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Re: [RC] feeding and FEI - heidiIt just so happens that feeding during vet checks is one of Charlie's (my horse) pet peeves. He sees it as "what is in this for him" and expects carrots (diced), apples (sliced), peppermints, graham crackers and horse treats from the moment he comes into a hold to the moment he leaves (he keeps his crew person, Jane, darn busy!). FEI or not, I have had vets both champion and challenge this. No vet has to ask me "how's he eatin' " when he is diving into his carrot bag. But to tell me that "I can't vet a horse that is eating like that" amazes me! I even had a pulse person tell me that eating would keep his pulse up....as he pulsed in at 52 right off the trail with no water! I've got one of those "Hoovers" too--and while I was never chided by ride vets (although sometimes I had to struggle to get his nose off the food on the ground long enough to trot him out), I sure got lectured by plenty of PR people! It's true that SOME horses won't drop as well if they are eating, but I'm quite sure that Junior's pulse would have been far more apt to go UP due to the argument over withholding the feed! And likewise, they were often counting out a pulse in the 40s or low 50s with him as well, as they lectured me about how awful it was to feed him first thing at checks before his pulse was taken... I think he thought it was his life's work to clean up every morsel of feed spilled by anyone and everyone at vet checks, in addition to anything I may have brought for him to eat... 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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