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I'm going to add to this.  One horse I bought I simply could not live with. 
The owner-breeder-seller was kind enough to refund the purchase price.  One 
horse I bought was sold without return privileges.  Be sure to state this to 
your prospective buyer.  I appreciate complete honesty when buying a horse, 
even if it's something I don't want to hear.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Cynthia LeDoux" <cledoux@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 6:00 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] Disclosing past health issues when selling horses


> My immediate reaction is "do to others as you would have them do to you." 
> If the horse you are selling has a chronic lameness but is now sound, 
> temporarily, you could sell him and the buyer might not suspect.  I'm sure 
> we have bought at least two horses that had chronic problems that weren't 
> obvious at sale time, but certainly surfaced during endurance 
> competition...repeatedly.
> If you wouldn't like that to happen to you, then don't do it to someone 
> else.  I'm not suggesting that's what you have in mind, I'm just using 
> this as an example.  I would say tell the prospective buyer the 
> basics...vaccination and worming routines, and if the horse had something 
> else worth mentioning.  I bought a horse once that had a bowed tendon, but 
> it was old and hard and never gave him a bit of trouble while we had him. 
> Splints aren't worth worrying about if they are healed and cold; same with 
> windpuffs.  But if the horse had had colic surgery, I would certainly 
> mention that.  I don't think it's necessary to mention that the horse had 
> an abscess of the hoof two years ago.
> Do what will leave you, the seller, with a clear conscience.
>
> Barbara



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