This message is from: Robin Churchill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Obviously, with living in Florida, if our fjords are ever going to work, they have to do it in the heat but I try to be extremely careful with them. I only work them in the morning or evening, hose them before and after working and hydrate with some gatorade before and gatorade with summer games electrolytes added after work. I also give lots of breaks while working. With this approach, they have become quite fit and tolerate the work without difficulty. When my gelding first arrived from Nova Scotia, the heat really affected him but after spending 3 years in southwest Florida (in the summer otherwise known as hell), he does fine. That being said, Valerie's point is well-taken as our vet told me about a quarter horse last week that had to be euthanized after foundering from being worked excessively in the heat.
I think a lot of horse trailers especially in the more northern areas lack sufficient ventilation for hot weather. My first horse trailer came from Indiana and was a great trailer except not enough ventilation for this climate which really restricted when I could trailer. I got rid of it and got one with as much ventilation as I could put in and an insulated roof and have no problems trailering even when it is quite hot. Robin in southwest hot, humid, unseasonably dry Florida --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: > http://tinyurl.com/rcepw > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 The FjordHorse List archives can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw
