Re: Belly Lifts

["Glenda R. Snodgrass" <grs@theneteffect.com>]

> If you aren't sure your horse can lift its back, watch the back when the
> horse poops!  Most endurance horses are very stiff backed because of arab
> conformation and because they don't get asked to use their hind ends under
> them very much.  A stiff backed horse can still raise its back but may take
> longer to learn to do it "on command" as well as while pooping.  And, until

Well, I can always tell when Lakota is pooping without even turning to 
see -- I can feel his back move under the saddle.  Does that mean he's 
supple in the back and using his hind end as he should?

Glenda & Lakota (Champion Pooper)