| Title: | Equine Notes Conference |
| Notice: | Topics List=4, Horses 4Sale/Wanted=150, Equip 4Sale/Wanted=151 |
| Moderator: | MTADMS::COBURN IO |
| Created: | Tue Feb 11 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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I am concidering taking my horse swimming in one of those Hydrotherapy
pools at a yard near me.
I have heard that swimming your horse can hep maintain their fitness
and is supposed to be very good for them. Has anyone had any
experiences of swimming their horse if so how may times did you go and
did it maintain their fitness.
I often take my horse to a local river that is about 3ft deep and I
make it trot through a couple of times, as that can be good for them
its a shame its not deep enough to actually swim him in,
Any comments,
Thanks in advance
Wendy
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| 1735.1 | POWDML::MANDILE | with an e | Tue Apr 20 1993 10:36 | 7 | |
I watched a special on TV about horses & swimming. It showed
the Hydrotherapy pool and the recovery of a horse who had been
badly injured (broken leg, I think).
Swimming is excellent exercise for anyone, as it puts less stress
on the tendons, muscles etc. of the body.
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| 1735.2 | See current U.S.C.T.A. News. | A1VAX::GUNN | I couldn't possibly comment | Tue Apr 20 1993 16:32 | 10 |
One of this month's magazines (in the U.S.) - U.S.C.T.A. News I think -
had an article on swimming your horse as part of conditioning. I only
glanced at the article but I seem to remember that Bruce Davidson now
swims his horses as part of his training regime.
Horses are not very efficient swimmers so swimming should only be done
for a five or so minutes at a time. I have only gone swimming with my
horse in the local lake on very hot days in the summer to keep us cool
rather than fit. Once cool and wet my horse wanted to head to the bank
where the grass was!
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| 1735.3 | It seems to be working............... | PEKING::KYNASTONW | Tue May 11 1993 04:49 | 13 | |
Well I thought I would let you all know that I have now taken my horse
swimming twice and it has really helped him alot. He appears to be
sharper, as I have been told swimming is really good for their wind,
also swimming seems to have suppled him up, as in my dressage tests I
am not getting comments like "not really working from behind," and "A
little stiff in his back and quarters" So wether this is due to I am
schooling him better or both the swimming, but I would recommend it to
anyone the only thing I would say is that you should really make sure
you go to a proper hydrotherapy pool where there are professional
people who swim the horses for you, and make sure that you put boots on
them!
Wendy
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