Good luck-
Diane @ Safe Haven
Allentown, PA
On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Sue Cunningham wrote:
> Took our five year old to his first 'real' ride yesterday. Did a 25
> mile pleasure ride, and at the end asked the vet to take vet him as
> if it was a competetive ride, as his first competetive ride will be
> in three weeks. Now he trots out OK, he is used to doing this at
> previous pleasure rides, but he would not stand still for a whole
> minute to get his pulse taken.
>
> He will stand still at home, and he did stand still earlier at the
> ride while I took it, but at the vetting area, it was 'whats going on
> over there', 'who's that' etc. etc., trying to keep every horse in
> the area in sight all the time. His pulse was also higher than it
> had been when he just finished (48)!
>
> Any suggestions, other than time?
>
> (His riding partner, by the way, is his mother, who is always fairly calm.)
>
> Sue
> sue.cunningham@mcc.ac.uk
> sue@snaffle.demon.co.uk
>