WHPS Passport - Please Help!

[GemBav]

We bought a welsh pony last year and my husband picked him up for me.

I gave him a list of thinks to check (like passport and change of ownership forms etc etc) which he is normally pretty good at following lol

However, when he picked our pony up the girl we bought him off was blubbering at parting with him (can't blame her, he's a fantastic little man). My husband doesn't do blubbering women so grabbed the passport and ran (well almost lol)

Due to this before parting with the money he failed to check the passport was in order and change of ownership details obtained. We were then left with a passport which hasn't been changed since registration at birth by breeder (not her).

We then moved house shortly after and seem to have lost this passport along with a few other things. I'm all for decluttering but this is one thing I'd rather keep hold of
On phoning WHPS they asked that i get letters/confirmation from past owners so that the passport can be replaced and ownership updated......now this is where I have a massive problem!

I have managed to obtain this from the blubbering girl but there was a woman between breeder and this girl which has been impossible to trace and the breeder sold him to her via pony sales. I have also tried to contact the breeder (as WHPS gave me his details) but have not received any response from him.

I am at a loss, how do I replace his passport if I am unable to get these???

You help/advice is much welcomed

 

[GemBav]

Please is there anyone who knows what I should do? x

 

[be positive]

The WP&CS are getting the paper trail right by insisting on written verification of change of ownership, more than many of the passport issuers do.
In this case I think you need to try again contacting the breeder, if the pony was sold via a sale there may be records, try googling the full name to see if sales records come up.
I dont think they will be so worried if you cannot contact the middle owner as long as you can get hold of the breeder, your vet may need to fill in another identification form to double check it is the correct pony, although if it has a microchip that should be enough.
I bought a mare years ago through a sale with no papers, someone later recognised her and they issued full papers once the connection was made as she had been sold through Fayreoaks several years earlier and it was then easy to track down her history.