Re: Winter Management

["Lori Bertolucci-Woodard" <llbertol@atnet.net>]

Cookie, what do you do about your horses hooves filling with snow when you
ride? I have a mare that cannot go without shoes. I would like to ride her
some this winter, but if we get any snow that could prove to be a problem.
This winter riding stuff is new to me, what having originated from
Bakersfield, the land of sand and sage.
Lori B.

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> From: cookie hickstein <cookieh@trib.com>
> To: Ridecamp@endurance.net; Madeline Olea <molea@ucla.edu>
> Subject: Re: Winter Management
> Date: Sunday, November 01, 1998 4:47 PM
> 
> Madeline,
> 
> Yes you can use the pipe corrals in cold climates, here in Wyoming we get
> to -50 (not wind chill) and we have pipe corrals.  You can get a water
tank
> with a heater in it Richie makes a good one in different sizes and they
work
> very well.  We already have ours turned on since we could get cold
weather
> any day.
> 
> As far as the snow, that's not a problem, we moved from Tahoe where we
would
> get 6 feet of snow over night.  We had our horses there year round.
> Sometimes we had to wait to ride during the winter months or trailer to
> where there was less snow  towards Reno.  Where we live in Wyoming we get
> the cold and some snow but never move than a couple of feet at a time.
> 
> You'll love riding in the snow on a nice day!
> 
> Cookie & Tezz
> -
> 
> >hear from people who live in snowy winter climates:  can you use pipe
> corral
> >or is there a danger the horses will lick the pipe and get stuck to the
> >frozen pipe?  Is there a similar problem if you want to cover corners of
> >wood in the barn with metal to keep the horses from snacking on the
frame
> of
> >the barn?  What is the safest way to heat water for the water trough?
> >
>