Re: NEVER

["Susan Evans Garlinghouse" <suendavid@worldnet.att.net>]

One of the best pieces of advice I ever got was from one of my old advisors,
and he told me that no animal on earth is going to work as hard or as
diligently as the horse to disprove all the "rules".  Anybody that's ever
heard one of my lectures always knows I start out the same way...that with
extremely few exceptions, there are dam* few absolutes around horses, and
the more often you say "never" and "absolutely" about them, the better the
odds are that the next WEC race is going to be won by a horse that didn't
read that book and competes in Nike running shoes, eats nothing but taco
chips and beer and wears his saddle backwards.

Cool post, Debby, thanks for the giggle.

Susan Garlinghouse

-----Original Message-----
From: Debbyly@aol.com <Debbyly@aol.com>
To: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Sunday, January 31, 1999 5:59 PM
Subject: NEVER


>The thread on feeding/not feeding in the trailer made me think of some of
the
>things that I have been told emphatically NEVER to do with horses.
>
>Never allow a horse to eat with a bit in his mouth.
>
>Never feed a horse carrots.
>
>Never feed in the trailer.
>
>Never allow a hot horse to drink.
>
>Never trot downhill.  Never canter downhill.  Never trot uphill.  Never
canter
>uphill.  Never trot or canter in the sand.
>
>Never use a martingale.  Never ride without a martingale.  Never ride
without
>a breast collar.  Never ride without a crupper.  Never ride with a
martingale
>or a crupper.
>
>Never use hot wire corrals at a ride.
>
>Never put shoes on a horse.  Never ride a horse a long distance without
shoes.
>Never use pads.  Never do a rocky ride without pads.
>
>Never feed an endurance horse alfalfa.
>
>Never trailer a horse more than four hours without taking him out.  Never
take
>the horse out when you are trailering.  Never tie your horse in the
trailer.
>Never leave your horse loose in the trailer.
>
>Never use a bit on an endurance ride.  Never ride without a bit.
>
>Never force electrolytes.  Never do a long hot ride without forcing
>electrolytes.
>
>Never ride without a bra.  Never ride without underwear.
>
>There is someone out there who could tell a convincing disaster story about
>each and every one of these nevers.  If we took to heart each thing that
>someone tells us never to do, we would certainly never ride our horses.
>
>Debby Lyon
>