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Re: Manners--was stereotypes



I am a farrier of 16 years experience, and have successfully used a lip
chain in the past, as well as other restraints, BUT I will walk away before
I have to use much force and/or get hurt.  I don't care if your horse has
three shoes on - if he can't stand relatively well for the fourth, and I
feel he is endangering me, I will get in my truck and go to my next client.
After all these years I have learned that there are enough good horses
around to not have to mess with the bad.  BTW, I do not shoe full time
anymore, but I do groom dogs two days a week, and the same goes for dogs.  I
will not use excessive force - but I will call you and tell you to pick
Fluffy up as he is snapping at me and I can't even get a muzzle him.  I
don't mean to make it sound like I am a wimp, in fact, I am know to have
alot of patience, but when it gets too rough, I'm history.  Maybe being a
woman makes that easier, but my clients are loyal and longstanding, so I
don't think I am too quick to pull the trigger (or get out the truck
keys...)

Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: "CMNewell" <reshan@deyr.ultranet.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2001 12:04 PM
Subject: RC: Manners--was stereotypes


> >But I doubt that anyone but the most experience handler
> >and the calmest horse would allow a chain to only apply enough pressure
to
> >release endorphins and not make a mess of the gums and freak the horse
out
> >more as you suspected.
>
>
> Actually, it's not too hard at all to apply subtle pressure with a lip
> chain. Anyone who has to make a mess of the gums  in using one isn't
> skilled enough to use it--sort of like a spade bit or spurs or any other
tool.
>
> And while the farrier mentioned earlier sounds a bit hasty, there are an
> awful lot of folks  who make excuses for ill trained spoiled horses, then
> get all riled up when the farrier/vet/dentist/chiro, etc.  expect them to
> behave.
>
> Wake up, guys. Unless you're paying us to train your horse, it's your
> responsibility to present us with one that is already trained. No equine
> professional can afford to get hurt by someone's spoiled pet and be out of
> work.
>
> Fortunately most of us with a DVM can use drugs instead of training, but
> I've run across a few that came close to hurting me before I could get the
> chemical restraint on board.
>
> If you don't do your homework, IMHO you have no grounds for objecting when
> we  use what techniques are necessary to get our job done.
>
> I have  spent extra time working on  getting  horses who've had a bad
> experience or three to come around to the idea that I'm not the Devil
> Incarnate, but that's    different from a  horse who has no respect for
> humans because they've been allowed to walk all over  them. Those are the
> most dangerous variety.
>                                           --CMNewell, DVM
>
>
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