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This is where we are at in the horse industry - Celebrating the death of a Veterinarian who took his own life due to the...
04/24/2025

This is where we are at in the horse industry -

Celebrating the death of a Veterinarian who took his own life due to the bullying and harassment from uneducated keyboard warriors.

Veterinarians have the #1 su***de rate in all of the statistics.

Remember that as we continue this conversation.

I apologize for how redundant it might sound, but I truly cannot stress this message enough.

Everyone here knows that my entire life is dedicated to equine welfare and ethical handling of horses.

Most of you also probably know that my primary speciality is dealing with aggressive horses.

Horses that have been so incredibly failed by humans, most of the time.

But, I am a trainer.

A highly educated and experienced trainer in these specific types of situations.

Veterinarians are often not, and yet they are put in these situations on the daily and expected to perform đź’Ż what is asked of them.
Just for context since no one likes to do actual research -

The owner of this horse had used this vet for years with no issues.

In TWENTY years of practice he’s had TWO complaints of him being “hard handed” with horses and both were on the same day.

(Clearly between that day and his su***de he had some personal things going on. And yet no one thought to check in on him).

The horse he was “choking” was a feral mustang c**t who could not be haltered or led and the vet (as per usual) was called out to do a procedure on an animal that had NO business being handled.

Also, the rope being put around 3 times was to make the pressure broader to protect the horse, not to be cruel.

This horse was purchased to be a quick flip as that is what this particular horse owner does.

He had to be gelded “as soon as possible” due to her having stallions loose with mares on the property and this c**ts testosterone levels was making his behavior too difficult for them to contain.

The owner

#1 Should not have had a horse she could not handle.

#2 Should have invested in a trainer first to support both the horse and the Veterinarian.

THAT would have been “horse first.”

Instead, she decided to not invest in the horses well being to save on money and just had the vet deal with her mess.
I do NOT agree with what happened in the video, and of course have a different way that I go about these things -

AND, people need to understand that roping a horse that can’t be haltered or handled is pretty standard procedure for many professionals and when he needed the horse to get back up, to keep the HORSE safe, he kicked him in the chin because anything closer could have gotten him killed.

If you do not understand that, then my friend you are sinply not as educated around horses and how dangerous they can be as you think.
Vets are NOT trainers, and are put in life threatening situations every single day because of unqualified horse owners and end up learning and using tools they need to survive.

Survival of horse and human is their only priority.

I will say it again.

The owner of this horse had NO business having this vet in there risking HIS life, let alone having a horse like this in the first place...

And instead of being accountable and advocating for either horse or Vet, she recorded it, put it on blast painting it as an animal cruelty investigation, never mentioning the reality that actually happened and allowed a cyber war to happen.

She wasn’t handling the horse for the procedure because she wasn’t capable of doing it.

End of story.

So regardless on if I agree with what happened or not, one thing I stand firm on, is that vets (and farriers) should NOT be handling horses that the owners are unwilling or incapable of handling.

And now here we are.

A huge public “horse first” platform is celebrating the death, SU***DE, of someone who was called out to assist to the best of HIS abilities by putting his own life at risk and then fed to the wolves of uneducated social media keyboard warriors is just a perfect example of the bu****it that this would has come to.

As someone who is consistently called out to clean up poor horsmanship, and has also felt the mental and emotional pain of the intense attacks that can come from the public, my heart goes out to this man and his family and all of his other clients that are mourning yet another blow to this profession.

If anyone should be being persecuted right now, it’s owners like this that caused this situation in the first place.

If you are truly “horse first”, then you shouldn’t be attacking the Veterinarian.

The problem, is the Veterinarians trying to help and not walking away.

The problem, is owners that hoard horses they don’t know how to handle and then expect other people to do the life-threatening “quick jobs” so they can save money and just flip them on to the next person.

That, is the actual crime against horses in this industry and I am completely at my whits end of hearing animal rights people scream for justice around situations that they are the ones creating half the time.

And this poster and anyone supporting this thread should be ashamed of themselves.

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“What does it really mean to "let them go on a good day?"It means it will be your hardest day ever as an animal owner. I...
10/31/2024

“What does it really mean to "let them go on a good day?"

It means it will be your hardest day ever as an animal owner. It won't matter if you've never done it before, or if you've gifted a dozen good days, each good day is always the hardest one.

It means they won't know what the fuss is about, or why they're getting so many treats and extra belly scratches and hugs.

It means you will second guess your decision right up until the very last moment, the very last breath. You'll second guess yourself afterwards.

They'll knicker at you when you arrive, just like any other morning.

The weather is perfect. They are content today. They look sound today. They are breathing well, they eat well, they get up easily enough from a nap....the list goes on. Whatever issue they struggle with, today they aren't. Today you euthanize them.

This is what going on a good day means. It actually means sending them out while they are happy, while they are healthy, while they are eating well, walking well, etc, etc. You make the choice to do it before an emergency takes the choice away from you, before your horse has to experience any more trauma or pain.

Their last memory will be filled with love.

It'll rip your heart out every time.

We can see the patterns and the increasing trends. We can predict the weather a little. We can obsess over the past and worry about the future.

Fortunately, horses, all animals, live in the moment. They don't worry about those things. They aren't worried about winter. They aren't worried about July, or allergies, or progressive diseases like cushings or dsld. They don't think about the close calls they've had before, and they certainly aren't thinking about the close calls that are destined to come, as their body continues to age and break down. They just are. They are happy and healthy, or fearful and in pain, on that day, in that moment.

It is the most difficult, most loving gift we are blessed to be able to give.

And that first ice storm will come, that first deep snow, that first heat wave....and you will find a little relief, no longer doubting the choice you made.

They were happy, and safe, and loved. That is all that matters.

It's still never easy.”

Re homing a horse is okay. Not keeping a horse as a pasture pet is okay.Rehoming a horse so that someone else can better...
10/20/2024

Re homing a horse is okay.
Not keeping a horse as a pasture pet is okay.
Rehoming a horse so that someone else can better benefit from said horse is okay.
Leasing a horse is okay.
Giving lessons off a horse is okay.
But do you know what’s not okay ?
It’s not okay to let a horse sit and waste in a pasture when they have a job and love their job. It’s okay to place that horse in a family who will make the most of their time with that horse and show that horse and give that horse so many more opportunities than you as a person can put into said horse at the moment.

I’ve done it, and we’ve all done it.

I have had very limited horses that will stay with me to the end and you know what. THATS OKAY.

What’s not okay is going and bashing others for placing their horses into other homes when someone else can better benefit from them.

Everyone starts somewhere and in order to get better you have to get better horses.
It isn’t anyone’s business as to how people get their newer faster horses.

It’s okay to run horses that others have trained
It’s okay to train your own horse
It’s okay to home a horse that you don’t click with
It’s okay to home a horse that can go onto make some child happy.

The horse industry is stressful enough without having someone publicly dictate your every move.

Much love goes out to those people in who we call our biggest fans. ♥️

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Flatwork part 2 with Jumps from today with delco

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Flat work with some small jumps part one from today

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Flat work part 2 of 3 from today with delco

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