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Your approach is fine, or you might add that if the dogs cause a 
horse-related accident, the owners may find themselves in legal trouble.  Or 
you could just be very sweet and recommend people confine or leave their 
dogs at home, just for this one time.  "It's very important to you that all 
things go as well as possible and many riders do not want dogs around or 
their horses could be very upset by having the dogs around."  Hopefully, the 
dog owners will cooperate.......

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sharon Levasseur" <sharon1359@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2006 5:51 AM
Subject: [RC] Worrying in advance... how do I deal with this??


> This summer I will be managing a new ride that will be hosted at the barn 
> where
> I board Zephyr.  The barn owners have something like 8 dogs, mostly 
> Australian
> Shepherds, and  they're allowed to run free whenever the owners are 
> outside.
> They're pretty well-behaved but a few of them like to jump up on people, 
> or try
> to get people to play with their toys.
>
> The field where riders will camp isn't right next to the barn areas but 
> the
> vetting and such will be done in the outdoor arena right next to the barn.
>
> Tact isn't one of my strongest points so I need your help.  How do I 
> tactfully
> ask them to find some way to confine the dogs for two days??
>
> I was thinking I might approach it from the point of view that there will 
> be a
> lot of excited horses and I want to avoid the dogs getting hurt.  Any 
> other
> suggestions?
>
> It's going to be tough to keep these dogs in the house, they're so used to 
> being
> outside running around for 12 hours a day!
>
> Thanks,
> Sharon Levasseur, Maine
> Manager of the Hot Toddy Hustle
>
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