How is this vet allowed to conduct themselves like this online?

[greenbean10]

Just seen today's post "without wanting to sound arrogant, it was a subtle change that most riders wouldn't have even noticed". It must be hard being so superior to most other people

She has never in her life worried about sounding arrogant The most arrogant person on the internet!

 

[JenJ]

Just thinking out loud here, but I wonder if, sometimes, having more veterinary knowledge than 'others' may mean that she's less open-minded about more modern/recent findings, and so genuinely cannot see what some here have suggested?

 

[lizziebell]

Just thinking out loud here, but I wonder if, sometimes, having more veterinary knowledge than 'others' may mean that she's less open-minded about more modern/recent findings, and so genuinely cannot see what some here have suggested?

She should be doing CPD and keeping up to date with modern/ recent findings.

 

[FieldOrnaments]

Isn't cpd a requirement of RCVS Membership?

 

[PurpleSpots]

Other vets of a similar age or older (or younger!) are able and willling to listen to a horse though.

I think it's more to do with her personality iin general which makes her feel she's right and that she knows everything - more than the horses themselves do. Enhanced in her opinion because of the several million she has broken iin over the years... I think being a vet has enhanced those feelings that she knows everything further too, rather than beiing a vet being the cause of those feelings, and being trained to only take in certain input from a horse?

And the other thhing is that usually, the more horses you work with, the more you learn and are able to hear them. Not so with SV - the more horses she works with, the more set in her ways she seems to become and the more insistent she is that the horse has to conform to those ways it seems.

I also think that having a large SM following is further pushing her to 'prove' she's right all the time. Whereas actually, admitting you've learned something new is a far more mature and powerful thing to do I feel.

 

[JenJ]

Yes but presumably they can pick and choose what CPD they do, rather than follow a defined curriculum for the initial veterinary qualification? So if they weren't keen on 'keeping up with the times' a vet could legitimately stay ignorant of some modern developments?

I'm stepping outside of my comfort zone a bit here, when my initial motivation was trying to play devil's advocate from her perspective a bit!

 

[JenJ]

Other vets of a similar age or older (or younger!) are able and willling to listen to a horse though.

I think it's more to do with her personality iin general which makes her feel she's right and that she knows everything - more than the horses themselves do. Enhanced in her opinion because of the several million she has broken iin over the years... I think being a vet has enhanced those feelings that she knows everything further too, rather than beiing a vet being the cause of those feelings, and being trained to only take in certain input from a horse?

I think that's kind of what I was clumsily trying to get at. She thinks she knows everything about veterinary practice because she was taught everything about veterinary practice, and even though some of that 'everything' may now be outdated, her personality doesn't acknowledge the possibility of that, because she already knows it all.

 

[Ample Prosecco]

I think it’s her personality- she wants the horse to be ‘naughty’ or ‘a sharp competition horse’ because that suits her more than a horse in pain or overwhelm. And like all true narcissists, reality must revolve around her wishes.

 

[FieldOrnaments]

They can pick and choose but still need (iirc) 35hrs annually (w/ evidence)

 

[Cloball]

She's very defensive isn't she - 'no stupid comments about this being the cause of her drama and rodeos'

She has my sympathy though, it's so awful when your horse goes wrong

Subtle way not many riders noticed because I blocked everyone who noticed it earlier.

 

[suestowford]

So if they weren't keen on 'keeping up with the times' a vet could legitimately stay ignorant of some modern developments?

I suppose a vet could deliberately avoid being up to date but of all the vets I have encountered over the years I have never yet met one who isn't interested in new developments. A scientist always wants to know more, because they are aware of all the unknowns in our universe. It would be someone with a monumental ego who thinks they already know everything.

 

[JenJ]

It would be someone with a monumental ego who thinks they already know everything.

It would indeed... ()

 

[spacefaer]

So these are the front feet that the poor mare is bilaterally lame on, that were the subject of comment as to the quality of their shoeing a few months ago?

Harking back to the set timings of feed etc, I feel it originated in days when people had large yards and staff. I know when I trained at a yard with 50+ stabled horses, if things weren't run with mechanical precision, we wouldn't have got everyting done. We HAD to have a timetable. It would also, way back have been a hangover from military discipline.

 

[Peglo]

I especially enjoyed the post where she said cheaper joint supplements were of no use and people should use the expensive product she uses. She went on to brag that she was sponsored by said product so doesn’t actually have to pay for it…. But we all should obviously.

ETA I know she has to push the products that sponsor her but she could just say why she likes it and what’s good about it instead of trying to guilt trip folk into feeling they aren’t good enough for using a more affordable option.

 

[AlinFaolan]

Is there a Mr SV or a partner? If not may account to some point for her attitude and ego

 

[JenJ]

Is there a Mr SV or a partner? If not may account to some point for her attitude and ego

Really?

 

[meleeka]

Is there a Mr SV or a partner? If not may account to some point for her attitude and ego

She's a spoilt brat essentially, so still has her mum and Aunt running around keeping her happy.

 

[AlinFaolan]

JenJ as in no one to pull her into line, tell her she’s being over the top etc… someone she might listen too.

 

[JenJ]

JenJ as in no one to pull her into line, tell her she’s being over the top etc… someone she might listen too.

Right. So people without partners have behavioural issues?

 

[AlinFaolan]

That’s not what I meant at all, we are discussing one person as far as I am aware..

 

[GT_02]

I imagine that she exists in an echo chamber, where people around her only support her views. As seen on her social media, any dissenting voices are quickly removed.

 

[slimjim86]

Urgh the number of people on their telling her how lucky her horses are to be owned by her, I wouldn't say that being bullied to the point of shutting down / giving up / just complying, then coping for 2 years with escalating problems (that may not have got so bad if they were listened to initially), until you can't physically do the movements anymore is lucky for any horse, that's before we get to the restricted, individual turnout, poor judgement re when it's no longer in the horses interest to keep up unsuccessful treatment, using tack that doesn't fit until you get around to changing it etc. The more posts and comments i see from this woman the more i despise her, but that's just my opinion.

 

[lizziebell]

I especially enjoyed the post where she said cheaper joint supplements were of no use and people should use the expensive product she uses. She went on to brag that she was sponsored by said product so doesn’t actually have to pay for it…. But we all should obviously.

ETA I know she has to push the products that sponsor her but she could just say why she likes it and what’s good about it instead of trying to guilt trip folk into feeling they aren’t good enough for using a more affordable option.

Personally feel it’s unprofessional and ethically wrong for a vet to promote sponsored health products. She can harp on about breeches and shavings forks all day long, but to push supplements from a sponsor the way she does is wrong!

 

[Steerpike]

Can someone say which supplement it is so I can avoid purchasing it, I'm blocked from her page.

 

[Peglo]

Can someone say which supplement it is so I can avoid purchasing it, I'm blocked from her page.

Premier performance

 

[paisley]

In the spirit of fairness (and trying to keep an open mind), I read a few of the published reviews listed for one of the supplements. It’s nice they took the time to find them, but some are about 20 years out of date and one that stated that jumping horses wasn’t great for soundness! If took the time to point that out, no doubt I’d get banned in a heartbeat

 

[Miss_Millie]

Premier performance

That makes me never want to buy from them again. I hope they see this thread. They sponsor some excellent horse people, why are they tarnishing their reputation with her? I hadn't realised.

 

[dorsetladette]

Someone has suggested she think about taking shoes off her now retired/possibly not retired horse (he can't maintain the canter).

 

[JFTDWS]

JenJ as in no one to pull her into line, tell her she’s being over the top etc… someone she might listen too.

1. Most people don't need a partner --man-- to pull them into line.

2. People who are as bonkers as she is don't usually attract nice, sensible partners who would be capable of doing that.

Plenty of unpleasant people manage to find unpleasant partners to be unpleasant with. Plenty of single people manage to be decent human beings all by themselves.

Her marital status is beyond irrelevant, and it's depressing to see it raised like this.

 

[Apizz2019]

Can someone say which supplement it is so I can avoid purchasing it, I'm blocked from her page.

Uh oh. What did you do?