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[RC] [Guest] New Rider Proposals (how new is new?) - Ridecamp Moderator

Jonni jonnij@xxxxxxxx

Karen posted: >>>You're kidding, right? Are you saying only experienced distance riders know how to read their horses?<<

This is simple to anwser. Ask your vet. I would put money that many, MANY horse owners, who have had horses for years, only know the basics on how to read metabolics on their horses. Shoot, I have met some who have had horses years, who have never taken their horses temp. Lets not get into how to take a pulse, dehydration, and them the slightly more complicated things....like MM, Cap Refill etc. Go to a "show barn" and ask riders if they own a stethscope. When I have called my vet for my horse being "not right" they have been suprised when I start giving them the vital signs. We as trail riders find this information something we NEED to know how to do, to do our sport. (how many not distance riders look down while their horses go pee, to see what color it is! <g>)

Deanna posted: >>>"Just damages them." Interesting way of thinking about this. An attitude that one generally does not see in CTR where lameness equals point deductions. As mainly a CTR rider, no wonder I see more lameness at endurance rides than apparently regular endurance riders do. After all, it's
only lameness, it won't kill them <<<<


This discussion has been on how to prevent DEATHS. Metabolic crashes can kill. Lameness rarely kills. I am not saying that lameness is not something we should always be watching. But in this recent discussion, that is NOT why horses have been dying. Lameness is generally easy to see, even by the average horse owner. Metabolic issues are NOT as easy to see. Unfortunatally, to me, it seems that some of the recent horse deaths were with riders who DO (or at least I thought SHOULD) know how to read the metabolics, and know when the horse is not right, and should have just pulled back on those two lines in their hands...and said "whoa". Such a simple word, that could maybe save a horse or two.......

Jonni TX




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