WHERE DO WE STAND? - HORSE BUYING NIGHTMARE!!

QR- With regards to the cribbing, I bought a horse 8wks ago. The advert did say he cribbed and owner said he cribbed mildy. Ay the time it was my friend looking to buy him and she had a quick check of mouth and looked ok, having got him home his teeth are little more than stubs so that, coupled with his behaviour since, confirms that he is a chronic cribber. My own stupidity for not checking his mouth properly. However I would have thought your vet would have checked his mouth during vetting and spotted uneven/excessive wear on his teeth if he was a cribber?

With regards to "settling in", I can appreciate a horse being unsettled in a new home and testing the boundaries but yours sounds like it is anything other than well schooled? Surely a school master is a master because it is trained to a level to respond to the rider/handler etc? I would go down the legal route asap as it sounds as though he has been very mis-sold.

The horse I've had 8wks is extremely aggressive/dangerous and behaves just as badly under saddle but he's never done anything like this ever before? He's not just testing things out, his actions aren't "new".

The older I get the more I trust things on 2 legs!! You live and learn, I'm just finding it a very expensive lesson!

Good luck with your claim!
 
There is both sides to every story! Once I sold a horse, the lady insisted to come and see my horse that evening. explained I had lesson but said she could come along a watch and have a ride on her. She turned up late, I have been schooling the mare for 40mins when she turned up. She watched then for 10 mins and then got on an walked and trotted it for 10 mins. She then came in the house watched a video of me at a hunter trial. We she brought it for asking price and not even had it vetted. Pick it up that weekend. I gave her a receipt as sold as seen to cover myslef! few days later rang me up moaning it was playing up. I said give her a chance you have had only a few days. She paid part chq and this came back refer to drawer. i put it back through and it cleared. Im sorry but even if she didnt get on with her I would not of taken her back and she brought her with only sitting on her when she was tired for 10mins and didn't get her vetted. She is very inexperienced or just mad!!!!
 
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