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Re: [RC] re: You should (was agressive kicker) - Kathy KlenkSusan (or anyone who vets at rides),Lets say I DO do my homework and as often as I can I reprimand my horse for kicking at other horses and at people. Now I show up at a ride and although better my boy still kicks out because it is nearly impossible to re enact the excitement and nervousness that exists at a ride. He kicks out and I have my crop with me just in case so I smack him in the chest and back him up. What is too much reprimand so that I would then be possibly scrutinized for being abusive to my horse? I REALLY wanted to reprimand my guy at the Carolina ride but I was sincerely worried of what others would say or think if all of a sudden I'm yelling and backing my horse. Kathy SE Susan E. Garlinghouse, DVM wrote: Yes, good point. There is one ride I vet every year where one specific horse repeatedly shows up and is just awful to vet---and is getting past "annoying" and approaching "dangerous", more so every year. For a non-horsey volunteer, she is definitely a risk to be around. The owner has been nicely and specifically advised to do her homework and school her horse, which to date, she's pretty much shrugged off as "I don't know how to make her behave". This will be the third year and enough's enough---she's had fair warning and if it takes a DQ to bring the message home the hard way, so be it. If she injured another horse, rider or volunteer, I would feel that were significantly my fault for not having eliminated the potential opportunity for injury at the ride. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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