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Location: Peach State | If I'm planning on going to look at a horse how would I go about getting the owner to let me take her home try her out and vet check her before making my final descision. I guess what I'm asking how much of the total cost should trade hands before I have the horse vet checked. What's the "normal" system |
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| RunninOnARooster - 2014-05-03 11:48 PMIf I'm planning on going to look at a horse how would I go about getting the owner to let me take her home try her out and vet check her before making my final descision. I guess what I'm asking how much of the total cost should trade hands before I have the horse vet checked. What's the "normal" system Hmmmm...if I am selling a horse, typically I am not going to let anyone take them home for a few days and try them out. I'll haul them to the vet check that the potential buyer is footing the bill for.
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Location: Bandera, TX | You give a check to the owner if they don't care to accompany you to the vet check. If anything happens to horse in your care they cash the check if the horse doesn't pass vet check you take the horse back and get your check back, or negotiate again on a price. |
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 Lady Di
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Location: Oklahoma | I don't let anyone take my horses anywhere until the vet check is done and they are paid for in full. I don't take checks of any kind as unscrupulous people have no qualms about giving you a check and then stopping payment on it after they have your horse (not saying you would do this, but it has happened to me). I will haul the horse where it needs to go until it's owned by someone else, and will meet people to try him, but no one is going to take my horse home unless they own it. I've learned the hard way. There's just no way I can control what happens to him when he's not in my possession, and it's been my experience over 40 years that something will always happen to them and then the buyer wants to bring them back. So they don't leave in someone else's trailer until the deal is done, and as far as I know, that's pretty standard practice. |
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Location: Deep South | Exactly what Diane said, and to protect yourself as a buyer do NOT give them a check to "hold" under any circumstances. There are dirty sellers just like there are dirty buyers (this one happened to me). No money trades hands until it's a done deal and no horse trades hands until it's a done deal. |
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Mrs. Txdad
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Location: the fantasy txdad married | Diane is spot on....for 99% of sellers.
Then you have people like me, lol
I let others take my horses all the time. I loan them out, lease them out, take payments, etc.
I've been burned and actually have one back in my yard now that I didn't get paid for but, it was the chance I took.
I've got two leaving in a couple weeks for a trial. They will insure one of them, the other has aged out so, I will say a prayer.
I like these people and I love my horses but, I want to make sure they will love them also. I want to make sure they can and want to ride them and to make sure they can put up with their everyday quirks.
I may get burned again but, that's my fault if it happens. I'm thinking positive though, I have to. I've had the worst last 11 months of my entire life, I need something positive to hold on to the tiny bit of sanity I think I still have left.
Again, I'm in that 1%. Good luck with your situation  |
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Location: ND | 99% of people would NEVER be allowed to take a horse off of my property until they have paid for it. But I have sent two out on trial periods with people I knew well. Both times they ended up buying the horse & it worked out perfect for both of us. I would never even consider asking for a trial period on a horse. I know within a few minutes of riding one if I like the horse enough to own it or not. |
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 Angel in a Sorrel Coat
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Location: In a happy place | Well I just bought one this week. Sight unseen and without a vet check. The lady I bought him from was as honest as honest could be. She even let the lady I had pick him up without the money being wired to her bank at that time. Took longer than what we thought, but she felt like I was honest too. I am not saying this is the norm, but it worked for me this time. |
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 Rebel Without a Cause
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Location: Adopt a homeless pet - www.petfinder.com! | Find a vet in the area (not her vet) and have a vet check done. I bought a horse out of state last year and that's what I did. I made an agreement with the owner after I tried him that I wanted him contingent on a vet check. Offered a deposit but she said that wasn't necessary. As soon as vet contacted me with results that were satisfactory to me I contacted her and arranged a wire for the payment. Easy as that! |
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Location: Canada | I agree with everyone else. Honestly it's a huge liability to take a horse home and try it because so MANY potential things can go wrong. Try the horse there and if you like it, ask if you can try it at a jackpot or at the very least at a different arena. Ideally you'd meet somewhere neutral to try him and not home turf. Arrange for a vet check to be performed and if at all possible be present when it happens.
Also check stats and see if the horse is as advertised (not always can you find placings but if you search sometimes you can).
Good luck and hopefully the horse is a great fit.
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Location: North Dakota | I don't buy or sell horses very often, but if I am selling, I don't do trials.
Buyer would be welcome to do a vet check at their own expense.
Everyone's different.
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Rad Dork
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Location: Oklahoma | I have been very fortunate when trying out horses. I tried a gelding out about 8-10 years ago (I was in my teens) that a friend of my dad's had found & thought we'd be a good fit. I don't think the horse was for sale officially, just by word of mouth and somehow we managed to take him home for 2-3 days. My dad had insurance taken out just incase something happened the owners would be covered financially. The horse didn't work out, but he was returned in excellent condition.
I (personally) could never ask someone if I could take their horse home. I almost feel uneasy asking them if they'd haul to a local jackpot! I had much rather for the owner to take them to the vet check, but I had to take the horse I most recently vetted (today!) to the vet myself. The owners both have full time jobs and couldn't get off. I was as nervous as all get out, but they assured me he'd be fine. He was, but it's still a nerve racking experience. I had insurance taken out on him, but I still would feel terrible if something had happened. I probably could never do it again, but the owners were just so nice and easy to deal with. We never exchanged and money, but now I feel stupid for not asking them first.
I think the biggest thing is you will need to have some type of connection to the seller. I would never let a horse leave my property in someone else's hands unless I had known them for a long time and knew he would be taken better care of than I could give. I've also never had horse and I'm sure I will be burned if that day ever comes, so take that with a grain of salt! |
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Location: ohio-in my own little world with pretty ponies :) | I would not let one of mine leave unless they are paid for. But I just don't sell hahaha! |
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Location: home for the winter...what a dumb idea | I as a seller will never let a horse leave again on a trial....You can come ride the horse 2 or more times I will haul him within reason to a vet of your pick up to 30 miles one way after that you pay for fuel too. Last time I let a potential buyer take my horse for a trial I ended up calling the sheriff's department and having to drive 3 hours on way to pick him up because they decided that they loved him and he was a great fit but wanted to renegsiate price and have me take payments... |
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