Comments on: ApHC Drugs and Medications Rule http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/ Sat, 05 May 2012 17:54:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Insulin Pen http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-70885 Insulin Pen Thu, 22 Jul 2010 08:49:07 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-70885 The insulin has come a long way since the old days. It has become more higher and easier to use and at the same time a lot less scary. This way Novo has really helped diabetes management. The insulin has come a long way since the old days. It has become more higher and easier to use and at the same time a lot less scary. This way Novo has really helped diabetes management.

]]> By: Jacqui Astorga http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-13449 Jacqui Astorga Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:38:20 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-13449 I am so heartbroken to see this coming to pass. How do I, as a new member, find out about voting and getting my voice heard? I get plenty of mail from the association but what about a ballot so that I might be allowed to vote? A on top of that, how do we find out how our elected BOD'd voted? The use of drugs to be able to compete is terrible. Any horses that has a need for such drugs should not be able to compete it's obviously not what exemplifies the breed. I for one will not participate in any showing that allows this practice. An even playing field please and lets keep it clean. I am so heartbroken to see this coming to pass. How do I, as a new member, find out about voting and getting my voice heard? I get plenty of mail from the association but what about a ballot so that I might be allowed to vote? A on top of that, how do we find out how our elected BOD’d voted? The use of drugs to be able to compete is terrible. Any horses that has a need for such drugs should not be able to compete it’s obviously not what exemplifies the breed. I for one will not participate in any showing that allows this practice. An even playing field please and lets keep it clean.

]]> By: Carla Peacock http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-9754 Carla Peacock Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:43:13 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-9754 Debbie, What a shame that you display the very attitude that turns the majority of the people against your cause. The name calling is rude and unnescessary and detracts from the purpose of your blog. I don't use drugs on my horses and don't plan on beginning now. If you truly did your research, you would find that almost all drugs when misused are detrimental to our horses (and ourselves). The use of Lasix at a competition is no different that the race horses; they don't use maximum doses (or more) every day, just for the competiton. And the Apps won't have a win/lose record on Lasix as it has not been allowed before now. I don't claim to be the end all as you seem to think; just have a few more accurate numbers than have been posted. And I am not out trying to control anyone; I am just expressing my opinion as are you. And the people that show do more than just contribute to the ApHC...they are the major source of revenue. Just as you wouldn't want someone that doesn't know about your business or discipline telling you how to operate, the people that show don't want people that are uneducated in their discipline or business to tell them how to operate. This is a free world and everyone is entitled to express their opinion. Debbie, What a shame that you display the very attitude that turns the majority of the people against your cause. The name calling is rude and unnescessary and detracts from the purpose of your blog. I don’t use drugs on my horses and don’t plan on beginning now. If you truly did your research, you would find that almost all drugs when misused are detrimental to our horses (and ourselves). The use of Lasix at a competition is no different that the race horses; they don’t use maximum doses (or more) every day, just for the competiton. And the Apps won’t have a win/lose record on Lasix as it has not been allowed before now. I don’t claim to be the end all as you seem to think; just have a few more accurate numbers than have been posted. And I am not out trying to control anyone; I am just expressing my opinion as are you. And the people that show do more than just contribute to the ApHC…they are the major source of revenue. Just as you wouldn’t want someone that doesn’t know about your business or discipline telling you how to operate, the people that show don’t want people that are uneducated in their discipline or business to tell them how to operate. This is a free world and everyone is entitled to express their opinion.

]]> By: Debbie Schaffer http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-9184 Debbie Schaffer Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:50:58 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-9184 You know those of you who feel you are IT, aka the show people better know that we are NOT talking the bute and all and Carla you better read up on the lasix as it IS a enhancement to the horses who use it. It is well documented that the horses on it win more than horses not. I too show my horses in the app pen and while we may contribute to teh club Carla the show take a heck of alot out of it so your part is not the end all to say what the heck should happen to all the others. If people now own those horses that are gentic defects then it is up to them to take care of them but by Gosh STOP breeding them and if they cant handle it in the arena STAY THE HECK HOME. The BOD are fools for not listening to the people on this, did they think we would forever stand by and let you run these wonderful horses into the ground forever?? Intresting fact is that the ones who vote YES are up fro re-election this time, guess since they dont want to listen to us we wont listen to their re-election speel. Get people in who will listen. Most of the BOD are just giving lip service on the phone and are NOT wanting to really listen so guess we will just have to keep pecking at them til they do. And Carla the breed or the club is NOT just about the show peoele, I know that is hard for you to understand but it is really about the horses!! Debbie You know those of you who feel you are IT, aka the show people better know that we are NOT talking the bute and all and Carla you better read up on the lasix as it IS a enhancement to the horses who use it. It is well documented that the horses on it win more than horses not.
I too show my horses in the app pen and while we may contribute to teh club Carla the show take a heck of alot out of it so your part is not the end all to say what the heck should happen to all the others. If people now own those horses that are gentic defects then it is up to them to take care of them but by Gosh STOP breeding them and if they cant handle it in the arena STAY THE HECK HOME.
The BOD are fools for not listening to the people on this, did they think we would forever stand by and let you run these wonderful horses into the ground forever?? Intresting fact is that the ones who vote YES are up fro re-election this time, guess since they dont want to listen to us we wont listen to their re-election speel. Get people in who will listen. Most of the BOD are just giving lip service on the phone and are NOT wanting to really listen so guess we will just have to keep pecking at them til they do.
And Carla the breed or the club is NOT just about the show peoele, I know that is hard for you to understand but it is really about the horses!!
Debbie

]]> By: PAUL PRUETT http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-9130 PAUL PRUETT Mon, 17 Sep 2007 01:35:41 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-9130 In 2006 I attended the National Show in Oklahoma City with a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame. There were very few exhibitors and fewer friendly faces, I was surprised that there was no greeter or delegation to meet newcomers at the door and welcome them. i stopped a important looking fellow to ask directions to "other arena" and got a look from him as if he were too busy to deal with such trivial matters before he gave me some perfunctory directions, I found out later that he was a member of the BOD. Later that summer we attended the Oklahoma State Fair, to see the appaloosas perform. To my surprise the attendance was dismal. The Gypsy Vanner breed was more in attendance than the appaloosa. My friend related tales of when the show as filled with horses, 100s in each class that now had barely enough to take up 3 ribbons. Meanwhile Pat Parelli, Clinton Anderson, Dennis Reis, Ray Hunt and John Lyons host sellout performances and clinics teaching people about Natural Horsemanship. The Humane Society and Peta lack no amount of money or membership. Concern for our horses welfare and dignity should be the forefront of our activities. The audience for our horse shows will continue to dwindle as long as it is not so. Members of the BOD who think that they have nothing to lose by tricking the membership with unannounced meetings and other such shananigans should be removed at once. Trainers who believe in business as usual should look behind them. The natural horsemanship movement is coming up fast and tolerance for cruelty and artificial methods of training is ending fast. Our BOD's tolerance for these methods is misguided at best and possibly suicidal for our club. I have no interest in attending another appaloosa hose club show. I have no interest in any club that mimics other clubs but rather would like to see the APhc become a forerunner in eliminating this kind of nonsense. I am sure there are members of other clubs and breed associations who hate what their breeds are doing. Maybe we will gain some of those good people. Just a thought... Paul Pruett In 2006 I attended the National Show in Oklahoma City with a member of the Appaloosa Hall of Fame. There were very few exhibitors and fewer friendly faces, I was surprised that there was no greeter or delegation to meet newcomers at the door and welcome them. i stopped a important looking fellow to ask directions to “other arena” and got a look from him as if he were too busy to deal with such trivial matters before he gave me some perfunctory directions, I found out later that he was a member of the BOD.
Later that summer we attended the Oklahoma State Fair, to see the appaloosas perform. To my surprise the attendance was dismal. The Gypsy Vanner breed was more in attendance than the appaloosa.
My friend related tales of when the show as filled with horses, 100s in each class that now had barely enough to take up 3 ribbons.
Meanwhile Pat Parelli, Clinton Anderson, Dennis Reis, Ray Hunt and John Lyons host sellout performances and clinics teaching people about Natural Horsemanship.
The Humane Society and Peta lack no amount of money or membership.
Concern for our horses welfare and dignity should be the forefront of our activities. The audience for our horse shows will continue to dwindle
as long as it is not so. Members of the BOD who think that they have nothing to lose by tricking the membership with unannounced meetings and other such shananigans should be removed at once. Trainers who believe in business as usual should look behind them. The natural horsemanship movement is coming up fast and tolerance for cruelty and artificial methods of training is ending fast. Our BOD’s tolerance for these methods is misguided at best and possibly suicidal for our club.
I have no interest in attending another appaloosa hose club show.
I have no interest in any club that mimics other clubs but rather would like to see the APhc become a forerunner in eliminating this kind of nonsense. I am sure there are members of other clubs and breed associations who hate what their breeds are doing. Maybe we will gain some of those good people. Just a thought…
Paul Pruett

]]> By: Carla Peacock http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-9109 Carla Peacock Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:59:58 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-9109 I just want to open this comment by stating that I am an ACTIVE lifetime member of the ApHC that shows at many Regional and National events throughout the country and whose horses are quite successful in the competitions. I realize that as a show exhibitor, my membership in the ApHC is included in the roughly 23% of the total membership and that I am a contributor to the 85% of the revenue generated by this 23% of the membership population. I also realize that the money I spend at ApHC shows goes to fund most of the other activities enjoyed by many of the people posting comments on this blog. I do not feel I should step into their venues and try to regulate what they do to promote the Appaloosa. I have shown Appaloosas since 1978 and have done so without the use of a needle. My horses have passed every drug test that they have been subjected to, both after winning Nationals and Worlds and from being pulled for random tests at the major competitions and at Regional shows. I have seen the walk trot industry grow and give many horses a new lease on life; horses that cannot lope or lope well but are still great teachers and baby sitters now have a job. I have seen older, arthritic horses that have had to travel two to four days to get to the Nationals get out of their trailer stiff and sore (who isn’t stiff and sore after riding in their truck for that long?) yet we are saying that they are not allowed what equates to our dose of Advil or Tylenol because they need to show in 24 hours. Several years ago I had a horse kick the back door out of my trailer and jump out onto the highway. He survived but he was a mess…road rash covered most of the raised surface on his right side. He never took a lame step. The accident occurred ten days before the Nationals. He needed to be on antibiotics to prevent infection but because it takes roughly a week to metabolize out of his system, I had to take him off all meds. All of this because the ApHC has had to implement rules to address the 5% of the membership that feels obligated to cheat by using illegal drugs. And when we are speaking of these drugs and their use in the show environment, we are not talking about using them everyday at maximum dosage for months at a time. Bute is NOT going to provide enough pain relief to mask a major lameness issue where the ongoing safety and well being of the horse is at risk. And if you use more than the allowable limit on Lasix, it not only becomes a masking agent but it washes all of the drug they were trying to mask, out of the horse’s system. There were many horses bred to Impressive long before any of us were aware of why the first generation Impressives did not ride. He was bred to be a racehorse but due to that now famous genetic flaw, he became the poster child for halter horses. There was a comment on another site that stated there were only 180 HYPP horses in the entire ApHC, yet Impressive Andrew alone sired 356 foals. There are many Impressive bred horses out there that no longer carry the word Impressive in their names yet are close descendants. I don’t think anyone has a truly accurate idea of the number of Impressive bred horses in our industry. Because the ApHC has no way to track the Impressive horses, they tied the DNA registration into the HYPP meds. The owner will have to pay for the additional test, both to identify and to track the genetic flaw, in order to be able to declare the drug at a show. As a breed registry, we cannot just flip a switch and eliminate all of the HYPP horses. The halter horse breeders ARE selectively breeding to eliminate the gene, but it will not happen overnight. Many of the retired halter horses, even ones that are N/H, can live long and productive lives as walk trot horses or other riding horses as long as their symptoms can be controlled. The vast majority of the people that are speaking against the drug rule here (and elsewhere) admit that they do not show. Do the people that attend competitive trail rides travel three days (some will be four or more days next year if they decide to go to Jackson!) and expect their horse to go 50 or 100 miles over rough terrain within 24 hours of arriving at their destination? If a child has diabetes, should they be denied the drugs that control their medical condition? Should they be denied the freedom to show Appaloosas because the majority of the membership feels that no drugs should be allowed? What about people with epilepsy whose seizures are controlled by medication? Or an exhibitor with a heart defect or condition? Should these exhibitors be told that they cannot show because they are not capable of existing without medication? Should the parents be told they cannot have any more kids because one of their children has a hereditary condition? I have fairly frequent (and seasonal) nosebleeds. Should I be banned from showing because I might have to take medication to control these nosebleeds? None of the drugs in question in the rule implemented by the BoD are performance enhancing drugs. As a previous post indicated, the ApHC is following most of the same line as the USEF. The details of the rule need to be read and researched before the people that are not involved in the segment of the industry to which this rule pertains, fly off the hook and over react. We (the ApHC) are already the laughing stock of the AQHA and APHA over the move to Jackson, now we have to weather the abuse about a tasteless ad being run in multiple publications. We have to be micro managed because of the 5% of the population. We need to worry about more important issues like how to increase our registration and membership numbers and how to financially survive the move to Jackson. I just want to open this comment by stating that I am an ACTIVE lifetime member of the ApHC that shows at many Regional and National events throughout the country and whose horses are quite successful in the competitions. I realize that as a show exhibitor, my membership in the ApHC is included in the roughly 23% of the total membership and that I am a contributor to the 85% of the revenue generated by this 23% of the membership population. I also realize that the money I spend at ApHC shows goes to fund most of the other activities enjoyed by many of the people posting comments on this blog. I do not feel I should step into their venues and try to regulate what they do to promote the Appaloosa.
I have shown Appaloosas since 1978 and have done so without the use of a needle. My horses have passed every drug test that they have been subjected to, both after winning Nationals and Worlds and from being pulled for random tests at the major competitions and at Regional shows. I have seen the walk trot industry grow and give many horses a new lease on life; horses that cannot lope or lope well but are still great teachers and baby sitters now have a job. I have seen older, arthritic horses that have had to travel two to four days to get to the Nationals get out of their trailer stiff and sore (who isn’t stiff and sore after riding in their truck for that long?) yet we are saying that they are not allowed what equates to our dose of Advil or Tylenol because they need to show in 24 hours. Several years ago I had a horse kick the back door out of my trailer and jump out onto the highway. He survived but he was a mess…road rash covered most of the raised surface on his right side. He never took a lame step. The accident occurred ten days before the Nationals. He needed to be on antibiotics to prevent infection but because it takes roughly a week to metabolize out of his system, I had to take him off all meds. All of this because the ApHC has had to implement rules to address the 5% of the membership that feels obligated to cheat by using illegal drugs. And when we are speaking of these drugs and their use in the show environment, we are not talking about using them everyday at maximum dosage for months at a time. Bute is NOT going to provide enough pain relief to mask a major lameness issue where the ongoing safety and well being of the horse is at risk. And if you use more than the allowable limit on Lasix, it not only becomes a masking agent but it washes all of the drug they were trying to mask, out of the horse’s system.
There were many horses bred to Impressive long before any of us were aware of why the first generation Impressives did not ride. He was bred to be a racehorse but due to that now famous genetic flaw, he became the poster child for halter horses. There was a comment on another site that stated there were only 180 HYPP horses in the entire ApHC, yet Impressive Andrew alone sired 356 foals. There are many Impressive bred horses out there that no longer carry the word Impressive in their names yet are close descendants. I don’t think anyone has a truly accurate idea of the number of Impressive bred horses in our industry. Because the ApHC has no way to track the Impressive horses, they tied the DNA registration into the HYPP meds. The owner will have to pay for the additional test, both to identify and to track the genetic flaw, in order to be able to declare the drug at a show. As a breed registry, we cannot just flip a switch and eliminate all of the HYPP horses. The halter horse breeders ARE selectively breeding to eliminate the gene, but it will not happen overnight. Many of the retired halter horses, even ones that are N/H, can live long and productive lives as walk trot horses or other riding horses as long as their symptoms can be controlled.
The vast majority of the people that are speaking against the drug rule here (and elsewhere) admit that they do not show. Do the people that attend competitive trail rides travel three days (some will be four or more days next year if they decide to go to Jackson!) and expect their horse to go 50 or 100 miles over rough terrain within 24 hours of arriving at their destination? If a child has diabetes, should they be denied the drugs that control their medical condition? Should they be denied the freedom to show Appaloosas because the majority of the membership feels that no drugs should be allowed? What about people with epilepsy whose seizures are controlled by medication? Or an exhibitor with a heart defect or condition? Should these exhibitors be told that they cannot show because they are not capable of existing without medication? Should the parents be told they cannot have any more kids because one of their children has a hereditary condition? I have fairly frequent (and seasonal) nosebleeds. Should I be banned from showing because I might have to take medication to control these nosebleeds?
None of the drugs in question in the rule implemented by the BoD are performance enhancing drugs. As a previous post indicated, the ApHC is following most of the same line as the USEF. The details of the rule need to be read and researched before the people that are not involved in the segment of the industry to which this rule pertains, fly off the hook and over react. We (the ApHC) are already the laughing stock of the AQHA and APHA over the move to Jackson, now we have to weather the abuse about a tasteless ad being run in multiple publications. We have to be micro managed because of the 5% of the population. We need to worry about more important issues like how to increase our registration and membership numbers and how to financially survive the move to Jackson.

]]> By: Debera Shields http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-8939 Debera Shields Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:49:10 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-8939 ABSOLUTELY unbelievable! I can not tell you how this looks to an 8 year old girl to whom I have promoted "just say no" to drugs all her life. Now I am to tell her "it's ok honey those horses can take drugs to alter their state of mind and physical capacity to compete . Besides it makes them winners." I don't think so. Do I really want to help her aspire with her new interest in showing and performance competition so that she can lose to a drug induced horse? No Thanks ApHC. It is not ok and my granddaughter deserves the right to fair competition. Obviously that is not an option in certain other breed clubs and now it is not an option with ApHC. I understand minor temporary issues using Bute but they should be backed up with a veterinarian release or otherwise and monitored for abuse at the shows. But you should not be promoting Appaloosas unable to compete overall without drugs....not today or tomorrow! As members of the BOD you not only have the PRIVILEAGE but the DUTY to maintain the trust of ApHC members and to PRESERVE our wonderful breed. It seems like ApHC BOD has thrown its ambitions to the winds without fear of natural consequences. I can only imagine the members you will lose on this issue if you do not immediately reconsider. ABSOLUTELY unbelievable! I can not tell you how this looks to an 8 year old girl to whom I have promoted “just say no” to drugs all her life. Now I am to tell her “it’s ok honey those horses can take drugs to alter their state of mind and physical capacity to compete . Besides it makes them winners.” I don’t think so.

Do I really want to help her aspire with her new interest in showing and performance competition so that she can lose to a drug induced horse? No Thanks ApHC. It is not ok and my granddaughter deserves the right to fair competition. Obviously that is not an option in certain other breed clubs and now it is not an option with ApHC.

I understand minor temporary issues using Bute but they should be backed up with a veterinarian release or otherwise and monitored for abuse at the shows. But you should not be promoting Appaloosas unable to compete overall without drugs….not today or tomorrow!

As members of the BOD you not only have the PRIVILEAGE but the DUTY to maintain the trust of ApHC members and to PRESERVE our wonderful breed. It seems like ApHC BOD has thrown its ambitions to the winds without fear of natural consequences. I can only imagine the members you will lose on this issue if you do not immediately reconsider.

]]> By: Tom Bair http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-8863 Tom Bair Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:48:43 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-8863 In response to what Lisa Garcia said. No one has a problem with these poor misbegotten animals recieving any medication that will make their lives easier. After all, anyone who has the poor judgement to breed these unfortunate creatures should be required by law to keep them properly medicated for the entirety of their lives. What we all have a problem with is using drugs, any drug, to force these animals to perform at a level that is obviously beyond their capabilities. It's not even like they are just temporarily disabled because of an injury, these gentic defects render them permanently handicaped. The new drug rule is tantamount to allowing parrot mouthed or cryptorcid horses to show. All are defects, if one is allowed then all should be allowed. In response to what Lisa Garcia said. No one has a problem with these poor misbegotten animals recieving any medication that will make their lives easier. After all, anyone who has the poor judgement to breed these unfortunate creatures should be required by law to keep them properly medicated for the entirety of their lives.
What we all have a problem with is using drugs, any drug, to force these animals to perform at a level that is obviously beyond their capabilities.
It’s not even like they are just temporarily disabled because of an injury, these gentic defects render them permanently handicaped.
The new drug rule is tantamount to allowing parrot mouthed or cryptorcid horses to show. All are defects, if one is allowed then all should be allowed.

]]> By: RUTH SHAW http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-8699 RUTH SHAW Mon, 10 Sep 2007 01:51:47 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-8699 I have been a Appaloosa owner and breeder for the last 42 years, I am also the mother of 7 childern and grandma to 5. It is beyond belief what is happening to our wonderful horses, I can not understand why anyone would show horses that require meds , or breed horses that have genetic disorders, The fact that the organization that is supposed to be protecting our horses is setting out to destroy them, and for what, the allmighty dollar. Do you on the board even know what a true Appaloosa is , one revered for by the people that have the best interest of the breed at heart, it is their soundness, longevity, super disposition, and beauty., my horses have done everything and never needed drugs. There are countless Appaloosa owners that do not belong to the club anymore, this has just added to it big time. This policy of making decisions based on a few, and not considering the future of our wonderful horses has to change, or you will be a club of a handful of owners with horses no one will want. NO horse should ever see the inside of a show ring if they need meds. THANKS TO ALL OF THE RESPONSIBLE APPALOOSA LOVERS WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT FOR THE HORSES. I have 23 APPALOOSAS at the moment, my 2007 foal crop is sold, not one was sold to a ApHC member. I have been a Appaloosa owner and breeder for the last 42 years, I am also the mother of 7 childern and grandma to 5. It is beyond belief what is happening to our wonderful horses, I can not understand why anyone would show horses that require meds , or breed horses that have genetic disorders, The fact that the organization that is supposed to be protecting our horses is setting out to destroy them, and for what, the allmighty dollar. Do you on the board even know what a true Appaloosa is , one revered for by the people that have the best interest of the breed at heart, it is their soundness, longevity, super disposition, and beauty., my horses have done everything and never needed drugs. There are countless Appaloosa owners that do not belong to the club anymore, this has just added to it big time. This policy of making decisions based on a few, and not considering the future of our wonderful horses has to change, or you will be a club of a handful of owners with horses no one will want. NO horse should ever see the inside of a show ring if they need meds. THANKS TO ALL OF THE RESPONSIBLE APPALOOSA LOVERS WHO ARE SPEAKING OUT FOR THE HORSES. I have 23 APPALOOSAS at the moment, my 2007 foal crop is sold, not one was sold to a ApHC member.

]]> By: PAUL PRUETT http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/comment-page-2/#comment-8695 PAUL PRUETT Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:51:25 +0000 http://appaloosablogspot.com/2007/08/31/aphc-drugs-and-medications-rule/#comment-8695 This is so typical of the Aphc. This issue should have been put to bed years ago with the elimination of all HYPP + horses from the breed. I really am becoming one of the cynics who predict the demise of the Aphc. I really dont think any campaign will change the minds of the BOD or sway them from their tactics. We got the hypp testing but then it wasnt posted on the papers. We got the HYPP drug eliminated but then it popped back up. I will email my representative. Paul Pruett West Plains Appaloosas West Plains MO This is so typical of the Aphc. This issue should have been put to bed years ago with the elimination of all HYPP + horses from the breed. I really am becoming one of the cynics who predict the demise of the Aphc. I really dont think any campaign will change the minds of the BOD or sway them from their tactics. We got the hypp testing but then it wasnt posted on the papers. We got the HYPP drug eliminated but then it popped back up.
I will email my representative.

Paul Pruett
West Plains Appaloosas
West Plains MO

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