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Re: [RC] fencing - rides2farA reason? Yeah, they are horses! Geeze, I wish I had horses as perfect as some of ya'll do! Anybody who knows me knows I am definately low in the "perfectly trained horse" rankings. I just rank high in the "Paranoid owner who takes no chances" standings. For instance, you said your horse jumped the fence to come with you when you went riding. When I take 2 riding, I always lock the last one in the barn...not that he's ever threatened to do anything...it's just I am a rediculously paranoid person who takes no chances. You said they get in trouble fighting over the fence. I just talked my neighbor out of boarding a guy's young stallion because I could imagine it getting loose and coming up to fight mine through the fence. I didn't say I insist my horse behave at the ride when the neighbor took their horses for a walk. I crawled out of bed, grabbed my boots and followed them! Yes, I have had one jump a 4'6" fence, it was when the neighbor stacked 4x6' sheets of white styrofoam insulation next to my field and they blew over the fence in a wind storm (I hadn't seen that they were there or I'd have seen that coming too). You can't cover all the bases, but sometimes you look around camp and see stuff and it's *really* easy to predict what's going to happen soon. There's things people could do to prevent it but they're not doing it. I've never gotten mad at someone whose horses got loose when they'd done everything sensible to do. I just get irritated when I catch loose horses and everyone recognizes them because it's the same ones that were out at the last two rides they went to. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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