Re: standards of care (long!!!!)

["superpat" <superpat@gateway.net>]

Are good roommates THAT hard to find? I think I'd be looking for someone
whom I could respect and on whom I could count on to be there when the
horses needed one of you. Then I'd DUMP her little self.
----- Original Message -----
From: <Dakoiah@aol.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 07, 1999 5:23 AM
Subject: RC: standards of care (long!!!!)


> It amazes me sometimes how people can have such totally different ideas on
> how horses should be cared for.
>
> For example, my roommate and i have lived together for two years now.  She
> has two horses, a 2 year old Appaloosa and a 16 year old TB.  I have one,
a 5
> year old Paso Fino.  About 5 months ago, we moved out to a place where we
> could keep the horses here with us, 10 acres fenced in the middle of no
> where. It's great!!!  Kim grew up with horses all the time, always haveing
2
> or 3 around the place.  Alpine is my first horse, I've had him a year now,
> and didn't actually start riding until I was 18 (I'll be 26 in Jan).
>
> All three horses live in a sand pasture (no grass in Florida unless you
have
> three horses on about 100 acres!!!!!).  They are out during the day and
shut
> up at night.  They are fed a combination of Purina Equine Adult and
crimped
> oats twice daily, and hay morning and night.
>
> It's just interesting in how Kim and I have different ideas about things.
I
> am absolutly anal about worming and vaccinations and stalls.  Alpine was
on
> Strongid C 2x, but I have taken him off it for a while to give his system
a
> rest (in part to discussion here on ridecamp :)  I worm him every 6 weeks
to
> the letter with rotating wormers now (Zimectrin today, lucky pony!).
Kims
> horses were due for wormers a month ago, I finally bought them  and will
be
> worming them today.  My horse is due for  his six month vaccines now and I
am
> calling the vet tomorrow to schedule a call.  Kims haven't had vaccines in
> well over a year and are over due for Coggins.  I want stalls cleaned
every
> day, but since I am often away from home, they usually only get cleaned
when
> I'm home, which is about 3-4 days a week.  Kim doesn't see a problem with
> leaving them for any length of time (her mom is well known for not
cleaning
> stalls for 3 weeks to a month).  All three horses have feet done
faithfully
> every six weeks, mainly because we have a fantastic farrier who calls and
> informs us he will be out tomorrow!
>
> Anyone else have  this problem???  I don't mind occasionally buying a
wormer,
> but I can't afford to vet all three horses, and I feel she's putting my
horse
> at risk by not keeping up a steady vaccine and worming schedule.   I am
not
> quibbling about the stalls, I can live with that, and it makes it all the
> more important for me to get my rear end home and clean them.    I'd love
any
> suggestions on how to handle this situation!  Tactfully.  Kim is a good
> friend of mine, and we get along very well.  I'd hate to lose that.
>
> If you got this far, thanks for reading!  Sorry it's a book.
>
> Juli and Alpine (mom, how come we aren't riding today??  WORMER DAY!
> AGHHHHHH!)
>
>
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