Re: RC: Things that unite, not untie us

[Lynette Helgeson <helgeson@lansford.ndak.net>]

Here are some things to add:
Here's too riders that:
   Realize that horses need to eat too when they are being
worked. 

   That keeping tack and your horse clean is more then just for
show.

   What horse brushes are for.
   
   The true purpose of horse blankets, coolers, easy boots, vet
wrap,
    thermometers, stethoscopes, leg wraps, ice boots, etc.

Maybe the problem with some LD'ers are they are making the
transformation from trail riders to endurance riders. Most
(know note that I said most, not all) trail riders do not 
have a clue how to ride and care for their horses. These are
the ones who are starting out by doing LD's and CTR's. So 
these distances are sometimes a period of learning and 
adjustment. An awakening, you might say. For people who didn't
have a clue that your horse needs to be as comfortable with
their tack as you are. That horses need to have food and water
during a ride, just like people. That horses like to be 
dry and comfortable too. Not standing around with a heavy wet
saddle on, thirsty and uncomfortable. So try to have patience 
with some of us LDer's. We are learning. We hope some day to be
able to call ourselves "arrogant oldies". :-)  

So here's to endurance riders, no matter what distance you are
at, you are true horse people!

Lynette In ND
Having a beautiful fall, with temperatures in the 60's for the
start of deer hunting season. 

   


Deanna German wrote:
> 
> Hey all.
> 
> Now that I'm really regretting contributing to the latest reiteration of
> that unmentionable discussion (don't SAY it; that two letter discription
> that merely indicates fewer miles than 50), I want to start a thread
> about all of the things that UNITE us rather than UNTIE us.
> 
> I moved my horse from a distance riding barn at the beginning of this
> year (yes, distance riding barns DO exist, just like show barns) and I
> look to ridecamp to make me feel better after putting up with my
> unenlightened new barn friends' unending questions that always seem to
> have a smirk attached to them. (The same people who "cowboy" and
> override their horses one or two days a weekend without even a clue as
> to how to cool them out properly. Then there's the one who ties her
> horse by the reins... I yie, yie....)
> 
> So, here's to all of us who:
> 
>     love to camp with our horses
>     use washable tack
>     know that color is important (of the horse's urine output, not the
> tack color)
>     know that a hot, thirsty horse needs to drink
>     ride (really ride) at least every other day
>     can recite the virtues of beet pulp in its various forms
> 
> Come on all, contribute to this thread!
> 
> Deanna (155 CTR miles — I remembered another 15 mile novice ride from a
> few years back!)
> Ohio
> 
> BTW, tack color IS important when 10 other people in your barn do CTR or
> endurance and you all have nylon or biothane tack!
> 
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