Re: RC: responsibility is the owner's,not the vets

[Jennifer Layman <jenn_layman@yahoo.com>]

When you start really looking at these scenerios I sure am glad I'm
not an endurance vet... we ask an awful lot of them!!  Morally,
emotionally, physically... etc.  Pretty tough to place any blame on
them when you really think about what we are asking of them.  Hard
job!

Thanks Vets!

Jennifer 

--- Susan Garlinghouse <suendavid@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> May I ask exactly how much leeway ride vets have in pulling or
> controlling
> horses/riders that they feel are being overridden, even if the
> normal vet
> parameters are being met?  Are their hands tied if the horse's HR
> is
> recovering within criteria?  I'm not just referring to this
> particular
> situation, but in general.
> 
> Can a ride vet legally pull a horse's saddle and bridle to force
> the rider
> to handwalk if he/she feels that is in the best interest of the
> horse?  I've
> seen it happen, but don't know if it was okay by AERC standards.
> 
> It seems to me that restricting vets to *only* pulling horses that
> fall
> outside present criteria is a faulty concept when our present
> criteria may
> very well not provide an adequate picture of the horse's status.
> 
> Opinions?  Bob, what are the rules on this (or Duane, if you're
> lurking and
> want to email me privately)?
> 
> Susan G
> 
> 
>
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