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Re: [RC] Reducing the waistline - Rebecca FabiszakI hope that my experience is as good as yours with my 8 year old. Seven had not been abused to your knowledge? Polly (want a cracker?) has been. When he gets nervous, his upper lip sticks out like a parrots beak. Great indicator of when he is going to blow. No blowing up since we laid him down, very humanely, 3 times in a period of 2 weeks or so. He is so much less jumpy than he was. He still seems to look at me at times like " You think you are going to do WHAT with me?I am not a horse, I am a pasture ornament/gigolo. " Once haltered, he is like a puppy dog, it is just when he is loose that he is distrustful. Beccy
----- Original Message ---- From: "rides2far@xxxxxxxx" <rides2far@xxxxxxxx> To: suendavid@xxxxxxx Cc: Ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 5, 2007 8:27:52 PM Subject: [RC] Reducing the waistline Well Susan, since you are a mere shadow of your old self, maybe 7 can get some advice from you. :-) To reduce the bloat. I have Orchard Grass, Coastal & Alfalfa. Should he get all grass hay for lower calories or grass/alfalfa for calories with less bulk? Right now he gets about a cup and a half of Omalene 100 (so he won't feel left out) a flake of alfalfa and a flake of orchard grass morning & evening. He *got* his belly this summer when I kept coastal in front of him every minute of every day. I was looking over a half door at him monitoring the covering of his spine with meat...should have opened the door and focused my eyes on the belly! Rode him again today and just love him. He's confident, no foolishness, brisk walk and willing to lead. No hint of buck (knock wood) at walk or trot ridden or when ponied at a gallop. Sweet, cute, just a good personality. Didn't even spook when I rode him on a rediculously windy day!!! So far this experiment with starting a 7 year old says it's a good thing. Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
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