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Please Reply to: Sheila Larsen Sheila_Larsen@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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My old experienced endurance horse sometimes would not drink
until mile 20 or so.  Ok, not ideal but that's what he did.
My current mare wasn't a good drinker either, and this is what
I did.  On training rides I would pack some beet pulp(dried) and
some grain for flavor.  At the water stops I would offer to let
her drink and if she didn't I would mix up the beet pulp and
grain and feed it to her.  Hey it soaked for a whole 45 seconds
but it was fed with water.  Almost invariably she would drink at
the next water stop.  It also taught her to eat on trail.  The
other thing that worked was a very long training ride, from 
Robinson to Deadwood and back.  Not much water on the trail but
it was available.  By the time we got back to Robinson, there 
was a trickle of water next to the road. I got off and she
practically got on her knees to drink.  She can still take 15
milesor so to drink but then she gets serious about it.  Just
to make it clear she did drink at other stops on the long
training ride, don't want anyone to think she went that long
without water, but I think she "learned" that day what thirst
was all about.


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