the horse to us. Yesterday my daughter went to ride him and he is limping. Isn’t it customary for the former owner to take responsibility for him as long as he is on his property? In other words, shouldn’t he take him to the vet and pay for his care?
He’s not really doing me a favor. I couldn’t take the horse with me because the former owner hadn’t gotten a Coggins test for him and the new stable won’t take the horse without proof of a negative Coggins. If he had done what he was supposed to do, I would have been able to take the horse with me when I bought him on Friday.
Yes, I had him vet checked on Friday. The sale is conditional upon a negative Coggins. If it’s positive, we get our money back and the deal is off.
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Once you have paid money for the horse, hes your now, even if he is on the former owners property.
It would be your responsibility now for all medical, feed, boarding costs etc.
It would be the same as buying a car, storing it at the owners place for a weekend and having it hit by hail and requiring the owner to pay for it. It doesn’t work that way.
Good luck and hope your horse is ok.
Nope, you should be paying him for board, you bought the horse on Friday remember? He’s doing you a favor by keeping the horse there.
Nope, the horse is now yours. You should be the one responsible for his care. The farm owner is just allowing you to keep the horse at his place until delivery can be arranged. Be thankful that the farm owner is not charging you boarding fees for keeping the horse for an additional time frame.
If you’ve paid for the horse and now own him, it would be your responsibility. I board my horse and if he became lame, I’d have to pay to deal with it, not the owner of the boarding stables. How did the horse become lame? Does he have a condition where he can have bouts of lameness such as navicular? Did you have him vet checked prior to purchase which might have revealed something?
I think the bottom line is that you bought and paid for the horse which means as the owner, you are the one that pays the bills. The only time I think it would be different is if the owner of the stables was riding him without your knowledge and he became lame or was negligent in someway which contributed to the situation.
It is illegal to sell a Horse without a coggins test.Get your money back quick,you are about to get ripped off!
It depends on the terms of your sale. Does your contract indicate that you take immediate possession, or “upon delivery.”
Whose vet did you use for the pre-purchase exam? Did it involve x-rays?
There would be a distinct advantage to having your own vet out to treat the horse for its lameness. If he has a chronic condition and was tanked up on bute when you rode him, then you may be able to get out of the sale if there has been fraud.
It could be anything from contact with another horse to a stone bruise to chronic lameness. My foundered mare has 10-12 degrees of rotation…but her hoof has healed and recovered so nicely that in a couple of more trims, my farrier says you’d never guess she was ever foundered.
I’d NEVER part with her without full disclosure to an approved home…but some schmucky horse trader could unload her on an unsupecting novice unless she was x-rayed in a pre-purchase exam.
Depending on which state you are in, it may be illegal for him to sell you the horse without proof of a current Coggins. If he was planning to sell the horse, he should have gotten the Coggins in advance. Now, if you consider yourself the owner of the horse, YOU are responsible for its care, to include vet bills. The property owner is normally only responsbile for anything caused by the property owner’s negligence or anything else previously agreed between you and the property owner; however, this may vary by state. Now, the questions comes to my mind . . . if the owner didn’t take time to get a Coggins prior to selling the horse, did the limp exist before the sale and was the horse drugged to hide the limp? When you purchased the horse, was its tail moving or hanging limp? Is it more energetic now than it was during the sale? Is this your first horse and, if so, did you take an experienced horse person with you when you purchased the horse?
I have to agree with Mark S. And the words “Horse Trader/ BYB” are flashing thru my head right now. If this guy will not pay for a $25 Coggins test, then do you honestly think he will pay for a vet to look at horse he has already sold? I would think that since the owner cannot bother with a Coggins, that masking a lameness problem would not be an issue to them either. Did this horse have any of his vacinations either? If not, another red flag.I have 8 horses and all have their Coggins yearly. Even my old broodmare who never leaves the place. I would really think about stopping payment on the check and looking elsewhere.
It is not illegal to have a horse sale without a Coggins test. I would suggest just going to the owner and discussing with him the horses lameness. Then, if needed, take further action.
