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RE: [RC] When to call animal control? - David LeBlanc-----Original Message----- From: heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2003 8:20 AM To: dleblanc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: seamstob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] When to call animal control?For example, our horses (even the one that is retired)never go morethan 8 weeks without farrier care. Some people think 12 weeks is OK (IMHO, this is borderline OK), others go to twice a year(bad, but isit abuse?). Where do you draw the line? When should animalcontrol beinvolved?Sorry, David, but I nearly rolled on the floor in laughter when I read this one. My broodmares and younger geldings live "out". OK, OK it was just an example. Over here in the mud, if you don't trim them ALL the time, they get elf feet. One of the reasons I chose that as an example was that one of the problems on this side of the Cascades is that if someone grows up in an area like your's, they expect not to need farrier care, and consider it a luxury. If they're not smart enough to realize that they aren't at home any more and things change, then the horses do suffer. You put a horse in a small 1 acre field (or less), not a rock in sight, and then don't trim them, there will be problems. You're keeping horses in what is close to a natural environment for them - this area isn't. You can run into the same thing back east where the ground tends to be more clay or sand with few to no rocks. So over here, if you didn't get regular farrier care for a horse, you'd end up with extremely screwed up feet and joints - I'm sure you can explain the consequences better than I can because you're a vet and I'm not. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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