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That's a pretty rich diet.......that much sweet feed, corn and "the best" 
alfalfa hay!  I'd be really scared to feed my horse that way, even if we 
were going cross-country.  What say the vet and feed experts on ridecamp? 
Am I totally wrong?

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Teeter" <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <crosscountrycowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2005 12:29 PM
Subject: [RC] FWD: Cross Country Cowboy Correction


> By Request from Ray:)
>
> > Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2005 11:31:01 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Ray Piecuch <crosscountrycowboy@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: Re: [RC]   Erroneous Reuters info
> > To: John Teeter <johnt@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >    Dear John, ( Like that's never been written)
> >
> >     To begin with, I was never arrested in Woodside,
> > Ca that night. The local people were very friendly and
> > helpful to Bo and me. At the time, I was looking for a
> > place to rest Bo for a week or two, and some work I
> > could do while he beefed up for the last 35 miles of
> > our trip. If you people know horses, you would know
> > that we didn't get across the entire nation if I
> > didn't keep my horse sound. My best guess is that we
> > covered 3800 miles in 355 days, all on our own feet.
> > My horse ate when I didn't. I took first care of my
> > horse in the classic tradition of all cowboys.
> >
> >      And by the way, we started our adventure on the
> > shores of Hampton Beach, N.H., within feet of the
> > North Atlantic. We went exactly coast to coast .
> >      And for another point, when I got Bo back from
> > the local Humane Society in Woodside, he was
> > absolutely starving. They said that they were afraid
> > he was going to colic, and were only giving him Equine
> > Senior feed. That's like giving a working man only
> > oatmeal to eat! The lady that led my fine road horse
> > back to my care had her hands full that day. She could
> > hardy keep him moving because he was starving and kept
> > reaching for grass on the side of the road !
> >        Well, when I got my buddy back I got him the
> > highest protein sweet feed that I could get my hands
> > on and the best alfalfa hay I could find, and he was
> > happy again.
> >       Old Bo would commonly go through fifty pounds
> > of sweet feed in three days, and one time, in
> > Washington,Kansas, I watched him eat fifty pounds of
> > cracked corn in two days, and he didn't colic. You
> > make up your own mind, but I know what I saw.
> >
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Ray Piecuch
>
>
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