Re: Trail Riding Safety

["Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>]

Too all who responded about watering a horse.  I know this.  I let my horses 
drink whenever they want.  I was just confirming the same thing that Linda 
Merims had learned growing up, to never water a hot horse.  I was taught 
many stupid things that I did not incorporate into my own belief structure, 
and this is one of the stupid things.  Please no more emails.  Thanks,

Carolyn Burgess


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Gene Recor" <gene@dreamsoft.com>
To: "Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: Trail Riding Safety
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2001 18:46:40 -0700

You can and should allow water to a hot horse, as much as he wants as long
as you plan to keep him moving. If you are going to get off and let him
stand you should plan to water him and at least walk him around for 15 to 30
min. Hosing him off is good too as long as you are going to keep him moving.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2001 9:41 AM
Subject: RC: Trail Riding Safety


 > <<Someone I was talking to yesterday was telling me that she
 >  >and her riding buddies used to allow their horses, at the
 >  >end of a ride, 8 gulps of water every fifteen minutes until
 >  >they didn't want any anymore. I suppose that's better than
 >  >nothing.
 >  >
 >  >But for some reason, one of her riding buddies also decided
 >  >to withhold water altogether (I wasn't clear why? - this was
 >  >after riding at Point Reyes, which has vertical hills, right
 >  >Karen?). Funnily enough, the horse colicked and they had to
 >  >get the vet out.>>
 >
 > I, like Linda (maybe this is one of those strange New England things
Linda),
 > was taught to "never water a hot horse".  I was told as a kid, and still
 > know lots of people who do this.
 >
 > Carolyn Burgess
 >
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