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[RC] horse/ponying - Leah McGregor*Hi Leah, what are the conditions that your raise the babies, then? I = tend to slightly disagree in that I have raised some youngsters on = basically 10, flat acres. They have turnout, but to me, that is not = Karen we have 30 acres of a rolling pasture complete with pond (for swimming, splashing water fights, creeks for jumping, some rocks and a good rise to the back side. My horse are always on the move, they run with a herd of goats and guardian dogs that will take the goats in for anything from crows to cougars. The horses usually feel the urge to go with them, although they do seem to be getting wise to the Crow Alert and not think it is absolutely nec. to run full speed in. It is a nice natual conditioning arrangement I really appreciate now. I totally agree the youngsters need all the conditioning they can get, I just hate to hear about or see people dragging young horses along behind up hill and dale willy/nilly thinking...they follow, drag or come and they will but not at added risks as if they did it on their own. And I am in no way suggesting Dave would have done that, just others reading that may not have ponied and think what a good idea...just think it all through. It's easy for the horse being ponied to just get into the follow blindly role, the rider has to be aware of where they are asking that youngster to travel. Leah www.hungarianhorse.com
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