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Re: [RC] [Guest] Crossing water with a green Arab - Typef

I have a new mare who would go thirsty rather than step in the puddles
around the water trough created by my Mustang who gets bored and likes to
put her front feet in it and splash the goldfish out. I watched the new mare
go back and forth from the pasture three times to the water trough in a
period of about 10 minutes, only to come up short of the puddles, try to
stretch her head WAAAAAY out to drink and could never reach. I felt sorry
for her and opened the gate to her paddock where she could get water from a
dry area. What an idiot I am!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ridecamp Guest" <ridecamp-moderator@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <guest@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2003 3:44 PM
Subject: [RC] [Guest] Crossing water with a green Arab



Dyane Smith  sunibey@xxxxxxxxxxx

I think focusing on where you are going and not on what is immediately

ahead

is critical to success riding, but I would like to mention that not all
horses read the books.  My Foxer loves his grass pasture almost more than
life itself, but he has to cross a small creek to get to it.  He's fine

now,

almost the best at crossing, but the first year I lived here---yes, I said
"year", Fox refused to cross the creek.  The other horses would go out
happily and Fox would cry and moan and curse his lot in life, but he would
not put hoof to water.

Since a year is relatively more patience than I have, I'm happy he was

able

to work all this out on his own.

Dyane and Fox (well, I do do bridges really well)



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