Post by prairiegirl123 on Nov 15, 2022 15:53:42 GMT
I no longer have horses. This happened to a friend and I'm trying to help her figure things out.
She allowed another friend to borrow her stallion to breed to his mares. In exchange he was to train two of her horses.
She was in the process of insuring him but it had gotten held up.
The only written agreement that they had was that he could use her stallion for breeding in exchange for training her horses. Nothing about health issues. There was a training contract from last year that said that she was responsible for vet costs, but I pointed out to her that this was a contract specifically for the training and not for using him for stud services. He lives about 5 hours from her.
I'm using the word borrowed since there is no Lease contract.
4 weeks ago the 11 year old stallion colicked. I'm not saying what breed to protect privacy. I will say that this horse was worth $65,000 and extremely rare bloodines.
Trainer saw the horse was laying down at 8 a.m. but thought he was resting.
At around 11 he saw horse again and he was still down. He then realized the horse had colicked.
He did not contact my friend right away. She contacted me at noon in a panic. A short while later she called me freaking out. The trainer had given the horse an enema and may have pushed the tube in to far.
Within 3.5 hours the horse had died of torsion and possibly tears in the colon.
The trainer has offered her a crossbred foal by her horse as compensation.
I've told her to consult a lawyer but she is hesitant because there was no contract and because he is a friend. I am telling her that it is dangerous and life threatening to give an adult horse an enema as it can cause tears and fecal matter to leak out into body.
From what I've read. If someone borrows a horse, they are financially responsible for health and vet care of horse while in their care.
This horse wasn't just her best friend but her source of income with stud services and photoshoots.
She allowed another friend to borrow her stallion to breed to his mares. In exchange he was to train two of her horses.
She was in the process of insuring him but it had gotten held up.
The only written agreement that they had was that he could use her stallion for breeding in exchange for training her horses. Nothing about health issues. There was a training contract from last year that said that she was responsible for vet costs, but I pointed out to her that this was a contract specifically for the training and not for using him for stud services. He lives about 5 hours from her.
I'm using the word borrowed since there is no Lease contract.
4 weeks ago the 11 year old stallion colicked. I'm not saying what breed to protect privacy. I will say that this horse was worth $65,000 and extremely rare bloodines.
Trainer saw the horse was laying down at 8 a.m. but thought he was resting.
At around 11 he saw horse again and he was still down. He then realized the horse had colicked.
He did not contact my friend right away. She contacted me at noon in a panic. A short while later she called me freaking out. The trainer had given the horse an enema and may have pushed the tube in to far.
Within 3.5 hours the horse had died of torsion and possibly tears in the colon.
The trainer has offered her a crossbred foal by her horse as compensation.
I've told her to consult a lawyer but she is hesitant because there was no contract and because he is a friend. I am telling her that it is dangerous and life threatening to give an adult horse an enema as it can cause tears and fecal matter to leak out into body.
From what I've read. If someone borrows a horse, they are financially responsible for health and vet care of horse while in their care.
This horse wasn't just her best friend but her source of income with stud services and photoshoots.