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Re: [RC] Pull Codes - DreamWeaverAt 04:35 PM 9/22/2003 -0700, Barbara McCrary wrote:I can't say whether the horse really cares what's on his record, lame is lame and metabolic is metabolic, but if it makes the rider feel better to have it show on the record that he/she was wise enough to pull the horse before the vet did, so be it. Barbara, it is statements like the one you just made that can cause a problem, and I know you aren't trying to do that. It is condemning riders by saying that they are not wise enough to pull their horse before the vets do--that if you don't have a RO in front of your horses pull you were not smart enough to know something was wrong. I guess I personally dislike the idea that one rider should be viewed as any wiser because their horse was a grade 1 or 2 and got a RO-L pull versus one that was a grade 2 or 3 and got a L pull (lameness grade subject to a vets opinion). The horse is still lame, it is what the rider does with the horse afterwards that really counts. Do they go lame the horse up again at another ride. Or do they go fix it and then go out and complete several more rides that season. I think that with trying to reward the smart rider for pulling before something minor becomes a real problem we are in a way stigmatizing those that just might be 10 minutes ahead with the same issue on their horse, has a drama queen for a mount, or gets a pickier vet. It might also be causing riders to not go back to the vet if a problem crops up after they have vetted. Because it is 'subjective' we should be careful not to inadvertently make people feel bad about how their horses records look because many, many pulls are not and have not been recorded properly, and riders are not any smarter or dumber based upon their horses pull codes. Even you gave my horse a lameness pull when he was not lame. Every pull I have ever gotten was rider error, so the code doesn't matter, what matters is that I have the opportunity to go back and try again. Karen in NV =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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