would you vet a horse you know?

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I may be purchasing a horse from my yard, subject to negotiations on price.
He has 2 sarcoids, both treated with Liverpool cream. 1 healed the other, inside leg still raw.
Has never been sick or sorry.
Would you vet?
 
Yes, a vetting could find something else or just put your mind at rest.
I know a vetting is really only valid for that moment in time but at least you would know if there are any issues the owner hasn't disclosed/didn't know about.
 
I did, had know the horse (and ridden the horse on and off) for a year. IMO they're not that expensive and it's good to be alerted of any possible problems, e.g, how regularly do you listen to you horses heart and check for arythmias etc? Lol
 
i bought my share horse 8 weeks after sharing her, i knew her faults and i would of got her anyways, i did have her vetted after i got her and discovered she had a grade 2/3 heart murmur but it wouldn't of stopped me buying her anyways. Just meant i could change what i was doing to suit her health, she was 18 at the time and is now 25 this summer, retired last year . she gave me back my confidence after a horrendous accident and for me , that was like her- irreplaceable = )
 
Marydoll said:
It would depend on the job i wanted him for
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It would also depend on the job it is currently doing, if you want it to do far more than it does now it may be best to vet, also it does cover the seller not just the buyer, if something goes wrong in the near future there is less chance of a major falling out if it proves to be a condition that he had starting when you bought such as arthritic changes.

Insurance depends on the company, some ask for vetting for £5k and above.
 
Always I would never have a horse on the yard I had not had vetted , however I have had horses who failed who where huge successes and ones that passed that where disasters .
But you can't know the state of a horses heart of it's eyes and lots of other things just by knowing the horse .
 
Yes, I can think of three cases where vetting showed something the owner wasn't aware of. Of those, one bought and with some rest and rehab the horse was OK, one bought and now has a retired field ornament that they have never been able to ride and the third, person didn't buy so I don't know what happened.
 
Yes, yes, yes...I bought a youngster from friends, I 'thought' I knew the complete history....had only a 2 stage vetting....After 6 months increased work, I thought he was a bit ' off' behind, but no one would listen to me....2 years later, a smashed arm, and 3 different vets, finally found a vet who listened to me and he had an old fracture on his 'seatbone'... Probably From when he was 2 or 3.... So much for buying from 'friends'
 
Yes. I purchased a horse from my friend, a highly respected SJ instructor. I had known the horse since she was born and was even involved in her breaking-in. I didn't bother about getting a vetting as I assumed it would be fine. I have had no end of lameness problems with this horse. Whether a vetting would have shown the issues at the time, who knows. But now I would always recommend getting a vetting, regardless of how well you know the horse.
 
I actually bought a horse from a friend (and instructor) on the strength of a vetting by a prospective buyer that he failed. I'd known the horse for 5 years before he came up for sale, never had a problem, and he was out of my price bracket anyway. 5 more years down the line he's still going very well for my daughter, and has taught her a tremendous amount. Not insured (none of mine are)
 
My first mare I didn't have vetted as I had known her for over a year and it caused problems with the insurance company later on, so if you are planning to insure for vets fees you must ask the insurance company if you need one.
 
Spit That Out said:
Yes, a vetting could find something else or just put your mind at rest.
I know a vetting is really only valid for that moment in time but at least you would know if there are any issues the owner hasn't disclosed/didn't know about.
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In theory, yes, but friends of mine spent over £3000 for a pony that passed a 5* vetting, got the pony home and had nothing but problems under saddle from day one, turns out it has KS, this doesn't happen overnight so the seller had to know the pony had issues
 
be positive said:
It would also depend on the job it is currently doing, if you want it to do far more than it does now it may be best to vet, also it does cover the seller not just the buyer, if something goes wrong in the near future there is less chance of a major falling out if it proves to be a condition that he had starting when you bought such as arthritic changes.

Insurance depends on the company, some ask for vetting for £5k and above.
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Thats what i said ?
 
Yes definitely, I bought a horse from friends a couple of months ago that I had competed for a season to find that he wouldn't pass a vetting, touch wood he is sound and doing his job at the moment but it might have made us all think twice if we had known...
 
Obviously I would want the sarcoids looking by my vet not theirs first of all, before I even thought about purchasing. There was a thread on here not too long ago about whether to purchase a horse with sarcoids or not you might want to read that?
 
No, rarely vet ones we don't know either. Our insurers don't require it up to 5k and at 5k take proof of value in the form of competition results recently as evidence.
 
Vodkagirly said:
I may be purchasing a horse from my yard, subject to negotiations on price.
He has 2 sarcoids, both treated with Liverpool cream. 1 healed the other, inside leg still raw.
Has never been sick or sorry.
Would you vet?
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Depends how how well I knew it or it's history or if I was insuring it.
 
Yes. I bought a horse I had on loan for £1 and didn't have her vetted. She had an underlying condition that may or may not have been picked up at the vetting. However, the insurance wouldn't pay out on diagnosis or treatment because they said it was chronic and likely to have been there at the time of purchase. I had no come back to this, since I had no vet certificate to prove she was sound at purchase. She cost me a lot of money to get right.
 
I personally have never had a horse vetted and they were all purchased from friends. My current horse I had on loan for 4 years before buying so I knew him inside out. I am actually more scared to buy a horse on the "open market".
 
Yes - you don't know for example if there are heart / eye problems, a vetting is cheap compared to a few months upkeep of the horse.
 
equi said:
Don't sarcoidosis fail the vetting?
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Horses rarely "fail" a vetting, the point being to see if they are fit for purpose, a real fail would be something that cannot complete the vetting due to obvious lameness or a heart condition that makes it impossible to continue with, minor issues will be advised on as to whether they may have an effect on the use, sarcoids would be advised on, most vets will give them a check at the beginning and if they are concerned will not continue to fully vet, it is why the buyers are recommended to be there so stopping is an option that can be discussed to save time and money.
 
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