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Past experiences tell me that when a horse starts pawing in a creek, the 
next thing to watch for is the horse lying down in the water with me, saddle 
and all.  Therefore, I discourage this habit.  Some horses can drop into the 
water so fast you don't even see it coming, except for the pawing.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 1:38 PM
Subject: [RC] Trail Manners


> Jim Holland said:
>
> > Hmmmm...I think the poster mentioned the horse "splashing"
> > her with water. It's a pretty animated horse that can
> > "splash you" by using his head. Obviously, she meant pawing.
>
> Not obviously; I have a horse that routinely splashes herself...and
> everybody around her...by throwing the water around with her head.
>
> However, I wouldn't let her do this at an endurance ride unless Ride
> Management had said that there was enough water to be used for scooping
> (such rides are few and far between out here), since when she does it she
> is capable of virtually emptying a full 150 gallon water trough so it only
> has about 6 inches of water left in the bottom.
>
> So, though it wouldn't muddy the water (water around here comes mostly in
> troughs that somebody has had to take a truck out to fill), it would be
> really uncool.
>
> However, if she wanted to play in a creek (or some other "infinite" water
> supply) this way, I would let her.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
>
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