*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
