Re: RC: P&R vet chek treatment

["Jennifer Kurtzhall" <jkurtzhall@hotmail.com>]

I was at a ride this fall riding with a friend of mine, when we came into 
the vet check the P&R person told my friend she would have to wait to have 
them take her horses pulse because the horse was panting. Even though 
according to her heart monitor the horse was at 56 bpm.

Needless to say my friend was pretty upset, I didn't say anything because 
I'm not sure how the rules work here.

The vet stated specifically NO INVERSIONS at the ride meeting, but as you 
said, with furry horses on a relatively hot day, a panting horse is just  
dealing with the heat. I would be much more concerned with a horse standing 
there breathing normally with a hanging pulse.

My opinion is that a pulse taker should take the pulse and let the vet 
decide whether the horse is cooling itself out or is inverted.
JK


>From: Rides 2 Far <rides2far@juno.com>
>To: margie@ffww.com
>CC: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:  P&R vet chek treatment
>Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 18:12:40 -0500
>
>margie@ffww.com
> > The Pulse and Respiration was
> > set at> 60 with no inversion.
>
>I guess it would be better if a vet answered, but I will say that as a
>pulse taker I never check for inversion.  I remember back in about 87,88
>when they would hold a horse for being inverted, but I believe since then
>they've decided panting is an efficient cooling method and it isn't
>penalized.  I remember asking a vet how to tell the difference in panting
>and a horse who is truly "inverted".  He said, a panting horse is relaxed
>and unconcerned. An inverted horse is focusing on drawing his next
>breath. There's no comparison.  In a late season ride with horses with
>shaggy coats I would think panting would be more efficient means of
>cooling than sweating.  I would hope that I wouldn't have been rude, but
>I'd have been doing my darndest to avoid you at the vet check.  I've
>noticed the competitive trail people seem to still hold onto those ideas,
>but considering that they walk the last 2 miles into a vet check and
>present at 40 I don't think they've had to bother learning that it's no
>big deal.
>
>Angie
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