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Re: [RC] [AERC-Members] loop and hold lengths; philosophy - DESERTRYDR1Why draw a line between treated horses and dead horses? What's the point? NO one should be punished for honest mistakes, which I truly believe most treatments/deaths are. ANY one who willfully abuses a horse should be punished or sanctioned. There's where the line belongs. Maybe to be just a bit stronger, the line should be drawn between people who have "a" horse treated, and people who repeatedly have their horse(s) treated from over riding, whether the horse(s) die or not. The questions should be "What is repeatedly?" and "What is overridden?" And while I have not seen a dead horse at a ride, I was working a ride where a horse died, and saw the horse when it was brought up for treatment. I have also seen a horse that died because it was literally chased to death by some boys in a pasture. Death is NOT pretty, no matter what the cause. I think, at least for a time, until AERC gets a handle on it, the rider should be responsible for filling out a form describing the circumstances whenever a horse does not complete the ride for any reason, and if treatment is involved, the rider should be counseled by the head vet/treatment vet (whichever feels most able to do it) before leaving the ride. I know the counseling happens on an informal basis, at least in some cases. It could involve things like--What were the first signs of trouble, What could have been done to prevent it, Discussion about feeding, electrolyte and other pre-and ride-day care protocols. Probably a lot of other stuff that somebody smarter than me can come up with. jeri =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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