[RC] Since we are on the subject of water - Sherman
Truman
wrote:
Why do my
horses drink early and often while many other people have problems with
their horses drinking the first 20 or 30 miles. I think I know - my horses
didn't start out as endurance horses. They started out as trail horses. They
had a good year of just hacking around on the trails. When we went camping
it was to hack around. They learned to drink in a relaxed laid back trail
ride not the pressure of an endurance ride. Not to say we weren't moving on
and covering ground, but it was still a trail ride.
I sure wish this were the case with my hubby's
horse. He'd been an arena horse a couple years, then a team penner, then a trail
horse for about 5 years before starting conditioning for endurance (2 years
ago). He usually will not drink 'til about mile 18, however, this past week on a
short 15 mile ride he started drinking at about 10 miles. We were climbing
long steep hills, and the temp was near or over 100. Maybe he's finally seen the
light!? He now also likes me to syringe water into his mouth, but I don't
know how much of that he actually drinks.
