Re: ridecamp-d Digest V99 #137

[MBlanchrd@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/28/1999 10:02:59 AM Pacific Standard Time, 
ridecamp-d-request@endurance.net writes:

<< Since then, I have watched several trades and disciplines be swept into 
the 
 "vet-med" umbrella, out of the hands of people who knew what they were 
doing. 
 Woe to me if racetrack vets ever come to understand that exercise has 
 something signicant to do with racing performance. 
 
 ti  >>

In this state, (Washington) that has already happened. I'm a certified equine 
massage therapist and a good one, but once I returned to WA state, I found 
that I'm """practising veterinary medicine without a license""" and it's 
illegal for me to even suggest a horse needs a massage from someone who's not 
a DVM. 
 I'm the first person to tell a horseowner that "you need to call the vet." 
Nevertheless, if I massage a horse for money in this state, I'm a criminal.

Michelle Blanchard
MBlanchrd@aol.com


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