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Re: [RC] Overridden and Fit to Continue - sharp penny..and I disagree. I feel the vet and rider should be able to talk in order to best assess the horse and do what is in the horses best interest. The vet dosn't know what is normal for your horse, or dosn't know how the horse acted on the trail before the VC. A rider can help shed light on issues, that in turn, helps the vet in his/her assesment. I for one am very thankful the vet listens to me and weighs what I say with how my horse looks, or Reno and I would never get past the first loop in a ride. In every ride Reno has done he has a pattern. After the first loop he ALWAYS has C gut sounds but then he comes back the next VC with B to B+ gut sounds and stays that way or occasionally goes back up to A for the rest of the ride. The vets don't know me or my horse so they listen to what I have to say and allow me to continue because all of his other parameters are A's, he's alert, bright eyed, is eating and drinking and they can tell I'm not a hot foot, as seen by the amount of time it took me to do that loop....lol I would venture to say 98% of the riders will error on the side of caution and those that don't are not hard to spot. I suspect when there are alot of "red flags", then the vet has the right and most likely will, take what the rider has to say with a grain of salt. Regards, Penny --- Howard Bramhall <howard9732@xxxxxxx> wrote: No talking with the vets, no personal interaction. And, quite frankly, it's the way it should be........ Your comments, your opinions should have nothing to do with his decision. NOTHING! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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