I was commenting on the fact that Joe said this was
a problem known to him at that time --
"True, he was a bit off at the pre-vet, but at that time he was having
that problem at some rides and he always warmed up out of it and was 100%
sound by the first vet check. My telling them that didn't cut any ice,
so I saddled up and rode him a couple of miles and brought him back to the
vets."
-- and I thought it worth mentioning, for newbies, how this sort of
situation could best be handled by the rider.
I made no comment on what Joe reported
happened after he warmed up his horse.
Cindy
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That's fine
if you have a known and consistent abnormality. But what if it is NOT
consistent? Do you go out and waste several miles warming your horse
up for something that isn't there?
Moreover, Mr Long's point wasn't
that his horse was lame, or old, or anything. It was that a vet went
out of his way to torque the horse's legs to PRODUCE lameness. Is that
reasonable? Fair? I don't think so. BTW, have I NEVER met a vet
that behaved that way, nor, I bet, have you.
