Sooo, what are the penalties for writing in a horse passport

[brighteyes]

...if any?

 

[CMcC]

I wouldn’t have thought there are any penalties. It is your document. might Have to explain to new owner if you were to sell the horse.

 

[brighteyes]

Interesting. I thought they belonged to the PIO or breed society and only vets and legally authorised persons could amend them. I just checked on the BHS website and I think I am correct.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

Each PIO has an oubliette where they put the naughty people who write on passports.

 

[brighteyes]

Each PIO has an oubliette where they put the naughty people who write on passports.

Lol - I am not said naughty peep.

 

[CMcC]

Interesting. I thought they belonged to the PIO or breed society and only vets and legally authorised persons could amend them. I just checked on the BHS website and I think I am correct.

OP didn’t say they had amended passport, said they had written in it. I suppose it depends what has been written.

 

[Britestar]

One of mine has been drawn on by a child. Looks like they tried to colour in the horse picture.

Not my child, it arrived like that.

 

[ycbm]

I think we need a picture of that I don't think the perpetrator will be serving a prison sentence ?

 

[ester]

Amending is different to writing in them - mine has helpful notes on blank pages like chip number/allergies

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

One of mine has been drawn on by a child. Looks like they tried to colour in the horse picture.

I think we need a picture of that I don't think the perpetrator will be serving a prison sentence ?

I think you'll find that the penalties for colouring outside the lines can be quite severe .

 

[criso]

One of mine has been drawn on by a child. Looks like they tried to colour in the horse picture.

Not my child, it arrived like that.

That could be interesting if a vet or other official was trying to identify the horse from the markings. Well according to his passport, he should have blue legs and a pink tail....

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I think you'll find that the penalties for colouring outside the lines can be quite severe .

Off with their head!

 

[MiJodsR2BlinkinTite]

I really really wish that the person who taught my old boy to rear, had written that in his passport - as well as exactly what the "command" was to make him do it.

I didn't know that he'd been taught to rear by the person who owned him between around 6 - 8; I met the owner from that time when he was around 20 and she told me she'd done it because (in her words) he was gonna do it anyway and he might as well do it when he's told to........... yeahpp, right; so someone else less soft in the head than me could easily have put a bullet in his head for doing it.

I was glad I knew. He was PTS at 22 and meeting the owner from when he was basically nothing more than an overgrown youngster, solved a lot of mysteries for me.

Apparently the girl's mother sold him one day and didn't tell the daughter where he'd gone!! Think there was a bit more to it than that though, think she'd gone off horses and was more into boys at that time.

So perhaps a bit unfair to grouse that I wish she'd put it in his passport, on reflection.

 

[The Jokers Girl]

My horses passport issuer no longer exist lol, so no idea who my passport belongs to now

 

[ycbm]

I think you'll find that the penalties for colouring outside the lines can be quite severe .

???

 

[fredflop]

I bought a horse, whose previous owner thought that them writing their name and address in the passport would constitute a change of ownership ...

 

[rabatsa]

I know someone who wrote - Bolted in harness NEVER try and drive this horse - on a passport in red ink.

 

[Gloi]

I know someone who wrote - Bolted in harness NEVER try and drive this horse - on a passport in red ink.

Certainly good to know

 

[Jenko109]

It would be quite a nice idea to have a 'declared vices' type page

 

[chaps89]

Certainly good to know

Until/unless the horse falls into the hands of someone less scrupulous, who sees such a thing and then suddenly the passport is 'lost'. At which point future owners can't even contact old owners to find out history (when they tried the horse in harness as know no different, it bolts and they try to trace past owners)
Apparently I'm cynical in my old age

 

[Polos Mum]

I had one on loan (for a short time) from a charity. That was only just in work when he came to me. After a few weeks of steady work build up it became evident he had material back issues (confirmed by professional) and that there was a good reason a nice calm broken in horse had been junked (and hence picked up by charity).
The 'charity' had asked for a material 'donation' for him which I asked for back (or swap him for something not injured) - we fell out over it and I was well out of pocket - lesson learned.

I wrote clearly what his diagnosis had been in the passport to stop them passing him around as a nice money making scheme.

Chaps - you are right they would just chuck it away but I felt I had to do something to stop other mugs falling for the same con.

 

[Fransurrey]

I have written in vaccine details before, when I've forgotten to take it with me and the vet has left me the bottle so I can put the sticker in. I then just get it stamped next time I'm passing. I also added in the microchip details (same reason!).

The silhouette can be filled in by a 'competent person' unless it's for certain breed societies. I know I did the silhouette and whorls etc for my old boy (Veteran Horse Society was the PIO).

 

[brighteyes]

I think you'll find that the penalties for colouring outside the lines can be quite severe .

Hahahaha - brilliant!

 

[brighteyes]

I was thinking along the lines of there being added 'cautionary advice' to potential buyers but also realise the simple solution is to get a new passport issued, if you are unscrupulously inclined, hell bent on selling and don't want tales being told to spoil the deal.

Again it's not me, not my horse nor the doings of anyone I know personally! It isn't unheard of though, which is interesting.

 

[Wishfilly]

Getting a new passport is a bit of a faff/expense, I'm sure it would happen in some cases with the truly unscrupulous, but it might put some off. And if the vice related to something less usual e.g. driving, I can see the value in having it declared in the passport.

For a first offence, I think the worst that happens is a letter from trading standards making you aware of the law.