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Truman,

I am not against holding ourselves responsible for our horses. Like I keep 
saying CLEARLY my issue has to do with being kind, human, and generous to 
others regarding their errors. Do you not think anyone who has to have a 
horse treated doesn't already feel horrible?

It has not ever happened to me, but "there but for the grace of God go 
I"..is how I feel about that one.

We do our best. We carefully select the feed we feed, we evaluate what 
supplements and concentrates to feed, we find the best shoer....and still we 
find that rock..that hill, that "less than perfect day" and our horse gets 
pulled. That is why there are vet checks, that is why there are pre-ride 
meetings, that is, hopefully why we are are on this forum..to learn to 
protect our beloved horses.

Boy, I sure wish I was riding today! it is 80 degrees, sunny, 35% 
humidity...two more days..


Ranelle Rubin, Business Consultant
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> From: Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Ranelle Rubin <raneller@xxxxxxx>
> CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   Clarification
> Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:51:36 -0400
>
> You know - while "it happens" sometimes it happens because we are asleep at 
> the wheel. It happens because we are more concerned with something other 
> that 100% focus on our horse. We may be mentoring a new rider, trying to go 
> a little faster, trying to get the last 10 miles slow for the finish - 
> there are a million reasons. We may be trying out a new saddle and we may 
> have the best intentions. At the end of the day it is the horse that ends 
> up of fluids. And at the end of the day - it is the responsibility of the 
> rider.
>
> I had my horse spend a day at the UF vet clinic some years ago. Came in 
> close to the end and he flew through the vet check. I could make all sorts 
> of excuses but the bottom line he was my charge and my charge went down. My 
> charge went down going out and going 50 miles for me. There were no sighs 
> all day - but it happened. Whose fault was it - it was mine pure and 
> simple. I missed something - it was there I am sure but I missed it.
>
> I am not real happy about the new "kinder gentler AERC." Oh, if you horse 
> goes down - don't worry we'll just plug him in to an IV. The rule is pretty 
> simple - "the rider is ultimately responsible for his horse."
>
> So if anyone wants to ridicule me for not being more attentive to my horse 
> that day have at it - because while I may not have known at the time the 
> problem - they would be correct, I was asleep at the wheel and my horse 
> paid for it almost dearly.
>
> What the hell has happened to accountability? IMO if someone can't accept 
> the responsibility for their horse - they should not be out on the trail.
>
> Truman
>
> Ranelle Rubin wrote:
> > My issue personally still is the issue of public ridicule for having your 
> > horse treated at a ride, as there is absolutely no excuse for that.
>
>
> --
>
> ?It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
> smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong? Richard 
> Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics



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