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Spoken like a true "expert", Lif!
Laney

Lif Strand wrote:
> At 10:10 AM 3/12/2006, Steve Shaw wrote:
>
> > I know how to lead a horse to water and make it drink!
> > Wish I could share it all with you.... but not until after this next 
> > Tevis.  It is too much of a competitive advantage!
>
>
> I'm no expert, and I don't play one on TV, but I have some expertise 
> with leading a horse to water and getting it to drink.
>
> First:  You haul about 15 gallons of water in 5 gallon containers by 
> hand up a hill to a vet check.  Then you warm the water in the sun.  You 
> put the water in buckets that are easily accessible for your horse.  
> Then, when the horse comes in, you bring it to drink out of your 
> neighbor's muddy wash water bucket because that's the only water that 
> will do.
>
> Note:  The neighbor's buckets will not be attractive to your horse 
> unless you've hauled 15 gallons yourself.  Your 15 gallons will be 
> drinkable to the next horse that comes in off the trail that isn't your 
> own horse.
>
>
>
> ------------------------
> Lif Strand, Research Associate
> Southwest Center for Resource Analysis
> Western New Mexico University
> (505) 773-4897
> (505) 212-0108 FAX


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