Paperwork for When You’re Not There

Horse paperwork–it’s not what you’re thinking. This is not about your horse standing in front of a schematic drawing making a checklist of plans on how to break into the grain room in the middle of the night. This is about those issues that requir
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Horse paperwork–it’s not what you’re thinking. This is not about your horse standing in front of a schematic drawing making a checklist of plans on how to break into the grain room in the middle of the night. This is about those issues that require communication between caretakers of your horse(s) in order to avoid mayhem. Having been in this business as long as I have, I’ve seen some amazing (and avoidable) problems develop for lack of appropriate paperwork, or rather communication. Let’s look at several of these situations so you can be prepared for any future eventualities.

Out of Town, Out of Contact

One tenet of life that often arises is "things happen when least expected." The first scenario that comes to mind involves a horse that hasn’t had a sneeze in years, and without a backward glance, you decide to take a long-anticipated trip to a faraway place. As soon as you vanish out of home range, your horse manages to injure himself or get sick. He’s probably not doing this for the attention, but it will definitely get everyone’s attention.

Now someone else is in charge, someone who has to make decisions for you, which is not always the most desirable position to be in. There are immediate decisions that must be made about how and to what degree the horse receives care

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Nancy S. Loving, DVM, owns Loving Equine Clinic in Boulder, Colorado, and has a special interest in managing the care of sport horses. Her book, All Horse Systems Go, is a comprehensive veterinary care and conditioning resource in full color that covers all facets of horse care. She has also authored the books Go the Distance as a resource for endurance horse owners, Conformation and Performance, and First Aid for Horse and Rider in addition to many veterinary articles for both horse owner and professional audiences.

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