Sometimes it’s just time for @#$! to happen.
In my little neighborhood, where there are only about 15-20 horse owners, we’ve
had about 4 colic deaths (2 belonging to 1 owner), several other cases of colic
that were treatable, and 1 heart attack of an otherwise healthy 16 yr old mare,
all in about 5 years. NONE of
these horses were on endurance rides, but if they had been, they still would
have had these problems and died…
Just a thought,
Kathy
Jody Rogers-Buttram
wrote:
First off, I started in
1979. That's when we didn't have many rides a year to go to. I can
remember only three horses that died......up to about 1988 in the SE
region. I am sure I am missing some. And sure someone will correct me
about it. To me, that doesn't seem like a lot considering we didn't know
half of what we do now, didn't have a fraction of the tools(feed,
supplements, elytes, etc.) that we do now, and the vets didn't have the
knowledge of stressed horses like they do now.
