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Re: [RC] [RC] Horse buying woes - Juli Jakub

I go on the assumption that people get x-rays when they pre purchase exam. I forgot that often people just get the flexion test. So the vet could not have anything to do with this really. I really hesitate to make too many assumptions on x rays though. Finding a horse with perfect x-rays is like finding a needle in a haystack. Most horses are sound anyway despite minor conformational or x ray flaws. I have to say I rarely pre purchase exam. My horses are not looking to be top competitors in the world and I can do a pretty good pre purchase exam including flexions without a vet. When I do feel the need for an exam ( like when I was younger and looking for an olympic level horse) I do the whole kit and kaboodle...x-rays, scoping ect. But if you are unsure or new to horse ownership a vet is a great second opinion. My horses knock on wood have been sound and happy despite my lack of pre purchase exams when alot of my friends who do the exam end up with lame horses....go figure!! And I agree that herd bound is a minor problem that most horses have to one extent or another, but if the new owner does not feel comfortable dealing with it...it can turn into a dangerous problem. I do not think probably it was the buyer's fault, the seller's fault, or the vet's fault. Sometimes things like this just happen. I would still give the horse time to settle however. My Daisy has been back with me 6 months now and she is just starting to really settle and feel like it is home. Given time the horse may work his own problems out!!

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<P>Juli Jakub</P>
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From: rdcarrie@xxxxxxx
To: tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC]   Horse buying woes
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 11:01:11 -0500

<<If the vet was told that the horse would be used for Endurance and there is something so drastically wrong on the x-rays that there is no way the horse could be a distance horse and the vet should have picked up on it during the pre-purchase, Sheila may have some legal recourse against the vet. Dabney?>>

If no x-rays were done during the pre-purchase exam (the buyer would have had to ask for them), and if the horse did ok on the pre-purchase exam (flexion tests, etc.) then there's no way the vet could be held liable for failure to detect a problem. Also, several people have mentioned horses that had "issues" that were visible on x-rays that *should* have caused problems, but never did...the horses were perfectly sound and did fine. So if the horse did satisfactorily on the pre-purchase exam (and it must have, otherwise the buyer probably wouldn't have bought it), then something showing up later on an x-ray is hardly grounds for blaming the seller or vet.

As for the herdbound issue...she's only had the horse a week. It couldn't possibly be settled in yet. Give it some time to get comfortable, and then try again. I agree, this is not a huge "training issue" or lack of training. The horse can likely be gotten over this with a little work.

Dawn in East Texas


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From: Diane Trefethen <tref@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wed, 22 Mar 2006 07:36:16 -0800
Subject: Re: [RC] Horse buying woes




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