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I currently took a horse on Loan on Saturday. He is currently in quarantine until bloods came back. Yesterday they came back that he is a carrier for strangles so he needs scoping which is expensive.
The owners have said I am liable for the bill even though he has came with strangles and we haven't eveb had use out of him yet as the contract states he is a healthy horse.
I am liable to pay this bill for someone else's horse so they can just take him back in 6 months.
I have told them to just sell me the horse and I will pay every medical bill under the sun. Just don't feel comfortable paying for someone else's horse to be fixed for them free of charge?
I currently took a horse on Loan on Saturday. He is currently in quarantine until bloods came back. Yesterday they came back that he is a carrier for strangles so he needs scoping which is expensive.
The owners have said I am liable for the bill even though he has came with strangles and we haven't eveb had use out of him yet as the contract states he is a healthy horse.
I am liable to pay this bill for someone else's horse so they can just take him back in 6 months.
I have told them to just sell me the horse and I will pay every medical bill under the sun. Just don't feel comfortable paying for someone else's horse to be fixed for them free of charge?
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Try posting this on the Chronicle of Horse website. You’ll get more attention and you’ll probably get more sound advice that way as well. Hope you resolve the situationRicky636 wrote:Hi
I currently took a horse on Loan on Saturday. He is currently in quarantine until bloods came back. Yesterday they came back that he is a carrier for strangles so he needs scoping which is expensive.
The owners have said I am liable for the bill even though he has came with strangles and we haven't eveb had use out of him yet as the contract states he is a healthy horse.
I am liable to pay this bill for someone else's horse so they can just take him back in 6 months.
I have told them to just sell me the horse and I will pay every medical bill under the sun. Just don't feel comfortable paying for someone else's horse to be fixed for them free of charge?
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As RoyalCrownAcres said try posting on another website. But if I were you I would refuse to pay those bills. You didn't sign a contract for a sick horse.Ricky636 wrote:Hi
I currently took a horse on Loan on Saturday. He is currently in quarantine until bloods came back. Yesterday they came back that he is a carrier for strangles so he needs scoping which is expensive.
The owners have said I am liable for the bill even though he has came with strangles and we haven't eveb had use out of him yet as the contract states he is a healthy horse.
I am liable to pay this bill for someone else's horse so they can just take him back in 6 months.
I have told them to just sell me the horse and I will pay every medical bill under the sun. Just don't feel comfortable paying for someone else's horse to be fixed for them free of charge?
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I also agree.
But you might have to fight this in court.
Also do some research on 'Strangles', see if it's a birth defect or something else that can make it happen and so on. Also double check your original leasing contract and go over it again, specifically the part about the 'healthy' horse section. Because preexisting conditions may or may not be covered.
Generally defined, a 'healthy' horse is 'free of any health issues that will negatively impact the horse in the contracted duties'.
But I would offer for you that you should expect to have to fight it in court, IF the owner chooses not to sell it outright.
But, I'm no specialist or lawyer or anything that can offer you more advice than the average layman.
By the way, if you suggest to the owner that you'll take it to court, the owner might be more than willing to null-and-void the contract which will get you out of the deal. Make sure you dot your 'i's' and cross your 't's' and don't forget the signing of the hold-harmless and release paperwork.
It is important and can Never be overlooked.
Hope that gives you more 'food for thought'.
But you might have to fight this in court.
Also do some research on 'Strangles', see if it's a birth defect or something else that can make it happen and so on. Also double check your original leasing contract and go over it again, specifically the part about the 'healthy' horse section. Because preexisting conditions may or may not be covered.
Generally defined, a 'healthy' horse is 'free of any health issues that will negatively impact the horse in the contracted duties'.
But I would offer for you that you should expect to have to fight it in court, IF the owner chooses not to sell it outright.
But, I'm no specialist or lawyer or anything that can offer you more advice than the average layman.
By the way, if you suggest to the owner that you'll take it to court, the owner might be more than willing to null-and-void the contract which will get you out of the deal. Make sure you dot your 'i's' and cross your 't's' and don't forget the signing of the hold-harmless and release paperwork.
It is important and can Never be overlooked.
Hope that gives you more 'food for thought'.
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