On Jul 9, 8:39=A0am, Caelan <dippenflip...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Jul 8, 12:14=A0pm, NancyD....@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Eileen:
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> > >Somehow, I don't think she wants to buy a lame horse
> > >and pay the vet bill on it . . . that was my thinking, not
> > >a million dollar law suit. Stuck with a'you broke it you
> > >bought it' accusation,
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> > But this may well be the case - acute laminitis brought on by a change
> > in management. =A0This *is* her responsibility.
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> > >dealing with broker/owner dingbats,
> > >and then a horse you now own and cannot sell or ride.
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> > It would be the same if he had been purchased outright, rather than
> > taken on trial. =A0**** happens.
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> > >And no money for something useful. That looks like a nightmare to me.
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> > Sure. =A0But it's a nightmare we all face, a situation we can all be
> > in. =A0It's part of having horses.
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> > Not that anyone's asking, but I vote for doing the right thing for the
> > horse. =A0To do otherwise is, IMO, cruel. =A0Were he here, the vet
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> > have been called first, and the broker kept informed. =A0I would
assume
> > the horse was now mine, and I'd suck it up and deal.
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> > Nancy DeMarco
> > Mason, NH
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> I would agree with this and buy the horse if I felt liable for his
> founder (or whatever is going on) HOWEVER...he was already showing
> signs of lameness before he arrived. I was concerned about it and was
> assured that it was a 'stone bruise' and demanded and got a 14 day
> trial. Well, guess what, it's no stone bruise and now the broker will
> not retrieve the animal, probably hoping the 14 days will expire and I
> will be obligated to buy the lame horse for full price. They know I
> don't have a truck and trailer. The broker has physically and in-
> person, inspected the horse and still felt it was a 'stone bruise' and
> will not get the horse. I cannot legally treat him. I cannot contact
> the owner directly as I do not know who it is and the broker will not
> say. I tried tracing the brand, but have not been successful.-
You got a pre purchase exam done, right? That was legal... Just have
the same vet come check him and he'll say this is no longer a stone
bruise, this is now [whatever]. If you want to ever prove at some
date in the future that the horse did not "pass" his 14 day trial, you
need a vet to say he is currently lame.
cindi
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