Re: Sponging from the water tank

[Darolyn Butler <darolyn@swbell.net>]

Elizabeth,.... I reiterate.... a clean sponge... meaning U don't wipe ur
horse off with it.  U squeeze it over the top of them.  Consider the action
of using a scoop, & the water cascading off the horse & back into the tank
with all those same contaminants.  I squeeze so much & so fast that I hardly
ever even touch the horse when sponging on the fly.  Now if I get off at a
vet check & really sponge him all over, under the belly, etc... then I wud
sponge out of a separate bucket.

As in most things in life... it does require some common sense as what is
appropriate & what is not.  I try to use good judgement in all cases & be
considerate of my fellow riders and horses.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Elizabeth Mueller <demar@cfw.com>
To: <darolyn@swbell.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 7:30 AM
Subject: Sponging from the water tank


> Knowing what a super rider you are, I was shocked to see that you think
> nothing of sponging out of the horse's drinking water tank.  I'd be
> concerned about pesticides and repellents and who knows what is on that
> sponge.  It is INCONSIDERATE to contaminate that water in any way.  I
> disagree with you completely....you MUST THINK of others.
> Betty DeMar Mueller
>