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Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate - Karen SullivanWorst sight ever was going up out of Rancho del Oso on Swanton-to-sea trail, about to take a cutoff trail.....on the two most bomproof horses I have ever had. Unfortunately, a camping group was hiking out.....people each wearing a backpack and carrying one in between each other by the shoulder straps.... ....horses were truly horrified and both did an immediate spin and bolt. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "Dyane Smith" <sunibey@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:45 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate Backpackers are dangerous horse-eaters. I've had otherwise sensible horses come unglued over the sight of a backpacker. They just don't look normal to a horse. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dyane Smith" <sunibey@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2004 6:16 AM Subject: Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate Actually, I'm in the process of trying to find an available fully-loaded backpacker to come walk through my pasture a few times. I have llamas and deer down. Bear, well harder to arrange--at least hard to arrange temporary stays, but I'm going to guess it will be all right since one did visit the neighbors trash cans and the horses did not indicate concern when I saw them the following morning.j Dyane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Sullivan" <greymare56@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx>; <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Spike in Heart Rate----- Original Message ----- From: <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> For my horse there's 2 possibilities: A deer B: loss of contact on electrodes. If it's deer you might want to ride by them often and hope for a training effect. :-) Angie *last weekend my friend who was riding with a heart monitor saw a hugejumpwhen they happened across some bears..... My horse had the same reaction to a bunch of backpackers hiking out....despite one of them giving her carrots, she needs more backpacker work..... ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! ============================================================ There is something so magical about being out at night after being on the trail all day on a long 100 with miles left to go. ~ Tom Noll ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ At the end of the day maybe the definition of endurance isn't the lengthofthe ride but rather the spirit in which it is ridden. ~ Maryanne Stroud Gabani ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ======================================================================================================================== The very essence of our sport is doing the trail as quickly as practicable, while keeping one's horse fit to continue. Taking the clock out of the equation makes it another sport altogether. The challenge is how to keep the sport what it is while honing our skills (both as riders and as those in control roles) in detecting where "the edge" is for each horse so that we don't cross it. ~ Heidi Smith ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ You don't have to be a 100-mile rider or a multi-day rider to be an endurance rider, but if you want to experience the finest challenges our sport has to offer, you need to do both of those. ~ Joe Long ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ============================================================ Just because someone tells you that your horse isn't "fit" for endurance...doesn't mean it isn't, it just means your horse isn't fit to be "their" endurance horse! Go for it, you never know what you'll accomplish with that "saddle horse" or "trail horse" of YOURS! ~ Darlene Anderson - DPD Endurance ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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