RE: The Making of Endurance Horse2

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

Just an off the cuff concept but think back on all the horses that have
looked marginal and the owners did nothing outward as to treatment and there
was no problem. Then think back and take similar circumstances where
invasive treatment was instituted and things got somewhat worse.

Just a hypothesis, but could the intervention be causing a problem? Could
the introduction of invasive treatment trigger a reaction? Remember this is
just a hypothesis so no flames.

Is it possible there is a reaction to the introduction of fluids in a
marginally depleted horse that sets off a reaction requiring additional
fluids? Could it be an interference to the horse's own natural supplemental
mechanisms at some critical point?

I do not know how to determine such but it is an interesting concept.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: EquesB@aol.com [mailto:EquesB@aol.com]
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2000 8:35 PM
To: roger@vmaxept.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: The Making of Endurance Horse2


In a message dated 5/8/00 3:33:25 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
roger@vmaxept.com
writes:

<< One of his problems was he did not want to eat the VC.  >>

Well, quite frankly Roger, I for one am glad Omni will not eat the VC,
between Kaboot and Goat theres hardly anything left now!  ;->> <VBG>

Seriously,  thanks for all the good info, didn't you have a problem one time
at the OD, not during the ride, but before, and end up attributing it to too
much pro-bi before hand?  Do you feel that all your supplements were
balanced?  What will you do differently at LR?

cya,
Jackie Baker


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