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[RC] Log book and suggested blood test ?'s - drhopkinsI really like the idea of Austrailia's 'log book' that they use for rides. It would be a good record of health/ride dist. I'm not so much suggesting it as a requirement for endurance rides, but for my own information/learning. I'm thinking of using a small 3 ring binder and including training pages in one section and ride pages in another section. I would like to have pages in it for rides(CTR's for now as I'm a novice). I'd like to know what the pages for rides in the log book looks like. Is it just a vet sheet like used at vet checks? I'm assuming the one shown in Complete Guide to Enurance Rinding and Competition by Donna Snyder-Smith is standard. I started making a list for what I want the vet to do at the semi-annual visit, ie. Coggins, vaccines and I wanted to have him draw blood to test Selenium level. Their teeth were floated last visit. Calvin, my 15 yo QH/TB ex-racehorse gelding, CTR & future endurance mount had what the CTR vet referred to as a 'charlie horse' inside his back thigh at the completion trot out. He didn't want to walk and I was crying because I thought I ruined my horse. Some kind people helped massaged out the cramp and within a short time he was fine. I was concerned about it being a tying up episode, but the vet and others felt that it was due to the huge amount of mud and hills. It was also my first time using the Old Macs in that much mud. I took the back ones off a few miles from the end when I knew the rock were done, put them in the plastic bag tied to my saddle. Out of curiousity when I got home I weighed them and they were 3 lbs each with all the mud. Other than that he seems very healthy although a bit of a hard keeper. My question is other than having his blood tested for selenium (I supplement selenium and Vit E, but not sure if I'm giving him enouogh), should I have his blood tested for anything else? I like my vet, but don't think he does alot with equine athletes. My 18 yo paint mare is being ridden more by my husband than I thought she would and I would like to increase her training in hopes of them doing more LSD with me and Calvin and maybe a novice CTR. She's got the stocky QH build, sweats alot, but has decent HR and recoveries. She's an easy keeper and a tad heavy 5.5 to 6 condition wise. What blood tests should I have done on her? Sorry so long. TIA for your help ------------------------------------------------------ This message was sent using Green Apple, Inc. service. Check us out at http://www.greenapple.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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