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Location: Buffalo, Wyoming | We all know that a majority of horses will not pass a vet check for some very small reason or a major reason.
What are your deal breakers when it comes to a horse not passing a vet check?
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Married to a Louie Lover
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| Pass/fail is a subjective term.
It depends on what you're willing to do for maintenance and what you're buying.
Young prospects who haven't done anything I do expect to be pretty squeaky clean.
Anything who's patterned and had some runs on them, I expect to find little things, maybe a lower score on a flex, but nothing huge. I would probably pass of X-rays revealed bone spurs or something along those lines, unless I really thought highly of the horse and was willing to deal with those consequences in the future.
Something with an extensive resume I'd expect to perhaps see some hock breakdown or other routine maintenance, but I would expect that to be disclosed by the seller ahead of time.
Deal breakers are subjective - for someone anti injection, that's a deal breaker.
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| OhMax - 2016-07-24 8:46 AM
Pass/fail is a subjective term.
It depends on what you're willing to do for maintenance and what you're buying.
Young prospects who haven't done anything I do expect to be pretty squeaky clean.
Anything who's patterned and had some runs on them, I expect to find little things, maybe a lower score on a flex, but nothing huge. I would probably pass of X-rays revealed bone spurs or something along those lines, unless I really thought highly of the horse and was willing to deal with those consequences in the future.
Something with an extensive resume I'd expect to perhaps see some hock breakdown or other routine maintenance, but I would expect that to be disclosed by the seller ahead of time.
Deal breakers are subjective - for someone anti injection, that's a deal breaker.
Pretty perfectly said in my opinion. Depends on age of horse , price , what your going to use them for. Vets no longer pass or fail a horse generally. That holds them liable. Lol I just purchased a finished barrel horse , 11 years old. Also finished as a head and heel horse as well. I had front feet and hind legs xrsyed. Hocks tested positive to flex test as a "1" very low. But she was due for hock injections. 100 percent normal in my book. Has them done annually. Front feet are more important in my book. They are the weight bearing part of the horse. Her joints were clean, no impending doom down the line. Pulled blood , good. General health exam all good. |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | subchondral bone cysts in a stifle, OCDs, ringbone- deal breaker for me.
Navicular changes in a <10YO horse, wouldn't completely break the deal, but would make me think real hard
hock OA- doesn't bother me at all
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 Owner of a ratting catting machine
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| Calcium deposits on suspensories.
OCD lesions
Kissing spine
Anything wrong in the front feet, unless fixable by shoing.
Anything not fixable by twice yearly joint injections
Lots of scar tissue along jugular, indicating lots of drugs
A hot blood test for something nobody told me about
Paralyzed flappers
Blood in the trachea after practice run
Club foot
Toed out in front
Doesn't back up correctly, swinging feet out
Umm, that's kind of my list to check for at this point. $500 worth of a vet check is worth avoiding potential thousands and thousands of dollars on issues.
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 Don't Wanna Make This Awkward
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Location: Texas | For me bleeding is a deal breaker. I don't like doing any kind of injection myself and would never put myself in a position where I had to give a shot everytime I ran. I enjoy the freedom of being able to run my horse whenever and not worry about timing of medications. Now if I already owned the horse and it started bleeding, I would probably learn how to treat it and be more comfortable down the road with other bleeders. But for now I'd rather stay away from it.
Other than that it would (obviously) depend on age, caliber of horse, price. How many problems/potential problems the horse has. I can handle a couple, but a few small things that need maintaining add up quick. |
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