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- From: "IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN" <ilichten1@verizon.net>
- To: "'Mounted search and rescue'" <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission
- Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:52:44 -0500
Depending on how rugged your mount is whether
you want to risk a diet change. I pack a 5 gallon bucket with feed from
the barn hopper while the water tank(s) is filling. My Percheron will eat almost anything without a problem but to avoid
problems (he is 21 +) I bring a bale of hay and his customary feed and water
along. Water is usually the most picky for some reason. There are 3
15 Gallon plastic water drums in the trailer and they get filled with well
water from his usual source. There is only one area that requires seed
free around here and they want you take your manure with you too. Almost
all the square bale hay and all the round bales are local. The problems
with invasives are over a century old in He has been high lined, rope corralled, in
other people’s corrals and electric fences. For emergencies (we
also so LART and disaster relocation) I keep a 12VDC charger and a roll of
conductive string in the truck so I can electrify whatever we end up using in
the field, such as construction fence. Blackie is the lead gelding in his
paddock and at 17-2 and 1700 pounds I rarely put him in with a stranger for
just one night. We do work at night, without lights. As to fouling a trail, the trackers
complain the most about trampling, as they should. The tracking dogs should
not have a problem picking out a subject’s scent. Pure air scent dogs are not recommended around
here because we often are working public spaces that cannot be closed (and the
rest of us want the public to be spotters/attractors). The dog must be
able to discriminate between scents to be useful in an area that sees thousands
of visitors per day. Irv Lichtenstein SE PA SAR |
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Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission,
Kate Beardsley, 10/28/2008
- Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission, IRVIN LICHTENSTEIN, 10/28/2008
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Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission,
Una Smith, 10/28/2008
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Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission,
Lois Guyon, 10/28/2008
- Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission, Una Smith, 10/29/2008
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Re: [MSAR] Feeding Horses on a Mission,
Lois Guyon, 10/28/2008
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