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I've just finished talking with Melissa Ribley, DVM, Vet Committee 
chair at length on changing pull codes after all the gripes on the 
email lists about the inaccuracies.

It *seemed* like a benign change to allow a pull code to become 
more severe and that's why it was considered.  RO pulls have long 
been a problem because they are supposed to be for the rider only.

Melissa has long been an advocate of improving the accuracy of our 
pull codes and written articles in both the Vet Newsletter and EN 
on this.  I'm an engineer who likes to have accuracy in data and 
if presented with gripes about up to 40% error rates - tries to 
fix it.

Melissa and I have agreed to the following:

If you have inaccuracies in your pull codes that you would like to 
see corrected - send them to me and I'll consolidate them.

Melissa will handle contacting the vets involved to see if they 
can be changed.

Requests should not be from long ago (the 90s) - meaning keep the 
requests to recent times where the vet still has a chance to 
remember who you are.

Our point in this is to improve the accuracy of the data we have 
and to educate riders about correct pull codes and the importance 
of making sure you have the right pull code at the time you are 
talking with the vet.

Mike

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