Re: FW: when to give electrolytes

[Trailrite@aol.com]

In a message dated 8/19/99 9:23:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time, 
flemmerl@rcbhsc.wvu.edu writes:

<< 
 I wouldn't hold my horse to a shorter distance until it "clicked" for them,
 but I would be very cautious on a longer ride & ride it conservatively.
 
 Linda Flemmer
  >>

    I agree with you on the above statement, but, on the other hand some 
people need to practice on knowing if that horse will do what your horse did. 
 There is nothing wrong with shorter distance until this happens.  If your 
experienced enough, and she stated it was her first ride, then, shorter 
distance and practice would be the safest way to advised her.  We surely 
don't want someone having a bad experience on their first couple of rides.
    Since I deal with nothing but new riders and new horses for a living, I 
like to see them both (horse & rider) know what their doing and how to deal 
with up coming problems. Safety is my main concern not distance, at least not 
at the beginning.  I do have some new clients that have the knowledge and we 
start them on 50's for there first ride.  This is done only after a lot of 
lessons, and conditioning here at the ranch.  But even so, they have 
Trail-Rite escort them the whole way for their first 50 mle ride and this 
seems to help a lot.
    What I've found out over the years is some people have a feel for 
endurance and some people need to read and practice different aspects of this 
sport.  To the general horse public there is not a lot of information just 
out there.  So even though, they have had a horse all their life, to 
recognize a problem is still new information to them.  Just wanted to let you 
know why I said what I did.:)
Tammy Robinson
Trail-Rite Ranch & Products


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