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Re: [RC] Fw: Horses drinking - RDCARRIEIn a message dated 5/26/2004 11:03:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: there were several times that he went right back to MAJOR drinking 2 and 3 times after I'd gently suggest that we move on after his nose came up out of the water. My horse know the words, "drink or go!" when we're at water. He generally drinks really well anyhow. But once he's taken a drink and raises his head, I'll gently touch his sides with my legs. That's his signal to either get busy drinking more NOW if he wants it, or else we're moving on. I don't let him piddle around at water stops. Of course, if we're riding with friends, we all wait for each other, and some of the horses are still in the learning curve. But the "peer pressure" of seeing their buddies drinking is bringing a couple of the others around nicely. That and the East Texas 90 degree heat and high humidity. <G> By the time summer *really* gets here, all of them ought to be sucking water like suction hoses. :) Dawn in East Texas ============================================================ Of course things aren't perfect, perfect doesn't exist on this earth. Doesn't mean we won't go on trying to get better at what we do. Besides, if everything was perfect today, what would you do tomorrow? Slamming each other doesn't get anything done. ~ Dot Wiggins ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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