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I am selling my horse and i have someone viewing him on sunday. Last week i had his front shoes removed and is a bit tender on these (he was barefoot on backs anyway) i stated in the ad that he had only had his shoes removed for a few days so should i point out that he is slightly tender or would it be obvious? Would you still buy if there was a reason and it doesn't effect him greatly?
 
Why on earth would you remove his shoes just before trying to sell, even if it was in the ad I would expect him to be completely sound,if I was coming to view I would be very unhappy as it is a waste of time to be seeing a lame horse, slightly tender is lame in my book however you try to word it , he will not be fit to try properly and will fail a vetting, that is assuming he is being sold as a riding horse and you are not trying to sell as a companion.
If he is sore it is effecting him and will probably lose you a sale as well as money as I would be offering less that you wanted if I decided to take a risk on buying an unsound horse, not many people will gamble that he will be ok in time.
 
Why did you do this. If you want to sell the horse get it shod immediately. If you don't want to sell it, crack on!

Eta of course tell the people. You are completely wasting their time, no one with half a brain cell is going to want to buy a lame horse whatever the reason!
 
why take them off? I'd be completely suspicious if a seller removed shoes? I'd think it was to make soreness elsewhere or something.
 
Nobody in their right mind will buy a lame horse. It does affect the horse greatly and you should tell the viewer that he isn't yet ready for sale or get the shoes back on pronto.
 
All of the above. If I turned up I would be annoyed you'd wasted my time & wouldn't touch your horse with someone else's bargepole!
 
Why on earth would you decided to sell your horse, then take its shoes off knowing it would be foot sore?

I went to see my last mare who had no shoes on as wintered off (which I knew) and the yard was gravel. Sound on a surface so had a little ride anyway. They actually put shoes on for me to try her the next weekend on the roads...
 
Be completely straight with your client and tel them that you do not want to sell until the horse is 100% sound and that if they don't mind, you'd prefer to postpone the viewing meantime.
 
It a perfectly serious question I'm sure. I don't expect the OP thought through the implications of taking the shoes off when she was trying to keep costs down.
 
Now that the shoes are off....Sunday is a few days away yet, I'd see if the horse is sound by Thursday night/Friday and if it isn't, phone the person to explain and cancel the viewing.
 
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