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[RC] [RC] Stethoscopes/hard to find pulse - Chastain, Shannon L.I have one of those hard to hear
horses. When we do MOTDRA rides the volunteers all have hand held units and
there are no issues. But when we do endurance he has to have one of the great
stethoscopes and a veteran pulse taker. The last time we did Collin in MO when I
came Nancy Mitts was the only non-vet that could find his pulse. I use one of
Rogers units for conditioning and when the battery is dead or I forget to bring
it my riding buddy tries to get his pulse and sometimes she can and sometimes
she can't. If I remember right in talking with Dr Self he said the
earphone part is the part that need to be "good" to have a great
stethoscope??
This brings me to another question
is it a good or bad thing in an endurance horse?
Shannon
Missouri From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chrystal Woodhouse Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 10:17 AM To: Dawn Carrie Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Stethoscopes I am with Dawn, had a $12 stethoscope that I couldn't hear anything unless someone YELLED :-) a $25.00 that worked intermittently and not great for gut sounds, finally ordered a $80 one from an endurance vet and it has been awesome for 3 years, I probably would have tried a $40 one before going for the $80- one but my hubby p/r's at lots of our rides & really wanted a good and comfortable one and who was I to argue as long as he was coming and driving?????:-) ;-) I get the horse,saddle,truck and trailer he gets the stethoscope.lol :-) Chrystal
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