Re: Suspensory Question

["C.M.Newell" <reshan@deyr.ultranet.com>]

At 03:21 PM 1/8/98 -0500, mkgehrin@n-jcenter.com wrote:
>  ...Finally, I had my
>home vet come out and he said that she is sound and that if you squeeze
>any horse's suspensories that they will flinch.  So what's the scoop
>with that?  Any ideas?  
>

	I have had the same experience. Many horses will react in this fashion,
even though sound. It helps to know the horse--then you can detect an
increase in sensitivity, as opposed to the baseline "Hey! Cut that out!"
that  a sound horse can give you.
               --CMNewell, DVM