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Re: Re: nutrition for 2 yr old



Karen,
thankyou for your note.  I will stay in touch.  You have given me some ideas for "homework" for Windynight and Mariah.  I am so excited about our immediate and future life together.  The ground work will be easy to do but the "loose trail work" will take some planning and imagination!  Why I love this sport!  challenges the mind as well as the body!:))
Great Horsey Days
Beth and Clann Gunn
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Sullivan
To: Beth Gunn
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2001 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Re: nutrition for 2 yr old

Well, I started when she was about 6 months....very short, mostly her loose, following a mare I rode, 20 minutes or so.  I have ponied her, and hand walked, but also feel that running loose is very, very important in their developing self-confidence and learning where and where not to step!  If you cross a creek, and the baby is loose, they have to make the decision on their own, where exactly to cross.....and how to do it.  Watching mine run loose, I have seen her make some mistakes, and learn from them.  If they are always ponied close next to another horse, they just don't have to "think."  But, I do have safe places to do it!  Keep me posted on your two and a half year old...that is the age of my baby and it will be fun to compare notes!
 
I have had a light saddle on mine. She has had all sorts of strange things tied to the saddle, and it not the least bit concerned!
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Gunn
To: Karen Sullivan ; ridecamp@endurance.net
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2001 7:09 AM
Subject: Re: Re: nutrition for 2 yr old

Karen,
Thankyou for your post.  How old was your filly when you began the exercise program?  Did you pony her or hand walk?  I hand walk Mariah, who is 16 mos now, 3 xs a week and pony her brother, 2 1/2 yrs, now.  He is big and ends up ponying us!
Beth Gunn
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Sullivan
To: Beth Gunn ; ridecamp@endurance.net
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 11:10 PM
Subject: RC: Re: nutrition for 2 yr old

I had gone to my vet with this question when I bought a weanling filly...who is now two and a half.  Basics include good quality hay (not alfalfa) and fresh water.  I supplemented with a good foal pellet for the first year or so pretty consistently...but have gotten somewhat lazy lately. I feel with a mix of good grass hay, oat hay, pasture grass and weeds and limited alfalfa; we are covering all the bases.  With mine currently at 15.1, I feel most of her active growing is done...she is half ARab, half QH....
 
Exercise is important!  I started mine out on very short outings 20 minutes or so, and the first year worked up to no more than an hour, but adding some small hills and rough terrain.  My vet encouraged me to do this every day, (which is impossible), but I try to get her out at least 3-4 times a week.  Rest of time she has about a 6 acre flat pasture with the other horses.
 
While I am going to keep getting her out, and she has been on two hour low-key rides, and I think that is pleanty!
Karen
----- Original Message -----
From: Beth Gunn
To: ridecamp@endurance.net
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 7:34 AM
Subject: RC: nutrition for 2 yr old

Karen,
I will be reading inputs.  I, too, have new 16 month old filly, and 2yr 4 mo. gelding.  Very interested in feeding and exercising correctly for best potential as endurance buddies!!:))
Beth Gunn


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