Re: training/tranquilizers

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

>Hmmm....I have not received any responses at all to my questions... 
>2)I was also wondering how long a tranquilizer (I use something 
>called Atra-vet) is generally detectable in a horse's system? I have to 
>tranquilize my horse to shoe him in back and so I was wondering how 
>long before a ride i should have his last trim/re-set done.


	Maybe because no one wants to stick their neck out and have you get nailed
on a drug test <G>.
	I'm not sure whar "Atra-vet" is--that's a proprietary name, not a chemical
name, but I would allow at least a week--drug testing has become
sufficiently sensitive to pick up vanishingly small amounts of drugs and
metabolites.
	I would further suggest you work diligently  to school your horse so that
he does not require tranqulization for shoeing. Otherwisw, it could get
dicey if he tosses a shoe during a ride...
                 --CMNewell, DVM