FI, hope you enjoy your time in France. It is great there, isn’t it?
You wrote: "…rather than use a method that you are used to… " - my problem is that I do not have ANY 
I’m trying to learn as much as I can, and sometimes I feel like soon I will be able to pass vet exams - we had have colicks, heaves, torn tendon, “barefoot” legs, inflamed saddle rub, now Guido with his problems. Each one is so different, different story behind, different character and temperament and all I can do - just watch, listen, learn and learn more. Maybe in 10 years or so I will start having “a method that I’m used to”, but not now. I’m like new open textbook with plain white pages.
Sorry for asking, but what’s wrong with my vet riding him? Is it not right? I do not know equine etiquette jet, but for me it seemed just right. I am sure it was giving her better idea about him and his possible health problems. Vet asked for it to see better how he is reacting, how he responds and how his back feels - after she checked him from ground. She even borrowed my helmet and boots.
She has 4 horses of her own. Actually Peter sometimes rides her stallion, as with her bad back (she had injured it when riding 5-6 years ago) she can not jump and Peter loves jumping.
I feel so lucky with my vet as she is nice, experienced horse vet, she also hasn’t have her “method that she is used to…” - if she has no answer she says so - “I do not know, let me search and check the possibilities out”. She lives just 2 miles away so she always are available for emergencies or just to calm me or Peter when we are overreacting. And how many of you have vet who is charging 4$ for a home visit? I think I’m really lucky to have such a vet. She really cares about horses.
