pretendhorse
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I'm am posting under another name - sorry, but its a contentious subject and I know people on here know me in real life.
We had a young horse come to the yard about a month ago. I've been flat out with work so flitting in and out v early and v late and missing the yard gossip entirely. I did know the horse got sick and was PTS, but that was about it.
I found out that the vets think it was highly likely the horse had strangles. Now I'm aware that strangles testing can pick up antibodies, but as this one was PTS I'm guessing the owner decided she didn't want to / couldn't afford the medical treatment - which makes me think it was more than just a suspect case. Our yard owner is not horsey [sheep farmer] and not a lot of help with anything horse related.
My horses were never anywhere near this one and the advantage of being first on / last off the yard is they haven't really mixed with anything else either.
BUT - I am planning on moving yards and was in the process of agreeing dates with the new yard. Morally I can't load up my horses and shift them to a new place knowing what I now know.
WWYD? If I speak to my vets and say I want to move yards, then do you think they will categorically tell me about the other horse or are they obliged to keep it confidential?
We had a young horse come to the yard about a month ago. I've been flat out with work so flitting in and out v early and v late and missing the yard gossip entirely. I did know the horse got sick and was PTS, but that was about it.
I found out that the vets think it was highly likely the horse had strangles. Now I'm aware that strangles testing can pick up antibodies, but as this one was PTS I'm guessing the owner decided she didn't want to / couldn't afford the medical treatment - which makes me think it was more than just a suspect case. Our yard owner is not horsey [sheep farmer] and not a lot of help with anything horse related.
My horses were never anywhere near this one and the advantage of being first on / last off the yard is they haven't really mixed with anything else either.
BUT - I am planning on moving yards and was in the process of agreeing dates with the new yard. Morally I can't load up my horses and shift them to a new place knowing what I now know.
WWYD? If I speak to my vets and say I want to move yards, then do you think they will categorically tell me about the other horse or are they obliged to keep it confidential?