Some of the eventers and most of the showjumpers had been under the weather but there riders didn't bother to call the vet. Then while hacking back from a dressage comp Lucy collapsed. I called the vet out and she tested her for EHV. The eventer and showjumper both said they wouldn't have there horses tested because if Lucy had it then theres must have as Lucy will have caught it from theres. She tested positave and i was the only one with a vet bill

But as it was my job, Livery and my home there wasn't much i could do. (Once Lucy got better i got another job)

 

[GoingRoundInCircles]

50/50, and the owner of the other horse should be glad that you'd already booked the vet to come out as it saved him/her half the call out fee.

 

[superpony]

Definately 50/50!!!!

 

[Pedantic]

Bloody right 50 50, cheeky git

 

[CBFan]

SPLIT most definately!

 

[Dubsie]

I would point out that had the other horse needed the vet on any other day they'd have paid the full call out so you've saved them 50% of the call out charge.