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rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:

>  
>
> > One more time:  no one here is saying to never use electrolytes, or 
> > that any use
> > of electrolytes is bad for your horse.
> >    
>
> I completely agreed with all your statements Joe. I just get
> uncomfortable when there's suddenly a bunch of people saying "I compete
> without them and they cause ulcers". Makes me worry that a bunch of
> people in hot humid climates will throw down their syringes and think it
> was all just a big mistake.
>
>  
Angie,

I wouldn't worry much. It is a self correcting problem. If people in the 
SE what to listen to the "anti-electrolyte" on the electronic list 
instead of the people who have ridden the region for years or the vets 
who have seen it for years, that's their choice but I suspect they will 
either learn fast or not be around long. Our loops are normally short 
enough and vets good enough that the horses can be saved from a rider 
trying the latest "Internet fad" be it the "horseshoing is horse abuse" 
or "electrolytes are the work of the devil"  camps on the Internet.

Truman


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"Mathematics may be defined as the subject in which we never know what 
we are talking about, nor whether what we are saying is true."  - 
Bertrand Russell




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