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>     I remember pulling up to the first real water at Big Horn one year. 
>     Ranger and I pulled up, I jumped off, slacked cinch, he lowered his head 
> and drank, while I fumbled around for my 60cc syringe and electrolytes. 
>     A young lady sitting on a panting horse (who had arrived at the water 
> tank some time before me) asked, "How DO you get your horse to drink...mine 
> just won't, I'm thinking I have to get rid of him?" 
>      I said, "I'd start by getting off of him and slackening your cinch," I 
> replied. 
>      She said, "But then, I won't be able to get back on him." 
>      I didn't say it, but I wanted to tell her to take her horse home and 
> train him to be mounted. 
>      Point being, often a "drinking problem" is not so much a "drinking 
> problem" as it is something else. 
>      This case illustrates that.... 
Yes, it certainly does.  And I REALLY get a kick out of folks who will
be at a water tank or stream with me, and our horses will be head down,
guzzling swallow for swallow--and they say, "Wow, look at those e-lytes
kick in!"   And I just smile and go my merry way.  Because you're
right, the drinking issue is largely training (although yes, I've run
into a few horses like Lud McCrary's that simply aren't suited to the
sport).  

Although I admittedly was not fumbling with an e-lyte syringe during
that exchange...

Heidi


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