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Title: RE: Swimming anyone?
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Flemmer, Linda <flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu>
Date: Friday, June 04, 1999 1:07 PM
Subject: RE: Swimming anyone?

>My husband's horse is a TB/QH cross, heavy muscles & coal black.  Between >his color and his muscle mass, he really tends to overheat.  If we hit water, Mike >is sluicing and scraping this fella big time! << (snip)

I'm learning how to do this sponging thing, at this point I feel quite spastic and am obviously not too effective since my horse laid down in the creek.  But I have high hopes of improving quickly.  Is it better to scrape off some of the water as you sponge?  How do you do that?

SusanB

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