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Unprovoced kicks need to be dealt with. We had a horse trying to kick the 
vet ect.
If another horse attacks and it is self defense then THAT owner needs to be 
DQed
Every incident needs to be looked at separately. My earlier post was not 
about this incident but my opion concerning kicking horses. I had a JR s 
horse double barreled for no reason on a ride. The gelding had to back up to 
get him. He was not in his space. The rider thought this was okay. He always 
acts like this when he is hyper she said. Her horses have continued to be a 
problem at events. Her I would DQ
Paddi
> While I agree that a horse that kicks around a vet check at another horse, 
> vet or volunteer should be DQ'ed, I also feel that if this reaction was 
> prompted by the actions of another horse (bitting a horse, banging into 
> the horse, etc.), that horse should also be DQ'ed.  There are a lot of 
> different acts of aggression and none should be tolerated.
>
> There is a huge difference when a horse that kicks just because they don't 
> like the vet raising their tail and a horse that kicks because they are 
> defending themselves from an attack when the horse behind them takes a 
> chomp out of them. In general if a fight breaks out in a human sporting 
> event, both participants are ejected. Makes sense to me that this should 
> also be true for horses at an endurance ride.
>
> Truman
>
> CTH wrote:
> > I agree with Susan.
> > As a ride manager I will DQ anyone who has a horse that acts agressively 
> > around my volunteers.
> > My horse would think he was going to die if he even thought about being 
> > agressive in camp or around people.
> > That said I also would like to mention the riders who are busy chatting 
> > in the vet line up and paying no attention to the horse they are holding. 
> > We had a person kicked and hurt because the riders were crowded so they 
> > could visit.
> > The horses were visiting in a not so nice way and wham.
> > The person who got hurt was standing in the wrong place just watching. A 
> > non horsey volunteer.
> > Paddi
>
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