RE: Trail Riding Safety/watering horses

["Bob Morris" <bobmorris@rmci.net>]

This process was started when horses were used for work. That is true they
were used for WORK! They would go all day with out being watered and then
come in from the roads or fields hot and sweaty and put in a standing stall.
If they were allowed to drink while hot, then stand still in a stall, they
would most likely colic.

Now days, at least in endurance circles, the horses are allowed to continue
with exercise or walking and we do not water just twice a day.

Bob Morris

-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Burgess [mailto:carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 12:07 PM
To: bluewolfranch@yahoo.com; ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Trail Riding Safety/watering horses


I can't imagine doing any ride now, no matter how short, not allowing my
horse to drink if they wanted too.  I am now almost exactly the opposite.  I
try to get them to drink at any decent looking water.  I'm not sure how this
thought process got started, but was probably something stupid.

Carolyn Burgess


----Original Message Follows----
From: Linda Flemmer <bluewolfranch@yahoo.com>
To: Carolyn Burgess <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>, ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC:  Trail Riding Safety/watering horses
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 10:22:50 -0700 (PDT)

Can you imagine trying to ride a 50 or 100 following
this practice of horse watering?  We'd see horses on
IV's left & right!

Linda Flemmer
Blue Wolf Ranch
West Virginia
--- Carolyn Burgess <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>
wrote:

 > I, like Linda (maybe this is one of those strange
 > New England things Linda),
 > was taught to "never water a hot horse

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