Ridecamp: Re: [RC] why DVM in results?

> I am just curious why riders or ride managers opt to put DVM after the
> name of those competitors who are vets?  I am not dissing
> vets........god bless them all, particularly those that work at events.
>  But when you are riding in an event I'd think we are all the same.
> Right? Any vet I have ever ridden with was just Ken, Jim, or Theresa,
> and I was always Jon, just as when I have ridden with graphic artists,
> MBA's, school teachers (w/or w/out a masters), physicians, construction
> engineers, etc. I never see MD, PhD, CPA, LVN, "perfromance artist",
> "erotic dancer", "sanitary engineer" or anything else in  ride results
> next to a competitors name, so is there some convention here I am
> missing? Please don't say it is because it is an equine event.  There
> are PLENTY of humans who compete in athletics who are well titled who
> compete as "Just Bob".

As an RM, I put down the rider's name the way they put it on the entry
blank.  If a DVM wants to be listed as a DVM and enters that way, so be
it. That said, I think the previous poster (was it Lif?) was correct that
when AERC plugs in a membership number, the name comes up in the results
however that person put their name down for membership purposes.  Most
DVMs indicate that they are DVMs when they join AERC, since AERC has
annual continuing education programs for veterinarians as well as special
mailings pertaining to ride vetting, etc.  As a DVM, I also like to see
that other DVMs are out there riding, and as an RM, I like to have the
choice of hiring DVMs who also are involved enough in the sport to ride
from time to time....
Heidi



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