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[RC] [Guest] Vet phobia, gender bias of the vet, or handlers. - Ridecamp Guest

Laura Tichenor lit@xxxxxxxxxx

My rough, high-voiced talking vet was a woman, she is short.  I am a woman,
I am short.  My current vet is a man, he is short.  This is a gelding.  He
had a man (very tall) geld him, and pull his wolf teeth.  He had a woman
freeze MARK him, she was tall.  He is ridden exclusively by me, a woman, and
is generally only around women, except my husband whom this horse loves
also.  I have had this horse since he was a weanling, I have done all his
saddle and ground training also.  I have a male farrier, whom this horse
LOVES!  He has had a female dressage trainer ride him.  A male saddle fitter
fit him, and a female one also.

It was a woman vet that made him that way, and her handling of him.  I
should have switched vets before hand, or spoke up right away so I would not
have had to deal with the situation.  He does not have a gender bias with
anybody.  My gelding didn't like the rough treatment from this one person,
and it was a woman, which set the precidence of his attitude with anybody
bearing a needle or stethoscope.  I do not believe it was her or his smell.
It was the rough treatment, and anticipation of something bad to happen.
Big or tall or short or small or male or female.  Arabs are smart, and they
remember if somebody was rough with them, and they try to avoid the
situation again.

Arabs on a whole can not be handled roughly.  They like to be handled by a
small select family group, like a couple people to call their own.  They
like to know they can trust a couple people, not a large group.  They seem
to like a consistency in their treatment.  This is a very honest breed, and
I LOVE that about the breed.  That is my opinion.  I have had arabs since
the late 80's.  Yeah, I know some horses can be wild, and dangerous.  Been
there, done that, got the titanium rod in my leg, on that subject.

Laura



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