Should you use a horses current vet for a vetting?

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Going to see a horse that, if it is as described, I would like to get vetted. However it is over 100 miles away from me and I really don't see the point in paying my vet a fortune to travel up there and vet it when another vet will do exactly the same.

So my question is, is it a good/bad idea to have a horse vetted with who it is already registered with? And can you obtain medical history with the owners permission?

Thanks!
 
If a seller was suggesting / pushing me to use their vet I would run very quickly in the opposite direction.

However if they weren't and the vet they use is an experienced equine vet then I would have no qualms about it. The vet will be required to delare veterinary history (with owners permission) and if the horse doen't have any real issues then most vets will be happy to do the vetting. If the vet cites they can't due to a conflict of interest then I'd walk away from the horse as the is likely something deeper to be concerned about.
 
The advantage to having the horse vetted by the practice it is registered with, is the vet has to state whether any treatment that the horse has received would affect the risk of purchase.

I found this out when I had my new boy vetted (by my own vet) in June.

I don't think it will stop the unscrupulous, but should give some reassurance that all relevant information is being disclosed.
 
A lot of vets won't do it anyway, they risk upsetting a client with their honesty! It would be great to find one that would though.

Would it be worth putting the area on here and asking for good vets suggestions? I just googled a few vets in the area when I bought our last horse, then asked my vets if they knew any of them.
 
I bought my last horse from someone I know well who lives near me .
Theres really only one equine pracise round here that I would trust and that the one we both used.
I spoke to my vet and we agreed that a vet from another branch who had never seen the horse would vet the horse and would have acess to all the records the owner agreed and that's what we did.
 
Vix1978 said:
If you go with their vet you can access all of the previous veterinary history of the horse.....
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no you cannot unless the seller gives the ok for you to see all of their records the vet cannot show you them or discuss history with you. in fact if a seller gives the ok for a vet to discuss certain parts of a history that is all they can discuss too and they cannot tell you there is more you have not had access to.

most vets will not vet a that a client currently owns in most circumstances it is unethical and they potentially have a vested interest (if seller owes money_ it is a suing minefield
 
I would be wary as I did this and the vet was and is very well-known and well respected. It was 13 years ago now but I was not made aware the horse had been in an RTA as a 2/3 year old and she didn't pick up on the fact that he had neurological problems even though it was a 5-stage. The symptoms were there at purchase in retrospect - I even said - "he never stands properly is that significant"? at the time I had never heard of Wobblers.

I truly don't think it was underhand or deliberate but I wonder if she made assumptions as she knew the horse and owner?
 
When I sell my youngsters they are always sold unseen as my buyers are a long way away from me. I give the buyers a list of vets in the area who do pre purchase vettings and let them speak to the vets and decide who they'd prefer to use. Sometimes they use vet practices that I use, sometimes not. All the vets who come and do PPEs on my horses are totally professional and they are most definitely working for the buyer and not me. Same when I buy horses unseen, I've used the vendors vets at times and been more than happy with their reports.
 
Kal was three hours away from me . . . so I used the vendor's vet (not at her suggestion) and was granted full access to his vet records.

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We used a vet from our practice who was also by chance new horses vet! So he disclosed two previous minor injuries she had been treated for in last 7 years, so we for best of both, history on horse and a vetting she passed. Of course I arranged the vetting, not the owner. Would be suspicious if owner was really pushing to use certain vet.
 
Are there other vets in the area? Maybe someone here could suggest a vet for you to use.

I did sell a horse to someone and we both used the same vet who did the vetting for the buyer. it was a little strange being there and him discussing thngs with the buyer and not me and he did find a slight issue during the vetting that neither me or the buyer had known about it previously. I wasn't upset by this as when pointed out it was obvious.

The buyer still purchased the horse and we both still use and trust the vet.
 
I sold my horse and the buyers rang my vet to vet him. i only knew this when my vet rang to arrange the vetting and to say was i happy to allow full disclosure of his vet history whilst i had him. I said that was fine and my vet vetted him with no problems.
 
NEVER, personally and this is only my point of view. I am always there for vettings and always use a different vet to the one in which the owner uses. If you ask your own vet for recommendations in that area they may know someone whom can do it for you. Definitely would get a different vet though. My vet came out to a horse that i really liked and said he was bilaterally lame so on that note would prefer a different opinion as the ladies vet and her said it was because it was cold and the horse was stiff. Good luck whichever route you choose. x
 
As above - never let seller push you onto their own vet. Especially if seller is a dealer......
Went with friend recently to view vetting and bring back her new horse. Seller/dealer s own vet was a right know-it-all, and as we queried puffy hock[ which had not been there when friend previopsly went to view], vet eventually had to disclose previous history. A history that should have meant a fail. However, that vet said horse was sound on the day so he was passing it ....but horse has been lame since.
When we by we get our own vet to recommend 1 in the area- and that has worked well.
 
Thanks all.

Unsure what to do as yet, think I need to see pony and owner first. I'll definitely be asking on here if people can recommend me a vet in the area when the time comes

As to releasing medical history, if you don't use their vet for the vetting can you still ask them for history with owners permission?
 
I have used a Vendors vet and, when selling a horse had a buyer use mine. The advantage is that they know any history of the horse.
If I am purchasing a horse and it is a distance from my vet I will find the local Hunt, PC or Riding Club, call the secretary and ask what are the best equine vets in the area and get them to vet the horse.
 
(I've only read the 1st page as its a pain on a mobile, so apologies if I'm repeating!)

When mine was for sale, a potential buyer asked to use my own vets as they knew the pony. The vets however refused to do it as it was a conflict of Interest. They found another local one to do him instead.

When we bought our current mare who was around 2hrs away from us, I asked about (on here & other places) for a reputable vet in that area that was not the sellers vet. I got lots of recomendations & eventually had her vetted by the team vet for the GB pony event team who happened to be based in the next village from her :) xx
 
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