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Re: [RC] Drinking out of a Water tank - heidiI'd like to turn this a bit more useful, and get to the real debate. Do we, as a collective group, want to allow horses to drink as they please from the water tanks? or Do we wish to be proactive in preventing illness from sharing water with up to 200 other horses? I think any input/discussion of this will be useful to the ride managers. OK, my nickel's worth. I work hard at encouraging my horses to drink--any time, any place. To tell them "no" after working to teach them otherwise is counterproductive. I can't imagine disillusioning my horse after telling him time and time again what a good boy he is for drinking. We KNOW that dehydration is our enemy, every ride. The risk of disease only hits once in awhile. I vote for drinking from whatever source makes them inclined to do so. Heidi ============================================================ 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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