Re: RC: Re: DEPRESSED GELDING

[CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com]

In a message dated 9/13/00 2:08:07 AM Pacific Daylight Time, tracey@tbt.co.za 
writes:

<< I think I've answered your question, and no disrespect to Heidi, but my vet
 has been treating my horse for almost five years, since before I got him,
 and knows what I have to deal with.  He also knows that I hate using drugs,
 and was loathe to suggest the dP as a result.  However, it has curbed Toc's
 aggression. >>

Not sure how my name got into this discussion...  :-)  While I am loathe to 
use the needle until all else has been exhausted as well, there ARE times 
when there is sufficient indication for more drastic means.  Tracey, it 
sounds to me that your gelding represents one of those times...  <sigh>  And 
it doesn't sound as if your vet is waving the syringe around proclaiming a 
cure for everyone's little behavioral woes, either--sounds like he has 
considered the case, knows the horse, and has finally come to this.  All 
drugs have side effects, and far too many drugs get used without considering 
those side effects at all, or weighing the benefits against the risks.  But 
for every drug, there DOES come (in some case, somewhere) the point where the 
benefits DO outweigh the risks, and you need to make a choice.

Heidi