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 Lady Di
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Location: Oklahoma | I buy a lot of horses w/o a vet check, but I have done it so long, that I can pretty well see if they're not traveling sound by watching a video....however....I met with a girl to trade here recently....she was a college girl and her mother was with her. We rode each other's horses and I knew there was something going on in the back end with her horse. I told her this. She insisted he'd never been lame, and I told her that he was lame right now. I could see it AND feel it. She was determined to have my horse, which was a finished barrel horse. Hers was a 6 yr old, but much more my size and I really liked his breeding and the way he was trained, but he was definitely off. She kept telling me that I could vet check him; that she was sure there was nothing wrong with him. I asked her (with her mother present) what she would do if he DIDN'T check sound....would she meet me again and trade back? She said yes. I got her to give me $500 boot and figured that would cover the vet bill. Well, sure enough, he has a fractured pelvis. We met on Sunday and I took him on Monday. She said he didn't have it when I took him (which the vet said it had been that way awhile because the muscle was slightly atrophied) and that she wasn't trading back. I told her everything the vet said, and gave her his phone number to call to talk to him. She told me there was nothing wrong with the horse and not to contact her again.....so MY advice would be to make sure IF you do a vet check, that you do it prior to purchase! The good news is that the horse I have will be 100% again; he just has to stay in a stall with limited movement for 90 days. :( | |
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| dianeguinn - 2014-09-08 11:30 AM
I buy a lot of horses w/o a vet check, but I have done it so long, that I can pretty well see if they're not traveling sound by watching a video....however....I met with a girl to trade here recently....she was a college girl and her mother was with her. We rode each other's horses and I knew there was something going on in the back end with her horse. I told her this. She insisted he'd never been lame, and I told her that he was lame right now. I could see it AND feel it. She was determined to have my horse, which was a finished barrel horse. Hers was a 6 yr old, but much more my size and I really liked his breeding and the way he was trained, but he was definitely off. She kept telling me that I could vet check him; that she was sure there was nothing wrong with him. I asked her (with her mother present) what she would do if he DIDN'T check sound....would she meet me again and trade back? She said yes. I got her to give me $500 boot and figured that would cover the vet bill. Well, sure enough, he has a fractured pelvis. We met on Sunday and I took him on Monday. She said he didn't have it when I took him (which the vet said it had been that way awhile because the muscle was slightly atrophied) and that she wasn't trading back. I told her everything the vet said, and gave her his phone number to call to talk to him. She told me there was nothing wrong with the horse and not to contact her again.....so MY advice would be to make sure IF you do a vet check, that you do it prior to purchase! The good news is that the horse I have will be 100% again; he just has to stay in a stall with limited movement for 90 days. :(
I cant get people that go back on their word. I am glad it is going to work out for you, but still how stupid do people have to be to not realize a vet can tell if any fractured bone is recent, healing or not.
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| dianeguinn - 2014-09-08 10:30 AM
I buy a lot of horses w/o a vet check, but I have done it so long, that I can pretty well see if they're not traveling sound by watching a video....however....I met with a girl to trade here recently....she was a college girl and her mother was with her. We rode each other's horses and I knew there was something going on in the back end with her horse. I told her this. She insisted he'd never been lame, and I told her that he was lame right now. I could see it AND feel it. She was determined to have my horse, which was a finished barrel horse. Hers was a 6 yr old, but much more my size and I really liked his breeding and the way he was trained, but he was definitely off. She kept telling me that I could vet check him; that she was sure there was nothing wrong with him. I asked her (with her mother present) what she would do if he DIDN'T check sound....would she meet me again and trade back? She said yes. I got her to give me $500 boot and figured that would cover the vet bill. Well, sure enough, he has a fractured pelvis. We met on Sunday and I took him on Monday. She said he didn't have it when I took him (which the vet said it had been that way awhile because the muscle was slightly atrophied) and that she wasn't trading back. I told her everything the vet said, and gave her his phone number to call to talk to him. She told me there was nothing wrong with the horse and not to contact her again.....so MY advice would be to make sure IF you do a vet check, that you do it prior to purchase! The good news is that the horse I have will be 100% again; he just has to stay in a stall with limited movement for 90 days. :(
I cant believe people go back on their word like that!!! That's why I ALWAYS record conversations, comes in VERY handy. ETA just do a flexion at least, and id at a minimum get a nice shot of their front feet.
Edited by SwishMiss 2014-09-08 12:05 PM
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