Re: RC: training question

["Tamara Habberley" <tamarahabberley@hotmail.com>]

God what a question!

If your rides are anything like UK ones, get your horse used to tents 
flapping pretty fast. Even though our venues now corral and camp slightly 
seperatly the horses still end up being lead past the demon tent monsters.

Be prepared for horsey people doing really dim things too, like moving a 
tent whilst still in errected ( but obviously not pegged down) past your 
triler just as you try to unload your horse, reversing tow vehicle at your 
horse etc.

ALso be prepared for horse to decide not eat anything but grasss on the day 
of the ride and take plenty of food and hay/haylage for after vet checks.

try and prepare your horsefor trot ups surrounded by strangers and being 
used to having bumps and lupms fondled by said starngers!


Good luck Im sure youll have fun!

Tamara


>From: Lucy Chaplin Trumbull <elsie@calweb.com>
>To: RideCamp <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>Subject: RC:   training question
>Date: Wed, 18 Aug 1999 13:35:48 -0700
>
>
>
>"S. Willis" wrote:
> >
> > I wimped out this a.m. and took an umbrella with me out to
> > the paddocks to feed horses...and then I wondered what other
> > 'oddities' we may need to be prepared for?
> > ...
> > So, my question for all you seasoned RC'ers is this: what would you
> > recommend us 'newbies' get our horse prepared for? I much prefer to
> > anticipate and train in a home environment rather than be surprised!
>
>My vote would be for them to get into *any* trailer, whatever
>shape or size, with whatever other strange horse already
>in there. For if you get pulled and have to be trailered
>out.
>
>And to be used to vehicles driving past very close in limited
>space (watched this happen at Deadwood during Tevis. Not
>much space there. The pull-trailer was trying to leave
>as people were coming into the check. I marvelled at how
>unconcerned riders/horses were at trailers passing (admittedly
>slowly) inches from their butts).
>
>--
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>Repotted english person in Sacramento, CA
>http://www.calweb.com/~elsie
>
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