Because he was a relatively inexpensive horse ($1200) and b/c
the vet check was quoted at $250, they weren’t going to do a vet check. She’s
had a couple checked and they were older than they were supposed to be and had
some other defects that they passed up on. I think the original thought was
that he was cheap enough and he was young enough and he hadn’t done all that
much work that it shouldn’t be that big of a deal. Originally it looked like an
uncomplicated, inexpensive horse…The horses they had checked were about double
the cost. Enough people knew the history on this horse. No one was worried. IT’s
just a horse for the kids to start out on.
I guess this leads me to my next question. Do all of you guys
have all your horses vetted each time you buy one? I can honestly say that I
have never had a horse vetted. Maybe I’ve just been lucky, but I’ve always been
OK. I’ve bought from breeders, dressage club members…I did have Freeley checked
out when I got him just so I knew what I was looking at…and that’s funny since
he was my “free” horse, but the others I’ve just gone on sellers’ reputation.
In a message dated 4/5/2007 7:04:33 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
ayovich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
The
sellers don't want to cough up the dollars to get a new coggins. Isn't this
wrong? They say they will give the money back if he's positive, but we
don't' trust them. Comments are welcome and encouraged, thanks.
Why not just have the coggins test done when you have the
pre-purchase vet check done?
Sylvia
(In California there is no requirement for a negative Coggins test
in order to sell a horse)
