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| One thing that drives the price is how far do you want to go...so you do a basic flex, etc and they find an issue in the hock. Do you want to x-ray that? He's a really nice horse, so yeah you do. Then you find a small issue there, what's next. It's all relative. If you're spending even $10 K on a nice horse, you really like and fit, you might want to dig deeper into an issue found early on. You may want to know what's wrong? how bad? can I manage and if so how... With what we expect from our horses these days, if you find one that doesn't have issues...well you're not looking hard enough. It's more, what's wrong, how bad, how can I manage, and how much is that going to cost.
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| Lady - 2016-08-15 9:38 PM
If it were me, I wouldn't do a vet check on either of these horses. Both are under 10 years old, neither have done ANY type of competition work. Both horses have had "some" arena riding, ie. loped in circles a few times a month. Both horses have done trail riding, but both of them have had the last 3 years basically off and have been standing around being fed and brushed.
Yes, a $50 vet check is really cheap, but I think it's $50 I'd keep in my pocket if it were me.
We aren't talking about performance horses here, or horses who will be doing performance, or horses who have ever worked a long day in their lives. Again, I wouldn't do a vet check on either of them, but I'm not the buyer or the seller here and they feel like they should, so I'm supporting what they feel like they want to do. A $415 vet check, while I'm sure is money well spent on a performance horse, is money wasted on these pleasure type pets.
To have a vet come out and check their heart rate, look at their teeth, check their eyes and ears and maybe watch the horse be lunged both directions is not worth $415.
I was selling an occasional use horse I just didn't click with for $700. Lady came out and looked at her for her teen daughter. They clicked and the mom wanted a vet check. Okay, sure! Nothing to hide! She's always been healthy and sound. She paid $300 for a basic listen and look. First thing she did was look in her eyes and ears. Next was to listen to her heart. Frowned and listened again. Turns out she had a heart condition that was a ticking time bomb. Was told the horse should never be ridden because she could drop dead at any moment with a rider. You would have never known from outward appearances. Even cheap horses can have issues that could cause the rider to become injured. Ended up giving her away to someone else with the disclaimer she never be ridden again. | |
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