Thanks for not taking offense. I also received my
cc to Ridecamp back, I skipped the e on enduranc & my apology to get
sent, so I'll apologize again. I feel pretty good about most of my fellow
riders in the PS. Most of my friends & I know how to take our horse's
pulses a variety of ways. I finally spent a little extra money on a good
stethoscope & boy does it make a difference!
Oh no, your post was fine. I
was just curious. I was a pulse taker at a new ride in tx a few weeks
ago and it made us all SO MAD that everyone would just "bust time" as we call
it...they wouldn't bother to even check. I guess it is sorta a pet peave
of a lot of us "older riders' that "these new riders don't even know how to
take a pulse"...and it's true.
We are sorta the opposite...we are
very patient with the LD, but there was a lady whom we were a bit short
with...she was running 2nd (some real "hot shoes" there) and was obviously
clueless about her horse's pulse. Now THAT makes us mad..you've got no
business running up front when you don't know what you are
doing.
We pull our hair our trying to
educate riders, and Susan is exactly right..the ones that need educating don't
come to the convention...but even some of the FEI types still override their
horses..so I don't know which is worse...ignorance that has the ability to
learn, or those who know better!
We solve most problems at our ride
meeting. Our vets often (remember Dane is from here) "put the fear of
God" in the riders at the meetings.
You are lucky if people carry
stethoscopes in their packs. I sometimes think I am the only one
anymore! I used to give out stethoscopes as completion awards at my
Movin On Up 50..a ride geared to first time 50s. But after 3 years, I
had complaints that people didn't want them!
Happy Trails! Always nice to
see how rides are done in different regions. The only ones I've been
involved with out west are multidays or the Tevis. I remember well
Darolyn helping Bruce (my husband) trying to get his horse's pulse down at
Foresthill, as there was a THIRTY MINUTE penalty and the way he was riding
that would put him behind the 8 ball.
