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Re: [RC] [RC] how to handle an IR horse at ride camps? - rdcarrie

What about trying to figure out a way to set up a highline, and tie the mare just short enough that she can't reach down to the grass...then hang her water and feed up on the side of the trailer where she can reach it?
 
Dawn 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: christina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:48 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] how to handle an IR horse at ride camps?

even if ridecamp is "in a pasture" or "field", surely there is a spot or two without grass that can be reserved just for you.  Just ask ride mgmt to assist you.

Marta Kozlowska <martank@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sharon,
thanks for this suggestion. good idea!
i appreciate it. too bad i can't make your ride this year... maybe next year:)
marta

On 7/11/06, Sharon Levasseur <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just a quick note... make sure you ask the ride manager if there REALLY are no
stalls available.

I'm managing a new endurance ride on August 12th (Hot Toddy Hustle in Orland,
Maine) and the ride paperwork says no stalls.  But ridecamp is located in a
field next to a boarding facility and I'm sure, in a case like yours, we could
find you either a drylot or a stall.

Sharon Levasseur
www.zegifts.com/HTH/hot-toddy-hustle.htm



Quoting Marta Kozlowska <martank@xxxxxxxxx>:

> my mare is insulin resistant and does well, so long as she's not on grass
> between april and october. at home she gets turned out in a dry lot w/ hay.
> until now the only rides we've done were local ECTRA rides which didn't
> require overnight stays. the one ride that required overnight had stalls. i
> would like to enter some rides this fall but they all seem to have ride camp
> located on a grass pasture or stalls available on first come first serve
> basis. i hope that those that offer stalls would be willing to reserve one
> for us in light of my mare's condition. but what about when there is no
> stalls? has anyone found a way to handle this? i have a muzzle which offers
> some protection, but in all honesty i would be worried having her on grass
> for more than a couple of hours even while wearing the muzzle. i also
> realize i could plug up the muzzle but then mare's not eating at all and
> that's not a good situation especially at  a ride.
> i'm curious how people handle this.
> thanks!
> marta
>


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