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| Just wanted to get some feedback. I haven't had a prepurchase exam on a horse or sold one in a while that I had customer request one on. But had one done yesterday on a horse that was all but sold and the customers backed out. So this is a bit long but here is how it went down . Listed a very nice 9 year old gelding on the internet. Some people that live about three hours from me called to come look at it. Came last Saturday and spent three hours riding it and checking him out. Lady in her early 50s wanted to use him for mainly trail horse and to gather cows on possibly every now and then. On a scale of 1 to 10 I would have put her at a 5 on knowledge and riding skills. Her husband who thought he was a 9 would have been a 3 IMO. So anyways she falls in love with the horse and wants to come back and get him yesterday. But when I had got him up for them to come look at the first time he was in a really big pen and had apparently kicked or been playing or something at a horse in the pen beside him and knocked a little hair off the bottom of one of his back legs. He had a tiny bit of puffiness, but was not limping or acting sore at all. Something I personally wouldn't have given a second thought about. Mr. husband, was thinking it might need to be checked out though. I had advertised the horse as sound and told them I had no problem with a vet check as long as they paid for it. So I called a vet I normally use and and I could tell she didn't really want to do it. Said she hated to do them for customers unless it was on a horse they were purchasing. Because she could almost guarentee she would find something wrong (not perfect, another words) so I called another local vet who agreed to come out whom works with another vet I know but I didn't know her personally. So customers arrive yesterday with trailer in tow at 10am and vet arrives shortly thereafter. Vet introduces herself and then lays out what to expect. She said that she has never examined a horse that she didnt find some stuff wrong with, but that does not mean the horse is basically unsound and can't do pretty much whatever you want on him. Then proceeds with the exam, of which she had warned us would be very thorough. So this deal takes a hour. 15 minutes into it I could tell by the look on the peoples faces the deal was shot. The horse was a perfect gentlemen. Never limped or acted stiff after any of the FOUR stress tests on each leg. She checked eyes listened to heart and lungs etc. she had two techs with her helping and writing down info as she called it out. So the things she found "wrong" were thing like this foot is turned in 1 "degree"(I'm paraphrasing) there is possibly a tiny bit of arthritis in this one back leg. How she could, tell by feeling it I don't kno? But apparently she thought she could although she said she wasn't positive but if there was it was very little. There were a couole of other little things like this.
But like I said as the exam went on I could see that mr and mrs buyer eyes getting bigger every time she did a test. so when she is done she proceeds to tell them she rates horses a 1 to a four on everything 1 being the best and he got 1s on everything. She also told them he was a nice horse and she didn't see any problems doing whatever they wanted on him. But the damage was done. These people had never seen a vet check, and I could tell it basically made them paranoid. They said what about the possible mild arthritis she replied it was nothing she had done a four year old with more than that the day before. Mr. buyer then proceeded to say he saw the horse pin his ears a couole of times to which the vet replied he just went thru a lot of stuff in a short amount of time and acted great. But they said they just believed the horse was not for them.
So here is my question, is this how most young vets do a "check" now? I have had many over the years but they were not like this. Geared towards basically critiquing the horses conformation and trying to find stuff wrong. I can understand if it was a 50k barrel horse or race horse etc. but this was a 4k horse. Which I know is expensive to some people. They vet did warn us about how "thorough" she was gonna be and that she would, find stuff wrong but not to assume the horse was basically unfit unless she said that.
At the end mr. And mrs.buyer were like well we don't want to pay this much and then him end up crippled maybe if it was a mare we could see doing it so we could breed her. I wanted to be like are you kidding me. This is a 1100 pound heavy boned dude that you could drag bulls on and I bet hold up to it!
Obviously this had a lot to do with there lack of knowledge in my opinion. But I wanted to see what others thought and any experiences on younger vets and how they do vet checks? Sorry it was so long
Also wanted to add the place with the hair knocked off was not even one of the things the vet saw a issue with. I told my friend standing there with us watching that these people are going to be paranoid and want everything vet checked now, so sure enough when the vet was done they asked her how far she was willing to drive? Lol Which was only a hour. |
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Location: Midwest | Sounds like the vet did a good job, and those buyers were idiots
Probably a blessing that they didn't buy from you. The horse would get an abscess and they'd be the type to tell everyone you sold them a cripple... |
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Location: Where the blacktop ends | The vet did a very thorough job doing the exam. The vet has a job to do whether the horse is a $1,000 horse or a $50,000. Normally the vet doesn't know what amount is involved and they shouldn't they care.
As far as the people, sounds like they felt uncomfortable with the purchase, but they may change their minds. Maybe your horse is better off.
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| Hmmm. Maybe that vet will come with me the next time I look at a horse, if she's doing conformation too---
I hate selling horses, I'm terrible at it. I usually take a huge price hit just trying to place my friends in good homes. Buyers I don't know freak me out, and I try not to imagine what they'll be doing to my horse. Sounds like in this instance, it was definitely the buyers problem, the next time you show him to true horse folks, they'll appreciate a thorough vet check like that and know how well it actually went. I'm feeling like your horse was rescued, even though I know you probably really really wanted the sale.
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | Yeah I don't see any fault with the exam...just the ignorance of the prospective buyers. Probably did the horse a favor by not going to those folks. Although I know how frustrating it would be to lose a sale for no real reason. They clearly were not listening to the final assessment. If they use that vet to look at future prospects...they will either learn that this is normal and that those "findings" are nothing...or...they will drag an empty trailer home over and over.
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Location: Texas | Your vet wasn't the problem, it was the buyers. And I totally agree with your first vet. I have a very close vet who has told me point blank he will not do pre purchase exams on horses I am selling as it is a conflict of interest. He gave me a list of other vets to use. and it IS conflict of interest… Never a good idea to have your personal vet prepurchase one of your horses for sale for a buyer.
The second vet did what she was told to do. Sounds like she didnt even take radiographs.
To me it sounds like the buyers were pretty impulsive and then once they had time to think about it, they backed out. Or, could also have been husband wanted to back out and thought he could get out of the sale by the horse failing a vet check, which it didnt…but he wanted out anyway.
When I have my vet pre purchase horses I want to buy… I tell him the job of the horse, the price of the horse, and how far I want him to go. I could tell him I want everything radiographed or I could say I just want hocks…or I don't want anything. |
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| The vet did her job and did it well. The things you mentioned are things that one (experienced horse people) would expect a vet to say. I've never bought a horse that I had vetted that some of the little things you mentioned didn't come up....those things did not prevent me from buying the horse. I mainly want to look for any signs of navicular or stifle problems etc....mainly I always want those navicular shots of the foot just to be sure!
Anyhow, the vet did her job as she was expected and she gave an honest appraisal of the horse. Plus remember she is the one responsible for telling them the truth and the whole truth about a horse as she sees it and failure to do so can come back on her later in the form of malpractice.
Any time we are selling horses we have to deal with a certain number of idiots and you just happened to experience that in this instance. |
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Location: Deep South | I'm with the majority on this. I see nothing wrong with how the vet check was performed. We just had one done on a horse we purchased last weekend that went similarly. But we've had enough done to know what is ok to live with and what isn't. Your buyers may vet 1-2 more and realize your horse wasn't so bad. |
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | barrelracr131 - 2014-06-11 3:45 AM Sounds like the vet did a good job, and those buyers were idiots Probably a blessing that they didn't buy from you. The horse would get an abscess and they'd be the type to tell everyone you sold them a cripple...
Exactly this! It stinks you lost a sale, but if they were so worried about it pinning it's ears (and I think having their legs hiked up and held qualifies for ear pinning) then they weren't the right owners of this horse. Sounds like the vet did a good job explaining...and if they purposely leave something out and don't explain well, it could come back to haunt them. |
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Location: In a happy place | I see nothing wrong with what the veterinarian did. Buyers were idiots. I would be glad they didn't get my horse. |
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Location: Florida.. | runs4fun - 2014-06-11 8:54 AM The vet did her job and did it well. The things you mentioned are things that one (experienced horse people) would expect a vet to say. I've never bought a horse that I had vetted that some of the little things you mentioned didn't come up....those things did not prevent me from buying the horse. I mainly want to look for any signs of navicular or stifle problems etc....mainly I always want those navicular shots of the foot just to be sure!
Anyhow, the vet did her job as she was expected and she gave an honest appraisal of the horse. Plus remember she is the one responsible for telling them the truth and the whole truth about a horse as she sees it and failure to do so can come back on her later in the form of malpractice.
Any time we are selling horses we have to deal with a certain number of idiots and you just happened to experience that in this instance.
agree... except I cant call them idiots.. They didn;t want the horse and thats how it was.. its their money and if they weren't comfortable buying the horse then thats how it is.. why do you all call them a idiot.Just because they may not know what others know more experienced doesnt deserve that imho..
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| My vet is not young, but his lameness prepurchase exams he is very thorough as well.
The only thing I may fault your vet is calling out the numbers.
My vet does his initial exam, then flexion tests. After the flexion tests he discusses with the client what he found and the implications of his findings and what the next step is.
If the client wants to stop there, no more, if they want to keep going, then he blocks and flexes to pinpoint the area, then X-ray and ultrasound whichever or both if needed.
I also would have done things differently if I was in your shoes. I wouldn't have let the horse go with a swollen leg, but tell them what happened and I would call them when the issue resolved. If they wanted to still pick the horse up, they could, but I would encourage them to vet check the horse.
Any horse I sell I encourage them to vet check the horse, this way they cannot come back on me. If they choose to vet check the horse, I do not set it up, it is their responsibility to find a vet they are comfortable with, as I don't want to be associated with the vet check. I will haul the horse there.
As already said, I wouldn't call them idiots, and who cares about their knowledge, they chose not to buy the horse based on the vet check and the horses behaviour nothing you can do about that. |
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Location: Online | I hate selling horses. I've had prospective buyers get along great with the horse, and back out because the horse has a bump on a leg. I had one once look at the feet and claim the horse had ringbone, xrays confirmed that it wasn't. They still had a snit. I understand a buyer wants a perfectly sound horse, but no horse is perfect, there will always be something. Most of the time it will never affect the horse's performance. Luckily everyone I have sold a horse to has been great.
Sounds to me like they used the few negative things as an excuse to not buy the horse instead of just saying they didn't really want it. Easier that way because they don't feel they wasted your time with the vet check. Oh well, the horse would probably bruise a foot a week later and blame you. Everything happens for a reason and the right person will come along. |
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Location: Canada | The vet did her job and the buyers weren't really serious about buying. They wanted the perfect horse with no issues and that simply doesn't exist. Personally I think the vet did you a favor. If these people had bought the horse and it didn't work out because he wasn't 100% perfect you'd be to blame. Count your blessings and hopefully the next person who comes along is a more knowledgeable horse person and is thrilled to find a horse that only scores a 1 out of 4.
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| I agree, vet did her job and buyers were clueless. I like a vet though who will also give an opinion on what they find and how it translates into future use. Several years ago we vet checked one who had some "changes" in his hocks and would need maintenance in the future. I did not know a whole lot back then and commented "I guess we won't buy him" and vet went on to explain that it was pretty normal for barrel horses and not a big deal. I appreciated him expaining it, we bought him and he has been a great horse for us. |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I don't see anything wrong with what they vet did. She was thorough and explained in the beginning that she would be. She wants to make it fair and all things known to both buyer and seller. I see it as a blessing. I wouldn't have wanted them to buy my horse anyways and backing out after what the vet said they obviously don't know what they're talking about. They may change their minds once it all settles or you will find a better buyer. |
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Location: Oklahoma | Sounds like it was the buyers who are the problem, not the "young" vet. Age has nothing to do with a vet's qualifications, it is their experience and the continuing education they pursue.
It sounds like this vet was very honest and thorough, and every question or hesitation presented by the buyers was met with a great defense of your horse by the examining vet. It sounds like she was on your side and doing a great job of reassuring the couple.
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| You must not sell many horses. If your idiot buyer picked up on only a slight swelling, I don't see them as idiots.
You as a seller need to know your buyers. One size does not fit all. The "proper" vet to do your lameness is always a good thing. Having different vets available to you makes many a buyer feel more comfortable, like many have said rarely does a horse not have something that can be found wrong.
It purely sounds like to me you did not take care to sell your horse. Even a 4k buyer needs to feel they are getting what they are paying for. You sound put out by your 3 hour ordeal, I've taken months to sell one horse to one buyer. Due diligence on your part may help you sell in the future. |
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| barrelracr131 - 2014-06-11 4:45 AM
Sounds like the vet did a good job, and those buyers were idiots
Probably a blessing that they didn't buy from you. The horse would get an abscess and they'd be the type to tell everyone you sold them a cripple...
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| IB1UKNO - 2014-06-11 12:05 PM
You must not sell many horses. If your idiot buyer picked up on only a slight swelling, I don't see them as idiots.
You as a seller need to know your buyers. One size does not fit all. The "proper" vet to do your lameness is always a good thing. Having different vets available to you makes many a buyer feel more comfortable, like many have said rarely does a horse not have something that can be found wrong.
It purely sounds like to me you did not take care to sell your horse. Even a 4k buyer needs to feel they are getting what they are paying for. You sound put out by your 3 hour ordeal, I've taken months to sell one horse to one buyer. Due diligence on your part may help you sell in the future.
If you read the post( I kno it's a book) the horse also had some hair knocked off its leg. That's what they saw. No I wasn't put out or mad at the vet. Everything the vet said wouldn't have spooked me as a buyer, but like I said these people had never seen a vet check. The vet did say what to expect before she did it. |
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| TrailGirl - 2014-06-11 7:41 AM
Yeah I don't see any fault with the exam...just the ignorance of the prospective buyers. Probably did the horse a favor by not going to those folks. Although I know how frustrating it would be to lose a sale for no real reason. They clearly were not listening to the final assessment. If they use that vet to look at future prospects...they will either learn that this is normal and that those "findings" are nothing...or...they will drag an empty trailer home over and over.
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| TxBronc - 2014-06-11 12:13 PM
IB1UKNO - 2014-06-11 12:05 PM
You must not sell many horses. If your idiot buyer picked up on only a slight swelling, I don't see them as idiots.
You as a seller need to know your buyers. One size does not fit all. The "proper" vet to do your lameness is always a good thing. Having different vets available to you makes many a buyer feel more comfortable, like many have said rarely does a horse not have something that can be found wrong.
It purely sounds like to me you did not take care to sell your horse. Even a 4k buyer needs to feel they are getting what they are paying for. You sound put out by your 3 hour ordeal, I've taken months to sell one horse to one buyer. Due diligence on your part may help you sell in the future.
If you read the post ( I kno it's a book ) the horse also had some hair knocked off its leg. That's what they saw. No I wasn't put out or mad at the vet. Everything the vet said wouldn't have spooked me as a buyer, but like I said these people had never seen a vet check. The vet did say what to expect before she did it.
Well then, nuff said. Buyer has never seen a vet check! I think you scared them in to never buying even a POS without a vet check. Your problem, your loss, your wallet. I would rethink how you treat your buyers |
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| I love people like that! When I sell one i get those types in droves. The horse is better off without them. |
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Location: Only a stones throw away!! | IB1 - your kind of a jerk!!! opinions are great ...good or bad...but you just had a RUDE way of putting things..MHO!
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Location: Canada | IB1 that's pretty rude. She's frustrated at the loss of a sale on a sound horse and the loss of her time. Those people were NEVER going to buy it. If a 9 year old barrel horse (trail horse, heck even a broodmare) scores 1 out of 4 most people snatch it up without thinking twice. They turned it down even though the vet said it was good SOUND horse.
Its nice that you can take months to sell a horse to a potential buyer but most of the horse selling community moves on if the buyer doesn't engage and purchase within a considerably shorter time frame. That's not being rude that's just business.
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| IB1UKNO - 2014-06-11 12:22 PM
TxBronc - 2014-06-11 12:13 PM
IB1UKNO - 2014-06-11 12:05 PM
You must not sell many horses. If your idiot buyer picked up on only a slight swelling, I don't see them as idiots.
You as a seller need to know your buyers. One size does not fit all. The "proper" vet to do your lameness is always a good thing. Having different vets available to you makes many a buyer feel more comfortable, like many have said rarely does a horse not have something that can be found wrong.
It purely sounds like to me you did not take care to sell your horse. Even a 4k buyer needs to feel they are getting what they are paying for. You sound put out by your 3 hour ordeal, I've taken months to sell one horse to one buyer. Due diligence on your part may help you sell in the future.
If you read the post ( I kno it's a book ) the horse also had some hair knocked off its leg. That's what they saw. No I wasn't put out or mad at the vet. Everything the vet said wouldn't have spooked me as a buyer, but like I said these people had never seen a vet check. The vet did say what to expect before she did it.
Well then, nuff said. Buyer has never seen a vet check! I think you scared them in to never buying even a POS without a vet check. Your problem, your loss, your wallet. I would rethink how you treat your buyers
You are very rude! I was more than polite to the buyers. And I wasn't being a smart aleck when I said they had never seen a vet check. I was serious. |
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| My understanding was the buyers were coming to pay for and pick up the horse, the seller (the op) still had possession of the horse, and horse got injured. The seller then notified the buyers and encouraged them to get a vet check and pay for said vet check. The seller sought out the vet and vet arrived and completed vet check.
My understanding if the horse did not get injured the horse would have been bought without a vet check.
One can also look at it the horse was injured, the seller wanted a free vet check, so convinced the potential buyers to pay for vet check. Due to the vet check buyers decided against buying the horse. The seller now knows the results of the vet check without it costing her anything. |
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| Bibliafarm - 2014-06-11 9:51 AM runs4fun - 2014-06-11 8:54 AM The vet did her job and did it well. The things you mentioned are things that one (experienced horse people) would expect a vet to say. I've never bought a horse that I had vetted that some of the little things you mentioned didn't come up....those things did not prevent me from buying the horse. I mainly want to look for any signs of navicular or stifle problems etc....mainly I always want those navicular shots of the foot just to be sure!
Anyhow, the vet did her job as she was expected and she gave an honest appraisal of the horse. Plus remember she is the one responsible for telling them the truth and the whole truth about a horse as she sees it and failure to do so can come back on her later in the form of malpractice.
Any time we are selling horses we have to deal with a certain number of idiots and you just happened to experience that in this instance. agree... except I cant call them idiots.. They didn;t want the horse and thats how it was.. its their money and if they weren't comfortable buying the horse then thats how it is.. why do you all call them a idiot.Just because they may not know what others know more experienced doesnt deserve that imho..
move on to next buyer.
I agree, I totally shouldn't of called them idiots. After thinking about it, I realized that they just decided after the vet check that they didn't want the horse and that's what vet checks for are...to help you find out if you want to pay for a horse or not...my bad. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2014-06-11 1:45 PM
My understanding was the buyers were coming to pay for and pick up the horse, the seller (the op) still had possession of the horse, and horse got injured. The seller then notified the buyers and encouraged them to get a vet check and pay for said vet check. The seller sought out the vet and vet arrived and completed vet check.
My understanding if the horse did not get injured the horse would have been bought without a vet check.
One can also look at it the horse was injured, the seller wanted a free vet check, so convinced the potential buyers to pay for vet check. Due to the vet check buyers decided against buying the horse. The seller now knows the results of the vet check without it costing her anything.
Hi Cheryl, no that is not correct. I probably didn't explain it clear. The horse already had the skinned spot when they came and rode him the first time. They rode him a hour and he never limped or even acted sore or anything. I told them vet checks were welcome at there expense. Although I did set it up for them, and I probably should have left that to them as another poster suggested. Like I said it was very minor i personally wouldn't have given it a second thought, but that may be just me. |
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| cheryl makofka - 2014-06-11 1:45 PM
My understanding was the buyers were coming to pay for and pick up the horse, the seller (the op) still had possession of the horse, and horse got injured. The seller then notified the buyers and encouraged them to get a vet check and pay for said vet check. The seller sought out the vet and vet arrived and completed vet check.
My understanding if the horse did not get injured the horse would have been bought without a vet check.
One can also look at it the horse was injured, the seller wanted a free vet check, so convinced the potential buyers to pay for vet check. Due to the vet check buyers decided against buying the horse. The seller now knows the results of the vet check without it costing her anything.
I also wanted to add that I asked the vets office for a copy of the vet check after the people had left and the vet said without there permission they could not give me that. Is that standard? I understand they paid for it, but I just thought since I owned the horse it would be my medical records? |
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Location: Midwest | TxBronc - 2014-06-11 2:03 PM cheryl makofka - 2014-06-11 1:45 PM My understanding was the buyers were coming to pay for and pick up the horse, the seller (the op) still had possession of the horse, and horse got injured. The seller then notified the buyers and encouraged them to get a vet check and pay for said vet check. The seller sought out the vet and vet arrived and completed vet check. My understanding if the horse did not get injured the horse would have been bought without a vet check. One can also look at it the horse was injured, the seller wanted a free vet check, so convinced the potential buyers to pay for vet check. Due to the vet check buyers decided against buying the horse. The seller now knows the results of the vet check without it costing her anything. I also wanted to add that I asked the vets office for a copy of the vet check after the people had left and the vet said without there permission they could not give me that. Is that standard? I understand they paid for it, but I just thought since I owned the horse it would be my medical records?
Nope, that is standard. If they paid for it, they don't have to release it to you. |
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Location: WYOMING | TxBronc - 2014-06-11 3:03 PM
cheryl makofka - 2014-06-11 1:45 PM
My understanding was the buyers were coming to pay for and pick up the horse, the seller (the op) still had possession of the horse, and horse got injured. The seller then notified the buyers and encouraged them to get a vet check and pay for said vet check. The seller sought out the vet and vet arrived and completed vet check.
My understanding if the horse did not get injured the horse would have been bought without a vet check.
One can also look at it the horse was injured, the seller wanted a free vet check, so convinced the potential buyers to pay for vet check. Due to the vet check buyers decided against buying the horse. The seller now knows the results of the vet check without it costing her anything.
I also wanted to add that I asked the vets office for a copy of the vet check after the people had left and the vet said without there permission they could not give me that. Is that standard? I understand they paid for it, but I just thought since I owned the horse it would be my medical records?
Nope, they belong to the vets client whom you approved to have the work done. Sorry you lost your sale, welcome to horse selling! Perhaps you can offer the x buyers $ for a copy, sometimes they dont mind, sometimes they say no. |
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Location: Mountains of VA | I always hate pre-purchase exams no matter who the vet is or their age! I refuse to let one of mine have a pre-purchase exam done without my presence. I agree with one poster that there are "buyers" vets and "sellers" vets. There should be no pass or fail unless the horse has a major issue and is a high performance horse.
What happened with your horse's exam was probably a blessing in disguise as the buyers are novice horse people and you would never hear the end of it if a problem came up no matter how small. Feel better knowing that they will probably go a look a several more horses and pay for several more expensive vet exams without ever buying a horse. The downside is their money will be gone to the vets instead of spent on a horse. So who makes the money off of vet exams?? Vets! However, the vet exams do help protect both buyers and sellers if done right.
I would much rather deal with an experienced horse person using a "buyers" vet because then I know they want my horse badly enough to try and find something wrong hoping the vet will use some kindof wording that will make me think there is something wrong and they can go through the song and dance of they are willing to take a chance but will have to offer me much less than what the horse is priced at. In other words, they are using the vet exam as bargaining power. I usually laugh and say something like "you can't con me that easy". Horse is priced at XXX take it or leave it.
It's a bummer thinking that the horse was sold and I'm sure you were already counting on the money but I truly think you and the horse are better off.
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Location: Somewhere between raising hell and Amazing Grace | I've got one better.....had a lady interested in purchasing a 3 year old son of Bullys On Fire. She came to ride him from 8 hours away after I sent several videos/photos/etc etc etc. She already picked a vet of her choosing to do the vet check prior to her coming, which is passed with flying colors.
So the lady shows up, knowing that this is a young still green 3 year old. She rides him for roughly two hours (and watched me ride him as well). The whole time this 3 year old was acting like a 15 year old seasoned, been there/done that kind of horse. Impressive if you ask me. He literally did EVERYTHING that was asked of him, and never even made a single mistake that you would expect out of a 3 year old.
Meantime as I'm watching this lady, realizing she doesn't have even 10 percent of the experience she claimed to have, I was concocting lies I could tell her about the horse (like he would buck every now and then) because I really didn't want her as the new owner.
Well....after it was all said and done with (and me thinking this is a done deal)....the lady rides up to the fence i'm sitting on, colt drops his head and patiently sits there.....and the lady proceeds to tell me that she thinks she will have to decline buying this horse.....
I breathe a sigh of relief, then ask her why.....and I kid you not, word for word, her response was....
"Well.....he's just not happy as a clam".......
It was all I could do to not fall off the damn fence. To this day I still have no idea what she meant. But the horse did end up getting sold and went on to be, and still is, a very very tough 1D horse all over the east coast.
That's probably my favorite story. Then the lady who insisted on buying a grey horse from me that wasn't even for sale. He was a bronc. But she wanted a grey horse. She made me an offer I couldn't refuse, and signed a written purchase agreement that legally stated the horse WILL BUCK HER OFF. Saw the lady a few years later and she laughed as she said that the horse has bucked her off a few times, but she was still head over heels in love with him. |
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Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | missroselee - 2014-06-11 3:32 PM I've got one better.....had a lady interested in purchasing a 3 year old son of Bullys On Fire. She came to ride him from 8 hours away after I sent several videos/photos/etc etc etc. She already picked a vet of her choosing to do the vet check prior to her coming, which is passed with flying colors.
So the lady shows up, knowing that this is a young still green 3 year old. She rides him for roughly two hours (and watched me ride him as well). The whole time this 3 year old was acting like a 15 year old seasoned, been there/done that kind of horse. Impressive if you ask me. He literally did EVERYTHING that was asked of him, and never even made a single mistake that you would expect out of a 3 year old.
Meantime as I'm watching this lady, realizing she doesn't have even 10 percent of the experience she claimed to have, I was concocting lies I could tell her about the horse (like he would buck every now and then) because I really didn't want her as the new owner.
Well....after it was all said and done with (and me thinking this is a done deal)....the lady rides up to the fence i'm sitting on, colt drops his head and patiently sits there.....and the lady proceeds to tell me that she thinks she will have to decline buying this horse.....
I breathe a sigh of relief, then ask her why.....and I kid you not, word for word, her response was....
"Well.....he's just not happy as a clam".......
It was all I could do to not fall off the damn fence. To this day I still have no idea what she meant. But the horse did end up getting sold and went on to be, and still is, a very very tough 1D horse all over the east coast.
That's probably my favorite story. Then the lady who insisted on buying a grey horse from me that wasn't even for sale. He was a bronc. But she wanted a grey horse. She made me an offer I couldn't refuse, and signed a written purchase agreement that legally stated the horse WILL BUCK HER OFF. Saw the lady a few years later and she laughed as she said that the horse has bucked her off a few times, but she was still head over heels in love with him.
That is hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| The vet did nothing wrong. If the people continue to use same vet, however, they will never get a horse bought as every horse has something "wrong"-whether it be minor or major. you're better off without those buyers. |
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| Many, many years ago there was a Vet around here who was pretty good. Lots of people liked him. But the joke was, he does 2 types of pre-purchase exams. One where he actually gets out of his truck. No names to protect the innocent. |
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