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- As I operate a mobile service, timing on visits is approximate.
I may be early as well as late. Please ensure your horse is available
in good time and ready to be seen.
- If I am running more than 20 minutes early or late I will try
to contact you by telephone if possible.
- By all means brush your horse out but please don't apply hoof
oil as I may wish to handle the feet to perform manipulation.
- The horse may also be examined being lunged or ridden. Please
bring the saddle
and other tack along, if kept separately, as I will need to examine
them.
- Avoid giving any medication or supplements of herbs or vitamins
that day until after the examination, but bring them with their
packaging.
- Try to arrange a venue with adequate space and light to work
in. Also an area of clear level ground to assess movement. Sometimes
another person to help move or control the horse may be useful.
- I will require the express consent of your Vet, before I can
even examine your horse. This contact also gives a good opportunity
for your Vet and I to discuss the case, the past history, details
of the results of any tests, such as X-rays or blood tests, and
the animal's current medication. Your Vet may also wish to be
present; especially if sedation is required.
- Be prepared to make the changes required. These might also be
suggestions about saddling, exercise or even faults in your riding
technique! Treatment alone without a proper programme of rehabilitation
is less effective.
- It is more efficient to see more than one horse in any location.
Please check with others at your stables to see if anyone else
would like me to examine their horse whilst I am there.
- Remember, your uneven back or hips may be the cause of your
horses pain. Please mention them to me as well. You may require
treatment as well as your horse.
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