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| honey |
Posted - 23 Oct 2010 : 11:11:43 PM
this poor poor horse.
http://belfast.gumtree.com/belfast/37/67339937.html
hes got huge sores on his withers and needs a good feed and tlc by looksofit. I replied couldn't help my self, told them the pictures were terrible, poor horse needs a good feed and them big sores are awful, and that hes certainly not worth 1500 and who would ever consider giving him a horsein part exchange. |
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| birdof1977 |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 08:59:17 AM
Just caught up on all of this.
Well done Zooscat. I can't wait for an update when he gets to you. :) |
| Goldenmane |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 07:11:23 AM
Looking good, now need Howard the Transport man to say early next week not so long for you to wait TCO sounds obliging!  |
| xsara |
Posted - 28 Oct 2010 : 12:12:49 AM
o all exciting looking forward to seeing pictures and hearing updates of his progress |
| debs |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 10:34:01 PM
Ooh I cant wait for him to get to you and experience some TLC. Hope all works out for problem free travelling etc. Look forward to seeing pictures! |
| honey |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 9:36:40 PM
lovely, hope everything goes smoothly and hes in his new home soon. I must say we brought ros unseen 6 years ago and never regretted it, im sure you will find the same with your new boy. |
| arabian |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 4:46:37 PM
keeping fingers toes and everything else crossed for a good outcome what a wonderful person you are im so glad hes found you poor boy onwards and upwards for him xxxxx |
| Callisto |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 4:28:47 PM
All sounding very positive!  |
| zooscat |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 4:05:09 PM
Getting there! Agreed price paid in full into TCO's bank a/c. A now has had his feet trimmed and re-shod; still being fed, rugged, T/o day and stabled at night. TCO being very amenable and saying how the horse is really looking better and he wouldn't dream of charging me livery whilst he is there! A is now fully insured, the wheels are in motion for his accommodation to be set up on Sunday, before he arrives "sometime next week" depending on Howard the Transport Man, whose schedule we shall know by Sunday. ,Just need to hear from HTTM, and negotiate the relevant time slot off work! |
| lottieherts |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 2:27:29 PM
Wow, so amazed Kim spotted this chap as her mares son! I spoke to Kim at Hocon at length about Kaz, as I remembered her from a few years ago, as I am sure many do, before her travels. Lovely mare!
Mum enjoying a wonderful life and now it seems son will too!
XXX |
| Callisto |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 11:19:52 AM
Good for you Zooscat! I've got everything crossed that A is just in need of TLC. Must be very hard waiting for him to arrive to see what the situation is. I don't think you are mad, nothing ventured nothing gained! |
| precious |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 11:11:34 AM
zooscat i think what your doing is very brave good on you. I would do the same well i have with rebel, worry about the problems when they happen i just hope its only weight and tlc he needs x
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| zooscat |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 09:57:08 AM
Well, lame or not, I'm getting him and we'll see what the situation is when he gets here and has settled in and hopefully feels and looks better. Thanks very much, everyone, for the support and encouragement - much appreciated at this rather nerve-racking time. Buying a horse I haven't met? Must be mad!! No change there, then! |
| Pasha |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 09:36:21 AM
Only just seen this as been on hols!!! I really hope you get it sorted Zooscat and get him home! Well done for doing your best for this little chap xxx |
| BeckyBoodle |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 09:10:01 AM
Would loss of use cover? I thought most insurance companies won't cover for anything showing or arising in the first two weeks of ownership. That said, don't most vettings take bloods? I had a 2 stage vetting with Eba as she was only 16 months at the time and they took bloods to hold but I don't think did anything with them as I had no reason to get them analysed.
B |
| Arachnid |
Posted - 27 Oct 2010 : 09:01:15 AM
Could you insure him for loss of use at least until you know that hes sound? Presumably you could do that since you have a 'pass' from the important vet? |
| MinHe |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 11:20:27 PM
Thinking about it, I suppose it is sensible to ask for bloods to be done whenever buying from a dealer, as not all are 100% honest!
Maybe that is all that was implied here?
Keren |
| debs |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 9:42:30 PM
What a nightmare, hope all turns out well for you and poor pony x |
| honey |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 9:16:13 PM
hope it turns out to be all genuine and that he arrives to you safely and sound. |
| precious |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 4:50:14 PM
i agree with castillo, most vets recommend a bloody test to cover themselves if the horse goes lame after. But if i recall they wont test the bloods unless requested and there is a problem.
Its more money for you to pay out and i get the feeling you dont want to wait much longer till you can get him the tlc he wants and needs.
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| erica giles |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 4:21:26 PM
Totally agree with Callisto he will probably turn out to be amazing!!! |
| Callisto |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 4:16:21 PM
How does vet know this unless he has seen A? Has he seen him before or is this professional spat and him trying to do CO bad turn? Even if A was buted Vet who did see him should have reported signs of any obvious injury/twisted legs/deformed feet. If you have any horse vetted and bloods are not taken then you run the risk of finding out they were buted up to the eyeballs, maybe this is what the vet meant, rather than he has specific knowledge of Aragon himself. Fingers crossed that actually nothing wrong with him at all.
Nasty phonecall to get Zooscat, but as you feel you can't leave him there anyway (and I can totally understand why) wait til you get him home and see what is what.
Edited to add
Wrote the above before I read your last post, but unless vet you spoke to has specific knowledge that A has an existing problem that would need to be disguised with bute, then all he is doing is warning you of the situation if you do not take bloods and it turns out he was buted. (Vet insisted on doing this when I bought Lily, not because he thought she was being drugged to disguise a problem, but in case I tried to sue him if Lily turned out to have a problem that had been disguised).
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| zooscat |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 4:11:48 PM
Just to add, mainly for Kim's benefit, this vet person who was of the opinion that A might have been buted etc (please dont yell at me - I'm not getting at any vet or the currrent owner - I'm just running past you all what one person said who knows both the horse and the dam and TCO) gelded Aragon when he was a colt, and that both he and his mother were in excellent condition, as are all the horses owned by "the lady". The vet thought that it was not she who sold A to TCO, but that it was another person who she doesnt know.
Hope this isn't going to turn into open warfare, with TCO and "the lady" and The Important Vet finding out the comments on this forum and suing me and not allowing the sale to proceed. Can you tell I've had a stressy day at work as well? |
| erica giles |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 4:03:43 PM
Very unethical of the vet to say that, you have committed yourself now. Life is full of chances I would continue with the purchase. He looks a lovely chap |
| zooscat |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 3:56:39 PM
Help! Advice please! A vet who The Current Owner wouldn't allow on his yard, who I phoned to see A before I learnt that, has just phoned me back and has as good as said that if I took A on without bloods done to check he wasn't buted to the n'th degreee to pass the vetting - I might be getting myself a real load of chronic trouble which might end up with him having chronic lameness etc etc. This vet suggested someone else who would be independent. If I want another vetting it will cost even more, and if it tells me he is chronically lame, I cant leave him there any way. So I am inclined to leave it as it is and proceed to get him back here and see what we've got. Any other good ideas? I also dont want to p*** the CO off by appearing to doubt his friend the Important Vet, or get in the middle of professional dislikes etc. But, if he comes over, and is chronically anything that means he cant be ridden in the moderately near future, that means I have two intermittantly lame Arabs - this is of course worse case scenario but I'm in a bit of a panic about it. |
| barbara.gregory |
Posted - 26 Oct 2010 : 2:51:24 PM
Well done, Zooscat, all the best with him. I love bays.
Barbara |
