[RC] Tevis/IV's? - Ridecamp GuestPlease Reply to: Jeanne pepper pepperja@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ========================================== Now that I have joined the ranks of people who had a horse hooked to a bag at Tevis,I just want to comment about what was really going on at the "hospital" that day.First, I saw only 2 horses that were seriously sick.One colicked that was tubed twice at Robinson's and again back at the fairgrounds and remained on fluids for hours with his rider by his side.The horse looked less stressed than the rider & kept trying to steal hay from the bale outside his paddock.The last I saw him Monday morning he was munchung alfalfa looking pretty perky.Most horses on IV's recovered quite quickly. My guy had one set of bags & I'm glad he did.Though he was not dehydrated and had good vet scores,I don't know if he could have replenished his calcium just by eating at the hold.I talked to many of the riders watching their horses on IV and none I talked to appeared to have over rode their horses,none were "racing" though I'm sure some horses were there because of poor judgement or rider error , most riders were just as surprized as I was to find myself there. I've recieved alot of replies to my question about thumping.Some suggesting that pulling a horse for mild thumps should not be automatic when all other factors are concidered.I was happy to pull & treat my otherwise "good to go" horse & would do it again. I also don't care about anyone's opinion about how I rode my horse that day.I'm the one who has to look him in the eye everyday and I know the only reason he might resent me is that I didn't let him continue down the trail.He's a great horse and I'll always error on the side of caution to keep him that way! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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