Vetting at endurance ride

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Tim Cheyne — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:42:50 GMT

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I've vetted at a few endurance events - extremely tedious and somewhat boring....

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Even worse for any spectators. For entertainment it is akin to watching paint dry.

Tim.

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

bob lehner — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:59:16 GMT

I've vetted at a few endurance events - extremely tedious and somewhat boring....

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Bob Russell — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:25:38 GMT

RUN!!!

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Lucy K — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 13:45:18 GMT

If you do it, be sure and sleep with one eye open for the next few months! Pony club mother's don't have that reputation for nothing. Pleasure ride my foot!

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Hannah Wynne Richards — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:56:35 GMT

Don't touch it with a bargepole Experienced endurance riders know how to prepare their horses You will have fat under-exercised ponies dropping like flies from azoturia the following day-and it will all be blamed on you-not junior trying to win

Wynne

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Kate Richardson — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:38:58 GMT

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Do understand that people WILL want advice on whether their fat little pony is OK to drive into the dirt six weeks after its last check ligament sprain, even though the other vet said 8 weeks off work completely, because it seems OK now and they're here now anyway, so they might as well just do a BIT of work, mightn't they? And don't even get started on the AFs or 'innocent' murmurs.

Or maybe it's just our pony club - your's might be populated by sweet people who don't expect a full five-stage vetting for free. And who then disagree if you find a reason why they shouldn't go out today.

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Unless you feel comfortable about doing it, I would politely decline. I have my own horse but haven't done any equine work for years now and I wouldn't feel comfortable doing it. Pony club mums could be a nightmare! James H makes a very good point. Even if you are only meant to be checking heart rates, you are bound to be asked difficult questions and potentially could be put in a really difficult position should you feel that a pony shouldn't continue for some reason- pressure will be put on you to pass it. Imagine if there was an emergency- no matter what you say, there will be expectations that you will be able to help, and unless you are experienced and equipped to do so, you could find yourself in a sticky spot. Tell them you are really flattered to have been asked and offer to put them in touch with a vet who has more experience and is also going to be impartial and detached from the club.

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

Dagmar Steele — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:20:53 GMT

hahaha sounds familiar to me! I tend to refuse these requests, as I haven't treated or examined a horse in just under twenty years. My daughter owns a pony and I postulated straight from the beginning that I haven't got a single clue. Everything apart from vaccines and wormers gets done by a horse-vet, so everybody by now accepts that I won't do any horses and won't give any horse advice.

Re: Vetting at endurance ride

james herriot lied — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:10:16 GMT

The only ways out are either to fake your own disappearance or to be on call, which you just can't help.......