Re: RC: Ride Vets??

[Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>]

I believe the term should be "veterinary judge".  I agree. Vets are NOT
taught stress in horses or real lameness, it comes from experience.  Our
most valuable vets are those that also ride.

Teddy

sshaw@pacbell.net wrote:

> Heide, my wife, Michele Roush Shaw, DVM (licensed in the State of CA and
> Nevada) says that finally someone agrees with me. This is in response to
> your missive about judging a ride and diagnosis of a problem. I have
> long considered that talented endurance riders can spot lame horses and
> horses being stressed and riders that are making mistakes and are also
> unaware of what is going on with thier horse. We don't need to have
> licensed vets as judges. All we need is a (licensed) treatment vet to
> take care of the real problems when they get to be real problems (If
> they do).
>
> I am glad that you agree with me and maybe you can help me promote a new
> era of endurance ride control, the ride steward. This will save ride
> management a lot of money and ease some of the burden of the difficult
> task of finding vets for the rides.
>
> Let's just not call them ride vets or head vets.
>
> Steve Shaw
>
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