Re: Horse Dying at Endurance Ride

["Annie George" <ageorge@vtc.net>]

Absolutely Lif, And with so many new to horses people, not horsemen, that attitude  is on the rise.

Anne George Saddlery  www.vtc.net/~ageorge

----- Original Message -----

From: Lif Strand

To: 'ridecamp@endurance.net'

Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 10:52 AM

Subject: RC: Horse Dying at Endurance Ride

At 10:30 AM 6/22/01, Truman Prevatt, PhD wrote:
>She also had little attachment to the horse since when it
>went down, she was tired and didn't want to be bothered.

Seems to me that there's the problem in a nutshell.  Doesn't matter what
her horse knowledge is, or what her endurance experience is.  Horse as
disposable machine:  This causes more problems than anything else.

Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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