Re: RC: standards of care (long!!!!)

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

I agree with you as to you are putting your horses at risk by
putting them out with horses that are not on the same worming
and vaccination schedule as yours. They are just going to pick
up worms from the other horses. 

What I would do is talk to her. Evidently she is not as
organized 
as you are. Tell you you will take care of the worming,
vaccinations
and stall cleaning in exchange with something that she can do
for you
that she is good at. Maybe she is a good cook and she can cook
meals
every night for the two of you. Or something like that. I would
have
her also pay you for any out of the pocket expenses that you
have
keeping her horses wormed and vaccinated. Just buy enough
wormier for 
everyone and then hand her the bill for her part. 

Does this make sense to you? I am a firm believer in
compromising.
Talk it out with her and come up with a solution that you both 
feel is fair and can live with. 

Lynette

Dakoiah@aol.com wrote:
> 
> It amazes me sometimes how people can have such totally different ideas on
> how horses should be cared for.
> 
> For example, my roommate and i have lived together for two years now.  She
> has two horses, a 2 year old Appaloosa and a 16 year old TB.  I have one, a 5
> year old Paso Fino.  About 5 months ago, we moved out to a place where we
> could keep the horses here with us, 10 acres fenced in the middle of no
> where. It's great!!!  Kim grew up with horses all the time, always haveing 2
> or 3 around the place.  Alpine is my first horse, I've had him a year now,
> and didn't actually start riding until I was 18 (I'll be 26 in Jan).
> 
> All three horses live in a sand pasture (no grass in Florida unless you have
> three horses on about 100 acres!!!!!).  They are out during the day and shut
> up at night.  They are fed a combination of Purina Equine Adult and crimped
> oats twice daily, and hay morning and night.
> 
> It's just interesting in how Kim and I have different ideas about things.  I
> am absolutly anal about worming and vaccinations and stalls.  Alpine was on
> Strongid C 2x, but I have taken him off it for a while to give his system a
> rest (in part to discussion here on ridecamp :)  I worm him every 6 weeks to
> the letter with rotating wormers now (Zimectrin today, lucky pony!).   Kims
> horses were due for wormers a month ago, I finally bought them  and will be
> worming them today.  My horse is due for  his six month vaccines now and I am
> calling the vet tomorrow to schedule a call.  Kims haven't had vaccines in
> well over a year and are over due for Coggins.  I want stalls cleaned every
> day, but since I am often away from home, they usually only get cleaned when
> I'm home, which is about 3-4 days a week.  Kim doesn't see a problem with
> leaving them for any length of time (her mom is well known for not cleaning
> stalls for 3 weeks to a month).  All three horses have feet done faithfully
> every six weeks, mainly because we have a fantastic farrier who calls and
> informs us he will be out tomorrow!
> 
> Anyone else have  this problem???  I don't mind occasionally buying a wormer,
> but I can't afford to vet all three horses, and I feel she's putting my horse
> at risk by not keeping up a steady vaccine and worming schedule.   I am not
> quibbling about the stalls, I can live with that, and it makes it all the
> more important for me to get my rear end home and clean them.    I'd love any
> suggestions on how to handle this situation!  Tactfully.  Kim is a good
> friend of mine, and we get along very well.  I'd hate to lose that.
> 
> If you got this far, thanks for reading!  Sorry it's a book.
> 
> Juli and Alpine (mom, how come we aren't riding today??  WORMER DAY!
> AGHHHHHH!)
> 
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