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Wait I am crying!!! People came to view Juno again, was a bit off the first time which is unlike her and today tried her on the hard ground and it was so obvious she was lame. Had a poke about and they think its her left front hoof which is horribly shod (didn't even realise or thought to think, obviously I'm too naive and trusting) and now I don't know what to do. I'm selling due to lack of time/money and this is going to take both time and money to fix and I'm already stressed to the high heavens/upset about other things in life arghhh!! Obviously not going to sell a lame horse but I just feel awful for Juno plus I wasted their time showing them a lame horse, if anyone did that to me I'd be swinging! Just a gurn :(
 
Oh that is rough. :(

Rotten as it is sometimes the only way to cope is to sigh, shrug and tell yourself 'It is what it is'. Juno will come sound again and if she is a good horse (and it sounds like she is) she'll sell. Things happen for a reason and maybe these buyers weren't the right ones for her and may have ended up causing you more stress in the long run.

I'll keep my fingers crossed that Juno comes sound quickly. :)
 
Can you get another farrier out to remove shoes and trim hooves. See if that makes her sound

I feel your pain tho mine has remedial shoes. Vet suggested a change and he's been intermittently lame since. Not bad shoeing, but defo hoof related. My poor boy
 
Kezzabell2 said:
Can you get another farrier out to remove shoes and trim hooves. See if that makes her sound

I feel your pain tho mine has remedial shoes. Vet suggested a change and he's been intermittently lame since. Not bad shoeing, but defo hoof related. My poor boy
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Master farrier and vet will be contacted tomorrow morning just to be on safe side but not sure who first. Thing is before I changed farrier he was working on getting her feet a better shape and angle and silly me just assumed new farrier would work the same. Makes sense thinking about it now.

Calmed down a bit (aka no more snivelling and panda eyes) and luckily the person is still really interested in her but understandably doesn't want a lame horse. Thank you everyone fingers crossed :)
 
Sounds like if you sort the shoes they will buy :) obviously very keen so could be the right ones who will love her well, if they're happy to wait let that take the pressure off a but, you (almost) have a buyer, keep them in the loop and they'll feel invested in the horse (so less likely to buy another) and you will get to know them a little and start to feel more comfortable with letting them have her.
Good luck
 
Spotsrock said:
Sounds like if you sort the shoes they will buy :) obviously very keen so could be the right ones who will love her well, if they're happy to wait let that take the pressure off a but, you (almost) have a buyer, keep them in the loop and they'll feel invested in the horse (so less likely to buy another) and you will get to know them a little and start to feel more comfortable with letting them have her.
Good luck
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Yes if I found a horse a really liked I would wait to see the outcome on this and have her vetted. A friend bought a horse vetted lame but followed the treatment advise of vet and all was well.
 
If you don't have the money right now and this lameness is a new development, stick her out in the field for a few weeks. It could just be a small niggle somewhere.

Completely feel your pain, though. The exact same thing happened to me once. Hadn't ridden the horse for a while, then the day of the vetting came and the bloomin' thing was lame.
 
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