would u buy a horse with navicular?

im just wondering surely someone will buy it it has been advertised for a while now im a sucker for a problem horse lol! i know i know far too expensive to manage spesh when u dnt know the extent but im just wondering if this will b pts if not sold..?
 


Ermmm, probably not, no.

Depends on how severe it is but the problem is with Navicular you never know how bad it is going to get
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And you could end up with a very expensive field ornament that won't be covered for that condition via insurance.

What does it say in the ad?

If it isn't bad now would you be able to manage the horse & afford to treat the condition if it did get bad?
If it's already in a bad way then I think the kindest thing would be for it to be pts tbh.

Better than it being sold on & on & on & ending up going for meat
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Even if it wasn't that badly affected I would still steer clear. There is a reason it won't have sold if it's been advertised for months.....
 
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It's not for sale at a dealers is it?? I purchased one last year from dealer (mentioning no names) horse passed 5 stage Newmarket Vetting lame when got horse home, had x-rays and he had holes in navicular - vet told me to take back as the horse was only 6 he said that it would never be properly sound unless he was on bute and other meds or you can go through having them de-nerved but most of the time they will never be able to be ridden as they can trip(he's now classed as 7) dealer advertising him again under a different name!

Def don't buy, it might be kinder for him to be pts and never breed from one!! it can be passed on
 
yeah i know i just feel sorry for the poor thing why do pl sell on if my horse ended up with something this bad i wud never dream of selling the ''problem'' on i wud care for him for the rest of his days
 
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Absolutely & categorically not. I know it might seem a shame but the money you'd need to spend on treating the condition just does not make it viable at all.

Add up the cost of treatment & the original cost of this horse & you could have bought a decent horse with no health problems!
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yeah i know i just feel sorry for the poor thing why do pl sell on if my horse ended up with something this bad i wud never dream of selling the ''problem'' on i wud care for him for the rest of his days

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I know but people do, the same as they breed anything & everything sometimes.

I'm of the same opinion as you, if it was mine I'd have it pts but unfortunately there are muppets out there who don't think of the consequences of actions like this. Sorry.
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i know ur all right just gets me mad thats theres horses all over the country being sold as they have problems if i didnt know any better i wud happily go and buy it im sure someone will sumwhere
 
No

Given as a companion for my other horse and providing I had lots of money for continous vetinary treatment and corrective shoeing then it could be a possiblity, .....other than that... not a chance.
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No.

I think the best the owner could expect would be that someone who is prepared for the potential future expense and care this horse could require would take it off her hands as a companion.
 
No.
I used to ride a sweet little coloured cob mare who'd been denerved for navicular and we did light hacking and flatwork schooling and she was fine, but I had to get off and check her feet if we rode over gravel or suchlike as she had no feeling in back of them. One day she got a nail in back of frog from woodchippings laid on a local route, she wasn't lame but I was horrified how deep it had gone in. Poulticed for few days.
One of my friends has had 18 months of willing and wishing her middle-aged horse, diagnosed with navicular, to come sound, with various bute and shoeing and trimming remedies, but it just isn't happening.
So no.
 
My friend bought a 12 yo tbx gelding with navicular and she has now had him 9yrs.I supose it would depend on what you do with it but olly quite happily hacks out and in all this time she has only once had a big vet bill.The most expensive thing was the special shoes he had to wear for a couple of months but the vet then put him back on normal shoes and he has been fine since. So going off the experience my friend has had then yes i would.
 
Absolutely not. There are more horses than owners as it is; why take on such a potentially huge problem? If you own a horse that develops it that is one thing; buying one with it is another.
 
No, never in a million years. I have experienced years of heartbreak with navi. Kindest thing I'm afraid to say is to make sure these horses have as kind an ending as possible, as it's a crucifying disease. Any kind of treatment is simply delaying the inevitable.
 
I've got a friend who bought horse with navicular. The horse had originally been imported from Europe and cost the owner £80,000 (gulp, yes, you read that right). Then it was diagnosed with navicular. The owner sold the horse to my friend at an enormous loss (knock off a couple of noughts). My friend had the horse's shoes removed and started having it barefoot trimmed...the horse is now sound as a pound and out competing very successfully.
 
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