Vet exams/contracts

["Maggie Mieske" <mmieske@netonecom.net>]

But what if the vet exam reveals something that although may be considered
"passing", is something you really cannot live with?  Does a vet exam
actually constitute an intent to purchase?  I have bought and sold horses
over the years (yes, Miss Nameless, I DO have experience) but have never
employed a vet for an exam so this is new territory to me.  Most of my
experiences have been handshakes though in recent years, I have begun using
written contracts for obvious reasons.  However, in the future, I may
want/need to have a horse vet checked and this discussion is very valuable
to me in forming my future practices in buying/selling.  Unlike others, I
tend to give everyone the benefit of the doubt and assume honesty (hence
written contracts....they sure eliminate any confusion such as "But you
said" or "That's not what I said!") so I suppose future purchases and even
sales, should include a vet exam for my safety as well as a potential
buyer.  It is interesting to note that with my puppy contracts, I sell them
with a health guarantee which allows a certain number of days for the buyer
to have the pup vet checked during which I will give money back or exchange
a pup if they are pronounced unhealthy (with just about every possible
unhealthy thing I can think of described in the contract).  Not the same as
a horse, I know, but a similar situation.  So...???
Maggie
Michigan

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> From: Dbeverly4@aol.com
> To: fasterhorses@gilanet.com
> Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
> Subject: RC:     Buying a horse/Warning
> Date: Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:35 AM
> 
> In a message dated 10/13/99 10:49:45 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
> fasterhorses@gilanet.com writes:
> 
> << you wrote "once you paid for a vet check on a horse, that
>  indicated you intended to buy him."
>  
>  No, that wouldn't work, because what if the vet said don't buy the
>  horse, he'll drop dead the first day that you go over 3 miles on him.
>  You'd still pay the vet, but wouldn't buy the horse, right?  Lif
>   >>
> 
> The way I've done it and seen it done normally (I'm not a pro, however)
is 
> you agree that you want the horse, you (buyer) arranges for the vet of
your 
> choice to vet check the horse.  It is agreed upon beforehand that if the 
> horse PASSES the vet check, buyer pays for the vetcheck.  If he FAILS,
seller 
> pays.  Buyer states very clearly that he is buying the horse based on a 
> "passing" vet check.  Is this an unusual way to do it?  I pretty much
thought 
> this was a standard practice.
> 
> Sylvia
> 
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