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RE: [RC] Preventing Treatment - Bob Morris

What better way than placing the responsibility on the rider
to check the pulse prior to leaving and if anything untoward
happens prior to the next vet check the rider is responsible
and penalized.

PLACE THE RESPONSIBILITY WHERE THE AERC RULES DIRECT THEM!
The rider! Not the vet!

Bob Morris
Morris Endurance Enterprises
Boise, ID

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Subject: [RC] Preventing Treatment


Kathy,

Excellent post and advice!

While both an full entrance and exit exam would probably be
too
burdensome, what do people think of requiring one exam but
both entry and exit pulse checks?

With the hand held pulse monitors relatively available
today,
it should not take much additional resources to do both.
And the additional people (person) is likely only needed for
the first vet check after which the horses will have spread
out.

Stagg

Kathy Myers wrote

 2. What are actions that we as riders and crew can take
to prevent our
horses from needing treatment?
[...]

ALWAYS leave a little left in the tank.  This is something
my grandfather, who was an independant mechanic, used
to say about how to get your vehicle to last too.  Never
push the pedal all the way to the floor.

As for entrance vs exit vetchecks, I think there are
probably
things that can be caught on both ends.  Also, I think that
exit checking in addition to entrance checks might be a bit
difficult at rides where peaks can cause backups... thus the
idea of letting the rider check at anypoint during the 45
mins
or whatever hold.

To Jennifer who said:
[...] Just by talking to people online and on the phone I
dont
think that is the case in this sport.=A0 I dont think
anyone
wants to kill there [sic] horse over a sport.=A0 [...]

The vast majority of endurance riders don't ride to kill.
Unfortunately there is a very small percentage who...
er... did.  A slightly larger percentage are extremely
lucky endurance riders whose horses have been saved
at endurance rides soley by heroic endurance vets.

Remember the idea in a situation like this is to support
the rider so the horse gets the treatment it needs, not
put a rider into a situation where they do not seek
treatment for their horse because of fear or shame.

Ultimately, responsibiltiy for horse safety and health at
AERC rides does rest soley with the rider.  This is good.

Kathy Myers

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