Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

Actually not really. It always took a little longer than it should have 
at the first check. After the first year she knew the drill. She could 
sing and dance with a 56. I found that pulling the saddle helped - told 
her that she could relax. The 26 resting heart rate may have also helped.

Truman

Nancy Sturm wrote:
> So Truman,  did you have trouble getting her to pulse down when she got
> wired like that?
>
> I've resorted to riding with a buddy, which helps Hunter (TWH) be somewhat
> more polite at vet checks and brings him into the check already pulsed down.
> By himself, he's so edgy that we once pulsed him down only after holding up
> one front foot to quiet him.
>
> He is not, however spooky.    Still, I was glad he wasn't here on the farm
> yesterday when a paraglider landed in our hay field.  He swooped down right
> over the Icelandics, hollering because he'd been told to warn horses he was
> coming in.  It was quite a sight.  Typical of the Icelandics, they went up
> to the fence to take a look.
>
> Nancy
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>  Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
>  Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
>  Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp
>
>  Ride Long and Ride Safe!!
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>
>
>   


--

“It doesn't matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn't matter how 
smart you are. If it doesn't agree with experiment, it's wrong” Richard 
Feynman, Nobel Laureate in Physics


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp
Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp

Ride Long and Ride Safe!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=