Re: [RC] ARABIAN HALTER HORSE ABUSE - Bette Lamore
Hi Angie
I never said it was the front runners-- usually they are more
experienced. I am talking about the "weekend warriors" and I'm sure you
have run into them. I know IV's are sometimes unavoidable or accidents.
I was just pointing out that just as there are irresponsible people on
the show circuit, so are there those on endurance. The ones who are in
it for the long haul in endurance usually take care of their horses
better than I took care of my kids ;-) That is why I like selling my
offspring to endurance folks ( just wish they would pay a little more
-- to at least cover my costs :-) -- we all know breeders are not
business people but rather patrons of the arts! )
Ride-on! :-)
Bette
Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely
in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside,
thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming --WOW-- what
a ride !! "
It appears that many endurance people on this list tend to see in
black and white-- they are the "good guys" and show people are the
"bad
guys". Rather humorous when I hear about all the IV's needed after a
run.
Betty, that doesn't sound like you. "All the IV's needed after a run" is
a pretty rough statement. It's usually the people who have never been to
a ride who assume it's the front runners who end up being treated on
IV's. As often as not it's a very concientious middle of the packer
whose horse happened for some reason not to stay hydrated that day.
Encouraging the stigma on what is a very expensive treatment that the
owner pays for to make sure their horse is OK is just rubbing salt in
their wounds. If I were searching for an "abuse" case I wouldn't be
looking at the treatment line so much as among the ignorant who don't
know their saddle hurts the horse, the shoes hurt the horse, the bit cuts
the horse, etc. There are far fewer of those at endurance rides than
anywhere else I"ve been. I've never had a horse on IV's, but I know
riders who are better than me, and more conservative than me, and darn
near as poor as me, who have. It was rough on them.
Angie
