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Re: [RC] Horse buying woes - rdcarrie<<If the vet was told that the horse would be used for Endurance and there is something so drastically wrong on the x-rays that there is no way the horse could be a distance horse and the vet should have picked up on it during the pre-purchase, Sheila may have some legal recourse against the vet. Dabney?>>
If no x-rays were done during the pre-purchase exam (the buyer would have had to ask for them), and if the horse did ok on the pre-purchase exam (flexion tests, etc.) then there's no way the vet could be held liable for failure to detect a problem. Also, several people have mentioned horses that had "issues" that were visible on x-rays that *should* have caused problems, but never did...the horses were perfectly sound and did fine. So if the horse did satisfactorily on the pre-purchase exam (and it must have, otherwise the buyer probably wouldn't have bought it), then something showing up later on an x-ray is hardly grounds for blaming the seller or vet.
As for the herdbound issue...she's only had the horse a week. It couldn't possibly be settled in yet. Give it some time to get comfortable, and then try again. I agree, this is not a huge "training issue" or lack of training. The horse can likely be gotten over this with a little work.
Dawn in East Texas -----Original Message----- From: Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:36:16 -0800 Subject: Re: [RC] Horse buying woes Ridecamp Guest wrote: > Please Reply to: sheila paintmypony@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ========================================== > I have a small problem. I bought this horse last week... Now I see > that the horse is needing more training than I thought he would need. > He seems herd bound and cant hold it together when separated from > other horses. > Also I had x-rays taken and something not so favorable showed up on them. > > Thanks > sheila K. P. Ross wrote: > I know the previous owner .......... and she is honest to the "T" > ............... please don't put it on this seller .......... there was > a pre-purchase vet check ............ there were zero lies told > ............. kim Well, THIS casts a completely different light on the subject, especially the pre-purchase exam. If the vet was told that the horse would be used for Endurance and there is something so drastically wrong on the x-rays that there is no way the horse could be a distance horse and the vet should have picked up on it during the pre-purchase, Sheila may have some legal recourse against the vet. Dabney? As to the behavioral issues, those could be partly Sheila's inexperience... not saying she IS inexperienced, just that if she hasn't dealt much with herd-bound horses, that could seem like a bigger problem than if she had handled such horses frequently enough to know how to stop the shenanigans. In any event, herd-bound/barn sour are hardly biggies on the bad habit list. Now biting, cow-kicking the farrier, deliberately running under low tree limbs or trying to wipe a rider off on the arena fence... THOSE are biggies. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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