Re: Climate and Altitude changes

["Susan Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

My opinion would be that any depression after a move is more due to stress
of an upset schedule, routine, environment, etc---which can all show up in
physiological ways, ie, changes in the microbial population of the gut, etc.
Altitude change, I doubt it.

But, yes, allowing extra time after transport is always a good idea, mostly
to allow time to catch up on eating, get fully rehydrated, etc.  If *I* were
going to complete (hopefully) a hundred mile ride and then have a long
trailer ride home, I would ideally like to give my horse at least a day to
get some food and water back into his system, not to mention a chance for
the muscles to recover.  Standing in a moving trailer is hard work (give it
a try sometime).  The more time, the better.  I know schedules sometimes
dictate less than optimal recovery time before heading hiome, but I always
cringe when I see obviously tired, tucked-up looking horses being loaded
into a trailer for what I know is a long ride after just having finished the
ride.

JMO.

Susan G
----- Original Message -----
From: robert and carla lawson <robandcarla@hotmail.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 9:53 PM
Subject: RC: Climate and Altitude changes


> This is a topic I don't see very often on RC but would love to discuss.
> After a recent move about from South Central Tennessee I moved to Central
> Southern Kentucky. I actually lived on the Alabama Tennessee Boarder. I
> Lived in Alabama my horses Lived in Tennessee. One of my mares experienced
> what I would call some depression but was told it may have been climate,
> altitude change. Now to me I didn't feel a darn thing but to her well she
> was just so depressed looking. I realize that horses have less tendency to
> eat drink and be happy when on rides, this is a given unless your horse is
> getting really used to slumber parties.
> I was kind of wondering if you plan on going to rides that are several
> Hundreds of miles away say from coast to coast how much time would be good
> to give your horse time to adjust? If you do say a hundred or a multiday
how
> much recovery time would you give before hauling back? I remeber something
> maybe Steph and Krusty was in France about a week or two? correct me if I
am
> wrong here. I know that the plane ride was no picnic for a horse. Here in
> the south when riding in the south you can pretty much haul one day ride
the
> next and leave the following. Just some random thoughts I have had, I want
> the best advantage when I begin again. Goodness knows by the time my two
> year tenure is up I am going to know every nook and crannie on these rides
> through ya'll!
> Carla (hey I am off today and I rode!! yippeeeeeeee!!)
> Ansata (hey mom you a little sore from all that hopping around??)
> haley (cool move can you show me that one?)
> Rob *at work for me. he was off yesterday!*
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