Re: RideCamp: Feeding while travelling

[Farafix@aol.com]

Barbara,

I usually don't trailer more than about 4-5 hours to a ride, but I have gone
to some rides that required 2 days of 8 hour trailering.  I was too chicken to
take the horse off, afraid it wouldn't get back on!  I had arranged to stay
overnight at a horse facility where the horse could be in a paddock to relax &
move about.
I did offer the horse water in a small bucket whenever I stopped for gas or
potty breaks.  Especially after the ride, the water seemed to be much
appreciated.  I have a hay net that the horse can eat from (raised fairly
high).  I also put one of those see thru fly masks on the horse, especially in
the summer when I have more of the vents open to protect the horse's eyes from
small pieces of hay debris.
Would be interested in how other folks handle long distance hauls.

Nancy
Md


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