“Faith” is on a spiritual level and is a very different thing from wishful-thinking belief in pseudoscience, junk science, or made-up-stuff. Apples and oranges. Nowhere in this thread is there any mention of AC as part of religious beliefs, so that’s a red-herring argument out of place.
When discussing effectiveness of diagnostics and treatments for a horse who is performing below expectations, the most salient issues to be addressed are:
(1) Horse’s soundness, including properly fitting and suitable equipment;
(2) Horse’s training and preparation, appropriate for the task at hand;
(3) RIDER’s training, preparation, fitness, and self-confidence to ride the horse.
Whether someone on the phone a thousand miles away who has never even seen an animal thinks his problems stem from wanting a green bucket vs. a blue one, or missing his mother, or would rather be turned out with the mare in the paisley blanket does not address those issues. The very idea it’s possible to have an ARGUMENT about this, in the 21st Century, with self-proclaimed intelligent adults is a SMH! :rolleyes:
But apparently the good people at Dover are willing to purvey nonsense to the gullible as well; witness blankets and boots made from “liquid titanium therapeutic fabrics,” “kineseology tape,” “ceramic” and “magnetic” wraps. Now we have “ionic” therapy blankets and blankets that dole out a “massage vibe.”
Much of this stuff costs hundreds and hundreds of dollars. NOT A BIT OF IT has anything worthy of the name of “evidence” to support its use. But if you want to believe that duct-taping your horse’s a$$ has majickal properties, well, it’s your money.
Show me a readily reproducible randomized, placebo-controlled trial that shows “proof” of any of these things, AC included, and I’ll stop deflecting the “struggling” from patronizing charlatans who are ripping them off and profiting from their desperation.
