Re: RC: RO

[Susan Young Casey <glenn218@yahoo.com>]

--- CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated Tue, 9 Oct 2001 12:10:56 PM
> Eastern Daylight Time, Susan Young Casey
> <glenn218@yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > When it comes to that "gray" area like "My horse
> feels
> > off but he doesn't look off.  I'm not going to
> take
> > the chance and I'll pull now" type stuff, that is
> a
> > definate RO because the vet didn't have sufficient
> > cause to pull the horse.
> 
> I disagree.  As a rider, I know I can often "feel"
> something off before I can "see" it off as a vet. 
> That is still a lameness--just to a lesser degree. 

Your theory has merit.  However, in my example,
according to the guidelines set forth by the AERC Vet
Committee, the horse didn't display the lameness that
would allow a vet to pull.  Now...back to your
idea...if the rider DID pull, it WOULD indeed be nice
to have a code like "RO-impending lameness".  



=====
Susan Young Casey
Glenndale Grace Farm
Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, 
and win the race!"         - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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