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Re: [RC] too many horses - heidiI agree that they aren't happy. If mine haven't been ridden in a while, they root for the halter and holler at the trailer leaving. The saddest thing is an older horse that has worked hard all their life and can't figure why they aren't allowed to go. That's for sure--I've seen some pretty sad faces on the old campaigners when the trailer pulls out the drive with the "younger generation" aboard. It's funny, too--they also know when you're going to a ride and when you're just hauling horses. The preparations are different. They don't fret when I just haul some broodmares off or some such--but they really fret when we've loaded up all the ride stuff and don't take them... Heidi's situation IS different--I believ most of her horses get to run out and be a herd with lots of horse interaction and fun. It's not fun when breeding animals are in little pens with no interaction and not enough exercise. Yes, being out makes such a difference. That was one of the main reasons we moved here. We had most of our horses "out" before but not near the space. We still don't have the freedom we'd like for some of the stallions, but we're working on that, too--and at least they aren't locked away from everybody, as almost all of them have horse buddies right across the fence, and in some cases, the younger ones still get to live together in bachelor bands. (I have a long three-year-old bachelor "pair" at the moment.) Even our riding geldings live out in a group of geldings. Heidi (looking forward to getting some of the younger generation of stallions going under saddle in the next year as well, now that we're back riding!!) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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