Re: [RC] UMECRA - would you go to a ride if you couldn't use your portable pen? - Heidi SmithThe DNR requires that horses be tied to the large H-shaped hitching rail built at each camp site. A single horse could have a sliding tether set-up on the high tension cable above the rail, but two or more horses would have to be stationary tied on the hitching post. Portable pens, high-ties, or stabling at the trailer is not allowed at the park. Would you attend a ride with such strict stabling requirements? In a word, no. And I don't use portable pens--I tie to the trailer. But that IS my horse's familiar home-away-from-home, never mind that my routine is worked out to deal with that sort of camping situation (how my tack is arranged in the trailer, etc.), so it would be a major bother to have to tie somewhere else. And since we often ride stallions as well, we can control our "social setting" by how we park--the fact that we couldn't choose the location of the H-ties is to me far more of a negative than the fact that they are stationary ties. (And I think this is an issue to many horse owners, not just stallion owners.) Heidi =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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