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Re: [RC] Protest & Education - Rebecca Hackworth

How about a pamphlet of some sort.  NOTHING BIG (except the print)

Very basic stuff.  Had it out to all 1st time riders at check in. 
Make it available to all RM's that sanction a ride.  Across the
board, all regions.  

In depth info for all new MEMBERS even copied on to CD's.  Even some
video clips.  The education budget should allow for non-pro
production of some of these.  

Yes, my hand is up to volunteer to help assist with this.

Anyone else want to start DOING something about this?  I know I was
blind about the sport.  The only thing going for me was I had been a
trail rider for 35 years before that!

---- Original Message ----
From: tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: suendavid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, 
Subject: Re: [RC]   Protest & Education
Date: Sat, 23 Aug 2003 17:40:27 -0400


This is good and a start, but how many new riders who need this are 
going to be in Reno next March unless they live nearby? Very few I 
suspect. One of the big problems is this is a damn big country and 
the 
model that it can be done on the national level is not going to be 
very 
effective. There are also some differences that would need to be 
factored in, e.g. in the NW and FL Se supplemention is probably 
required 
where as in CO the soils are already to high in it in some places. 
Then 
there is riding in humid climatic zones vs. riding in semi-arid and 
arid 
climatic zones.

It needs to go on the road and it needs to be tailored to the 
particular 
issues and conditions a new rider is going to normally face in his 
home 
area.

Truman

PS Keep up the good work.

Susan Garlinghouse, DVM wrote:


This is by no means a final solution to rider education, especially 

for

newbies, but we all agree that the education is there for those 

that want to

learn.  Sometimes just spoon feeding it to them is what it takes.  

The AERC

Education Committee has been working really hard to come up with 

new ways to

educate riders and one of the projects we're working on is a full 

day

seminar on nutrition and physiology at this next convention in 

Reno.  Lots

of explanation of what things can go wrong with your horse during a 

ride

(ie, what tying up or thumping is, etc), ways to recognize it and 

prevent

it, lots of useful everyday stuff on nutrition for endurance horses,
including balancing rations, reading feed tags, buying the best hay 

for your

money, etc.  Lots of BASIC stuff, not just fine-tuned things for top
tenning.  Most of it all boils down to just keeping horses healthy.

The details haven't been worked out, but the committee is trying 

really hard

to keep the price very low or hopefully free for AERC members 

(notice the

operative word "member").  So if anyone here knows of someone that 

is in

danger of overriding or doing the wrong thing to their horse 

through simple

ignorance...well, plan on coming to the seminar yourself and drag 

them

along.  Kicking and screaming if necessary.<g>  Sometimes all it 

takes for

someone to see the light is to realize that damage can be 

irreparable and

understand the physiology at work.  It's not a perfect solution, 

but it's a

start, eh?

Hope to see lots of you there.  :-)

Susan G, DVM



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