The dream horse failed his vetting

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After 4 months of planning, visits and emotion, the 5 year old Andalusian stallion of my dreams failed his vetting on xrays today. Sound as a pound on flexions, but small OCD lessions could be seen on the hocks. I havent had the full report yet, as communication to Spain isnt great.... but are there any circumstances where you you give a horse a chance if it had OCD and was completely sound?

I realise there are insurance complications, although bare in mind he would have passed a 5 stage and thats all the company had asked for!

Basically i seem to be clinging onto some kind of hope, but then Im also not sure if my viewpoint is clouded by the fact I lost my beautiful 6 year old to stifle OCD in april. Can you tell im in a pickle?

Do I flat walk away? or can there be hope?
 
I think personally I would walk away. It depends on the full report and how much you love him but OCD at 5 years old I would think will lead to trouble in later life. What do you want to do with him? If dressage, showjumping or for covering I would definately walk away as all put excessive strain on his hocks.
 
I know absolutely zero about OCD so I wont give you advice on that.

The only thing I can say is ask the vet, consider whether he would GENUINELY be fit for what you want him to do, and if not, then try and think of it that he ISN'T your perfect horse - on the outside maybe, but at least you've saved yourself from future heartache xxxx
 
Tough one!!

I am sorry your dream hasn't quite gone to plan... they never do, do they!!!

What has the vet said?? Have you or can you speak to a vet about this, and see what they suggest?
On one hand you have already been bitten by this issue with your other horse, but then on the other, the insurance company HAVE only asked for a stage 5 vetting. I mean, has he passed the stage 5, regardless of what the x-rays say??
 
Well at best guess, if the report doesnt mention the xrays then he would be insured, but he should mention it. Im our brief conversation earlier (the vet doesnt like speaking English on mobiles) he did stress the complete soundness on testing and that he was cery suprised to find it and that he would email me a full report this evening.

Ive requested the xrays to show my own vet for a 2nd opinion.
 
I don't have any related experience I'm afraid but just wanted to say I'm sorry. I nearly had a pony bought for me when I was about 14 who I completely fell in love with but he failed a vetting. I still think about him now, 11 years on!!

I hope things work out, either with this horse, or another
 
WALK AWAY!

He is only 5 years old and already he has the first signs of a progressive and potentially crippling disease. And just how much work has he already done set back onto his hocks to cause that damage, and what long term implications will that have even if he is sound right now.

No point in paying for xrays and then ignoring the result.
 
cptrayes said:
WALK AWAY!

He is only 5 years old and already he has the first signs of a progressive and potentially crippling disease. And just how much work has he already done set back onto his hocks to cause that damage, and what long term implications will that have even if he is sound right now.

No point in paying for xrays and then ignoring the result.
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This, I'm afraid. It's a degenerative condition and if he's got it as a five year old having had (I'm guessing) limited work, you'll be battling with it for life.

Sorry that it didn't work out, sounds like you're quite besotted with him!
 
Aww what a shame. You can't ignore the fact that the leisons are present in his hock and likely to get worse unless removed but from what ive heard surgery is straight forward on the hocks for OCD and easy to remove although theres also the risk of OA later on in life. Also my vet told me if the horse has always been sound prior to finding OCD then they have a better chance of recovery but then again it depends on the severity of the OCD and obviously very tricky insurance as it is a pre-existing condition. Most importantly the last thing you want is to go through what you went through in April .. There are so many other genuine horses out there it just takes time to find them..Good luck whatever you decide.x
 
I would walk away. Insurance companies - quite rightly - require X-rays as part of the vetting for any horse priced over a certain amount. One would be daft to buy a valuable horse without x-rays, and daft to ignore any degenerative problems revealed by such x-rays. That's what they are for!

You will find another dream horse!
 
a member on another forum had a horse imported from spain and the horse now has advanced OCD at the age of 10 and the owner facing that difficult decision. I would walk away. Unfortunately they ask far too much far too soon in Spain of their horses.Collection to such advanced degree at such a young age is only going to lead to problems later in life.
 
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