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My immediate reaction is "do to others as you would have them do to you." 
If the horse you are selling has a chronic lameness but is now sound, 
temporarily, you could sell him and the buyer might not suspect.  I'm sure 
we have bought at least two horses that had chronic problems that weren't 
obvious at sale time, but certainly surfaced during endurance 
competition...repeatedly.
If you wouldn't like that to happen to you, then don't do it to someone 
else.  I'm not suggesting that's what you have in mind, I'm just using this 
as an example.  I would say tell the prospective buyer the 
basics...vaccination and worming routines, and if the horse had something 
else worth mentioning.  I bought a horse once that had a bowed tendon, but 
it was old and hard and never gave him a bit of trouble while we had him. 
Splints aren't worth worrying about if they are healed and cold; same with 
windpuffs.  But if the horse had had colic surgery, I would certainly 
mention that.  I don't think it's necessary to mention that the horse had an 
abscess of the hoof two years ago.
Do what will leave you, the seller, with a clear conscience.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cynthia LeDoux" <cledoux@xxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 4:14 PM
Subject: [RC] Disclosing past health issues when selling horses


> Your feedback appreciated on this subject:  When selling a horse how much
> information ethically should be provided to the [prospective] buyer?
> Entire vet records?  Vaccination records?  Surgery(s)?  Surgery records?
> Ulcer treatment(s)? Bowed tendons?  Health situations which normally would
> not be evaluated during a routine pre-purchase exam?  Or is it buyer
> beware?
>
> I know that ethics and morals run the spectrum of extremes from "he drinks
> 10.5678 gallons of H2O/day to withholding that the he surgery at UCD twice
> last year".  I know how my gang views this and wanted more data and
> discussion on the subject.
>
> Thanks... besides we need a new subject anyway.  :)
>
> Cynthia LeDoux-Bloom
> cledouxatcwodotcom
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