Winter Protection
Connie Field (76055.3073@CompuServe.COM)
18 Nov 96 22:30:40 EST
I couldn't stand the temptation. I have to tell you all about the treatment our
horses got when I was a kid. I grew up on an Indian reservation in South Dakota
and man! it gets cold there. We rode merrily all summer then when cold weather
came all the horses in town (not just ours) were ridden out to winter pasture
and left to fend for themselves for about 6 months. Open prairie to live on
with wild grass called buffalo grass the staple food. It is about 3-5 inches
long and curly and very nutrient rich. Then in the spring we trecked out and
lured them back to a captive life. I am horrified at the thought of it now but
it worked well and was the normal way of life. My winpy arab shivers and has to
have a blanket if it gets very cold.
Connie and the wimpy arab, Spur.