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[brackets point >>INTO<<< quoted text] >>>>>Also, a lot of people dont know so I am telling you--- when riding in the water you do not USE REINS! Its hard work for them and they really have to have unobstructed breathing when swimming and like humans their heads rise and fall out of the water and they have to be able to concentrate on breathing rhythmically while swimming just as we do!! I know two people whose horses almost drowned because they were not careful about this!<<<<< Thanks for the heads up! I've read that before but since I no longer swim my horses, didn't really think about it. I used to like to swim my horses across rivers, but I sort of floated beside them and let them pull me through the water by their manes. In 1980 I was swimming the flooded Animas River in Durango, CO, on my Arabian, but he got snagged on something underwater and disappeared for a long moment. I was going to try to dive down and free him (a really BAD idea) but just then he popped back up. After that, I would only ride them partway into ponds or wade up flooded creeks. Rachel from E KY
