Vetting by vendors vet. Would you?

Slightly Foxed said:
Why?

As has been said, the vet is legally obliged to disclose the animal's history. Contrary to popular belief on this forum, 99.99% of vets are honest!
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Hear hear :) I have used the vendors vet on more than one occasion and I've found it to be more useful actually as I've been able to know the FULL clinical history of said horse rather than use a vet unfamiliar to that horse and their experience of that horse is for the time of the vetting only.

I think it's being blown out of proportion as regards ALL vets being dodgy. You're more likely to be duped by a seller anyday!!
 
In a word "no". As has been said here, most vets would refuse as there would be a conflict of interests.

Reminds me of a VERY dodgy dealers yard I went to a few years ago. You could have any vet you liked, as long as it was the vet of their choice!!!

Not that the vendor in this instance is "dodgy". I'm not suggesting that at all; merely that I would be surprised if their vets had agreed to do the vetting because of the need to maintain professional independence.
 
Slightly Foxed said:
Why?

As has been said, the vet is legally obliged to disclose the animal's history. Contrary to popular belief on this forum, 99.99% of vets are honest!
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Not sure but when I rang a dealers vet to do a vetting he said no it was unethical and told me I'd need to use another practise.

Maybe any vets on her can enlighten us..??
 
This would have been the old advice and I have previously used an independent vet.

However, the rules changed in September 2011 and the vendor's vet is now legally obliged to reveal all she or he knows about a particular horse. To me this is an advantage over a vet who has never seen the horse before.

Horse and Hound did an article about vetting a couple of weeks back and their advice was to use the vendor's vet because of this.

I am having one vetted next week and have decided to use the vendors vet. I am near enough to have used my vet, bit I think should anything come to light and we need to renegotiate over the price, the vendor is more likely to listen to the advice of their vet over mine.
 
legaldancer said:
This would have been the old advice and I have previously used an independent vet.

However, the rules changed in September 2011 and the vendor's vet is now legally obliged to reveal all she or he knows about a particular horse. To me this is an advantage over a vet who has never seen the horse before.

Horse and Hound did an article about vetting a couple of weeks back and their advice was to use the vendor's vet because of this.

I am having one vetted next week and have decided to use the vendors vet. I am near enough to have used my vet, bit I think should anything come to light and we need to renegotiate over the price, the vendor is more likely to listen to the advice of their vet over mine.
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Spot on....I couldn't have said it better!!
 
neddynesbitt said:
Spot on....I couldn't have said it better!!
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I completely agree - I always thought you shouldn't use the vendors vets but having had a vetting done a few weeks ago and with the new rule changes it is best to use the vendors vets as you get the horses full history. The vets I used were very professional and I wouldn't hesitate to use the vendors vets again
 
For a two year old unless its very expensive i would assume you are only having a 2 stage vetting so I would use the vendors vet,if they were the nearest/cheapest, its unlikely he/she would be in cahoots with a young girl. i have sold horses over the years and the buyers have mainly always used my vets even before the rules changes, they have never refused to vet a horse of mine, although usually a different vet would come from the practice, although this hasnt always been the case. In my experience they have been more through not less.
 
I used the vendor's vet when I made a four figure purchase and have had no regrets. Because of the distance, I did not even view the horse. Stupid? As it turned out, definitely not as I got far better than I had ever hoped for.

I don't agree that 99.9% of all vets are honest. I've met a few who were definitely after the last penny and were not too fussy how they got it! More like 75% are honest.;)

Not everyone is a crook and if we assumed that business would grind to a halt tomorrow. Sometimes we have to trust people -- but only after assessing the risks!

Having said that, I'd have no mercy whatsoever on the professional who tries to cheat me or gives a less than 100% professional service.
 
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