Sold horse new owner trouble

I will let everyone know how we get on, he's tacked up in bed and looks happy. I just come back from late night check. Fingers cross it's nothing serious
 
Im a bit late but im glad to hear you have him back safe. Im sure you will soon have him right and ready to go once again, a good horse will always try to be a good horse for a good rider but even the best cannot help themselves when in a bad situation. Think like ourselves even the best of us cannot always keep out tempers, does not mean there is anything truly wrong with us, just means we were pushed at that moment.

To those who think that not taking him back was an option i would like you to consider what your answers might have been had the new owners been the ones posting here saying they had bought a five year old from a dealer that had reared with no previous indications, i am better quite strongly that over half of you would have said send it straight back.
 
I still think tho, that dealers are always the first one to be blamed. I do think not taking horse back after 4 weeks should be option. But anyway I don't know what's happened, the owner was really upset. I guess sometime even good horse in different environment can start misbehaving and the owner wasn't quick enough to deal with it. I have once had horse with me on re schooling livery, the lady stated that the horse keep spinning with her on hack and on number of occasion reared and buck when she hacked him out. I had the horse here 6 weeks, hacking on his own, company, hunting, jumping etc and never ever he put foot wrong. I almost felt like cheating her, when he went back, because I didn't sort out any issue as here wasn't any. I know the horse is for sale now, the lady never complained to me after, just asked few question as to what bit I had him in etc. so not sure if he stayed good when back at hers. So only time will tell
 
So glad he is back home with someone who knows him. Did she allow you to see him before you took him back, as I know its been said she wasnt going to let you?
 
Hope this is a happy ending for you. I know how you feel as I have been friends with a dealing family for years, and had several horses off them. Quite often they have been asked to help with a problem horse, and they have had no problem at all and can't think why they were needed.
 
So pleased he is back home - and I do feel sorry for you for going through all this. I'm constantly amazed at how disposable some people seem to think horses are, and if they're not perfect they want to send them back. I really hope he is ok, and settles back into the horse you knew, and finds the right home next time.
 
I haven't had chance to see the horse before hand. They have turned up at my yard with the horse in the trailer unannounced. I have taken the horse cos by that point my heart was broken and I shouldn't. The horse is very lame behind and looks awful. I rung the owner and got loads of abuse on phone and that he said we won and put the phone down so now am left with broken horse.
 
Misha said:
I haven't had chance to see the horse before hand. They have turned up at my yard with the horse in the trailer unannounced. I have taken the horse cos by that point my heart was broken and I shouldn't. The horse is very lame behind and looks awful. I rung the owner and got loads of abuse on phone and that he said we won and put the phone down so now am left with broken horse.
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Have you paid for him? or have they sent him back for nothing ??
 
They turned up in dark, it was raining heavy and the horse was trashing in trailer. We was just about to have tournament with loads of people about. So I put the horse in stable with food and rug. Looked at him today morning and that's what I found out
 
Misha said:
I haven't had chance to see the horse before hand. They have turned up at my yard with the horse in the trailer unannounced. I have taken the horse cos by that point my heart was broken and I shouldn't. The horse is very lame behind and looks awful. I rung the owner and got loads of abuse on phone and that he said we won and put the phone down so now am left with broken horse.
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Poor chap :( Huge get well soon vibes to him, OP.
 
I bet you feel sick to the stomach. If you can face it I would get a full vetting, a) so you have proof of its condition, b) so if you decide to go to the small claims court for any loses incurred you will have some evidence, although I am sure the money is not your first concern. Some people at just ........
 
Misha said:
They turned up in dark, it was raining heavy and the horse was trashing in trailer. We was just about to have tournament with loads of people about. So I put the horse in stable with food and rug. Looked at him today morning and that's what I found out
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Did you pay by cash or cheque?

sounds like they hammered him about, had free use of the horse for a month and dumped back with you.

Out of interest, have you checked up on them? Google is amazing. And did they give you back the passport etc (did they send off for change of ownership etc)?
 
Misha said:
I tried they were busy with surgery and less emergency they couldn't squeeze me in :(
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Better tell them exactly what happened! How they do not see this as an emergency is beyond me - horse has been hammered about for a month, just returned clearly distressed in trailer, and now is in obvious pain and lame/unsound behind :(

Is there another vet you can try? Poor animal, he does not deserve this :(
 
Misha said:
Bank transfer, have passport and no they haven't send off for ownership
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Interesting; most people would have done that within 4 weeks of buying the horse.

I would have had the vet come up first thing today TBH to do a full stage 5 vetting as if there is something wrong with him, they could always argue that it was done in your care over the 4-5 days you have had him before the vet comes. Bit more difficult to argue that if he was returned last night then vetted first thing this morning.
 
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