Ridecamp: RE: [RC] RC: Vetting procedures

jeri:

The AERC Rules state; 2.1.4 Each equine will receive a
substantive physical examination of metabolic and mechanical
parameters before the ride, at control points within the
ride and after the ride.

You take it from there!

Bob

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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Subject: [RC] RC: Vetting procedures


This has been bothering me for a while, and I finally
decided to bring it up
on Ridecamp.  Please don't even bother trying to figure out
who I'm talking
about, as it has happened to one degree or another with
different vets and
it's not really important WHO the vet was.

The vet, at the third check of a 50, watched my horse trot
out and back and
then marked the vet card with satisfactory marks all down
the column.  Never
put a stethoscope on my horse to check gut sounds, never
checked cap refill,
jug refill, muscle tone or any of those other things that
vets usually do at
a vet check.  I was sufficiently concerned as my horse has
not done a lot of
50's and has had less than "A's" in the past, to check her
gut sounds before
I left the check.

Another rider told me that he did his pre-vet of her horse
the same way at
that ride.  Never laid a hand on the horse.  I was told by a
person who knows
this vet that the vet knows more just by looking at a horse
than most would
by a full exam.  I don't dispute the level of knowledge,
just want to find
out if this is common vetting procedure, or should I (always
nervous abut the
condition of my horse) try to get a different vet when
possible.  Do people
like the more experienced vets who can tell a lot by
looking? Or would they
rather have a more thorough exam?  A couple of pieces of the
puzzle:  The vet
knew and recognized my horse from another ride where a
friend had given the
vet my horse's life history (first  50).  The vet commented
that my horse
looked a lot better than the other ride.  The vet also rides
endurance.
There was no line at the vet check, so speed of vetting was
not an issue.

I don't believe this vet's procedures were necessarily wrong
or inadequate, I
just always worry that some fairly minor sign that all is
NOT RIGHT will be
missed, and my horse is going to fall over dead 2 miles out
of the vet check.
 Am I being extraordinarily paranoid, or what?  jeri

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