> The barn I board my horse at (one of them, the rest are at home)
> is run by an Olympian and her International Calibre husband.  I haven't
> been up there in a while and, I just found out recently that he had
> coliced REALLY bad last week.  A friend from the barn told me and, the
> people who run the barn never called me.  I want to stay there because
> the coaching is so good but, after that incident, I don't knw what I
> should do.  I love the other boarders up there too.  I am thinking of
> bringing him home and trailering up there for lessons and during the
> winter go to a different barn that may not be as good.  Does this sound
> reasonable to any one???
 
Ypur piece of mind about your horse is obviously most important to you.. so 
while I can't tell you what to do, I personally would not be happy with this 
kind of thing... and it really also depends on the contract you've signed 
with the trainers for both boarding and training. 
 
There's vast differences in the way people do things Erica.   
 
>  An incident like this happened before and, it
> was a friends horse who broke his leg and she didn't find out until 2
> days later when she went up to ride him.
 
Well was this horse put down?  
 
>  Any suggestions as to what I
> should do?  This horse has Olympic potential as well as I.  I just don't
> think that this was a fair and wise decision to make about not calling
> me.  PLEASE HELP!!!
 
 
If you want to stay there, then I'd suggest that you arrange an addendum to 
any boarding agreement you have with these people stating that you wish to be 
informed immediately should your horse become sick or show signs of illness. 
You might want to get it notarized.
 
 
 
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