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RE: [RC] another proposal - McGann, BarbMy writing must be bad...I was actually agreeing 100% with Heidi. By "reevaluating", I meant the process that you go through of evaluating your shoeing, feeding, training, hauling, etc to determine just what went wrong that day. Should I have put pads on for that ride; did leaving home a day early throw the routine off; should he/she have had an extra pro-bi; etc!! I am in favor of and practice the rider pull. I, too, have had vets tell me that there's nothing wrong with my horse and pulled anyway because I know that he/she ADR. Barb -----Original Message----- From: Truman Prevatt [mailto:tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 5:20 PM To: McGann, Barb Cc: Heidi Smith; Ridecamp (E-mail) Subject: Re: [RC] another proposal Actually Heidi is right on the money on this. Too much baggage comes with pulls - too many egos riding on it. It should not have anything to do with anyone working together except you and your horse. It should have nothing to do with "reevaluation." Face it folks most of us know when our horses are a little off - why do we need the vets to point it out? Many a time in a previous life, when I returned from a "mission" I always announced that "I cheated death one more time." Must have been good at it to live this long, eh ;-). A pull for a horse is no more than a "bad hair day" for the horse. It should not be a stigma and it is not for the horse - only for the rider's ego. He could really give a rat's behind that he got to stop early and eat full time. If it isn't right to go on it isn't right to go on, conversation over. I've lost track of the times the "vet though I was crazy to pull." Know what, it's my horse - not the vets - and I don't really care if the vet thinks I'm crazy. And as I walk him back to the pen I pat him on the neck and say, "old boy, you cheated death one more time today." He butts me with his head and demands a carrot. Know what we're out there going down the trail the next week. Truman McGann, Barb wrote: Heidi - Thank you for this....I've always felt that pulls should not be seen as failures, but rather astute riders and vets working together to make sure the horses are safe. I've hated the "stygma" type attitude seen here on ride camp, as in "you only have an XXX completion rate". I wonder how many horses have been pushed beyond their capability, not to win, but just to avoid a pull. Not to say that pulls are not significant...I am always relieved when I pull my horse early and they then feel great that evening or the next day, but every pull then makes me back up and say, OK, what am I doing wrong or is this horse really cut out for endurance. In themselves, pulls can be a chance to reevaluate what you're doing, but shouldn't be an embarassment. Barb McGann -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Heidi Smith Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2003 9:37 AM To: steph@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; rides2far@xxxxxxxx Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] another proposal We need to quit thinking of pulls as failures, and instead think of any pull that returns a healthy horse to the trail at a later date as a Good Pull. Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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