How Does Anhidrosis Effect Sales Price of Horse

[lenapesadie]

Well sure. Horses, like people, age with increasing medical liabilities. The managed anhidrosis horse may become less manageable. Any horse can break his neck and need PTS the day after the purchase price is paid.

I have a PPID horse and an anhidrosis horse. All other things being equal, I’d take the anhidrosis horse again every single time. The management is easier and cheaper. I’ll take the managed anhidrosis horse over the chronic scratches horse for same reason. Ditto front feet lameness.

I would expect any significant findings on a PPE that weren’t disclosed prior, to be an opening for price negotiations.

Is managed anhidrosis a big reduction in price? I dunno. If One AC, salt and electrolytes cost $400 per year I’m not seeing a big price reduction.

[DiamondJubilee]

I suppose it depends on what is being asked of the horse, if it would effect the price tag (as in discipline).

I know of a local combined driver here with a very, very nice driving horse (FEI potential). He is unable to do the cross country part now as he would overheat. He can only do a CT which is dressage and cones, as long as they were spaced out enough and she could cool him down in between (usually a CT is run closely in time, dressage first and 10 mins afterwards you go to cones. She would need permission to be able to have a longer break in between, which can be a scheduling nightmare for organizers). So she now tends to stick to our local group as they can easily accommodate (she used to show across Canada and the US).

So for this particular horse, he is unable to do the job that his owner would like to do which would really decrease his sales price if she were to ever sell him - which she wouldn’t. I never asked her what she has done with him for his condition or how bad he was (last summer I did see him do a CT and 0 sweat on a very hot day - 100F+ and high humidity - our ponies were literally dripping after our marathon like I just gave them a bath - I had never seen our boys sweat this way ever, I had to hose them off for over 30 min each afterwards.

But I do know I love watching him go and its really too bad he can’t do the marathon part anymore. They are such a fantastic team.

[floppyammy]

@lenapesadie

I would rather have a horse with manageable anhidrosis than many other manageable conditions. One AC, electrolytes and daytime stalling are easy and inexpensive when compared to my horse that needs therapeutic shoes, pergolide, daily Bute and frequent lameness exams that has to be either dead lame or sedated to not stall walk / weave like a zombie if he’s locked in a stall.

I feel the same way. My current horse has manageable anhidrosis. I would take that any day of the week and twice on Sundays, versus the issues my other horses have had (Kissing Spines, DDFT tear, Proximal Suspensory Injury - hind).

For what it’s worth, I had miraculous, amazing success with acupuncture and New Xiang Ru San when my horse stopped sweating completely last summer. As in, horse had stopped sweating completely, and with one session of acupuncture and the addition of New Xiang Ru San (we were already doing One AC and Guiness stout), started sweating the VERY NEXT DAY.

[candyappy]

Even in Northern CA we had plenty of hot days where the horses needed to sweat just standing and even in 70 degrees they work up a good sweat during riding.

Same goes for MN and both places have on average very low humidity. If Anhidrosis keeps a horse from sweating all the time I wouldn’t think there is anyplace it wouldn’t affect the sales price ( if disclosed).

[equest]

My horse developed the condition a few years after I purchased him. I live in central Florida and when the temps and humidity ramp up in late May - October, he is a poor sweater but is manageable by feeding OneAC and vitamin E, night turnout and taking hose or sponge breaks during rides. I time my lessons and rides to be early evening, with the exception of our lessons on Saturday morning. I don’t care to show in the hottest times of year anyway.
It seems that many horses in my part of Florida struggle, so it’s a common problem, but there are different degrees of severity that will impact how the horse sells.

[MsM]

Surprised to hear of horses that don’t like Guinness. My horse loves his pellets soaked in Guinness. Good thing since it is tough to get him to eat other anhidrosis supplements. Acupuncture didn’t work for him. So far have had good luck with a little beer and a little Sweatwerks.
As far as value, I think it depends upon the horse’s training, use and control of the condition. Loss of value would be a lot less for a schoolmaster type not expected to campaign heavily in very hot conditions.

[2tempe]

But the question is: Would he have sold for let’s say $175k without the issue? No one really knows.