tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post5771296521331494823..comments2023-07-03T11:31:43.687-04:00Comments on Fran Jurga`s Hoofcare + Lameness: Blue Tongue Dressage: Hyperflexion Still a Welfare IssueFran Jurgahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05714349624852287450noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-13045011559987156772009-10-26T11:23:39.233-04:002009-10-26T11:23:39.233-04:00Whatever Anky says. Two hours like that is clearly...Whatever Anky says. Two hours like that is clearly not good. You don't have to be a horse person to understand that body parts should not be pinched for two hours until they turn blue. That just isn't healthy. <br /><br />The FEI really needs to take a serious position on this. Something concrete that can be enforced by show officials. Right now their language has been too vague and A Bay Horsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16519878838113259362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-55218616358618414742009-10-25T10:35:24.526-04:002009-10-25T10:35:24.526-04:00This is animal abuse. Is this rider going to be p...This is animal abuse. Is this rider going to be prosecuted and if convicted, barred from working in the equine industry for a period of time or will this just fall by the wayside? I train with dressage principles and I am ashamed that this should happen. Anybody out there want to discuss educating riders and training show officials to deal with these issues?<br /><br />AineAnne Fearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13549724046630011740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346569.post-65982207897002093472009-10-25T09:05:45.949-04:002009-10-25T09:05:45.949-04:00Yikes, Fran! I read the rest of the story and jus...Yikes, Fran! I read the rest of the story and just wanted to point something out. (Having shown Saddlehorses and Morgans for a long time,) the offical statement of the stewards said something like, "If the tension is high - which is to say that there is a marked change in the angle between the shank of the bit and the bars of the horse's mouth ...<br />If that's what they are Stephanie Abbottnoreply@blogger.com