On 4/23/08, Mic Rushen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 14:37:24 +0100, you wrote: > > >The only horse who slid - once > > I should have made it clearer - one foot on one horse slid once; it > sounds like he fell or something, and he didn't, not even close. > > Mic >
my only concern with this is, like my stonewall, he is happy-go-effing-stupid. wont slow down for nothing. if my Jaspar or Teev comes up on terrain that is a possible threat to welfare, they slow, will look for and seek better footing. They let ME know the footing is bad. Here the bad stuff is often hidden beneath a foot deep layer of rotting leaves. But stonewall, oh nooooo, he just goes full bore, leaves flying whooo hoooo having a blast... and its up to ME to protect him from his own stupidity... My responsibility actually. Something I have learned is critical actually. Because I have seen people on horses bog down to where I honestly thought helicopters and cranes would have to get them out, people trapped beneath a floundering animal bogged up to the neck in black muck while seven or 8 people with ropes are pulling and shoving the poor thing out. I have been up to my waist in sand while jaspar was up to his nose making some sort of prehistoric groaning sound straining to get out. I dont take terrain lightly! But I do have that one silly horse that does... if I had ice, I think I would watch out for it, and like Skye pointed out, there are other surfaces you just have to watch out for, like asphalt. and just because a horse isnt limping doesnt mean his joint/tendon integrity hasnt been compromised. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
