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[RC] Permission to treat / something fishy - Tx TriggerOTTOWY posted: >>>Just talked to the vet. The girls didn't call the owner, the vet did! <<< OK, this is just sounding really bad. Any horse death is something that the endurance community stands up and asks questions, often makes judgments, but usually wanting to understand why. We as riders hope to learn something, that can possibly help us to prevent the same situation with our own horses. Horse can die at rides. We have read the reports the Welfare of the horse committee has put out, and many are just sheer accidents and misfortune that could have happened at home, and being at a ride did not really contribute with the horses death. But reading about this horses death on another list from those in charge of the horse, and now finding out that they did not even call the owner to let them know what was happening, and the VET had to do so is really making me question what they posted on that list is less than the truth, and they are trying to cover their rear ends so to speak. If I was in charge of someone else's horse, and it was in trouble, I'd be doing everything possible to get a hold of that owner, even before the vet arrived, to let them know we had a sick horse. I'd still be seeking treatment, if the horse was in a bad way, but the owner has a right to know! Something is just smelling fishy here.... And thanks everyone for the suggestions of having a written statement on file with the vet, while a neighbor or who ever is watching your animals. I had always done a verbal, but I can see that is not the best I can do for my critters, and I am going to type one up, and drop it by the vet. Jonni =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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