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Topic: Grazing
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irishluck807
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posted September 16, 2003 07:51 PM
My horse is currently stabled at a barn in Queens and due to lack of space we have no outdoor pastures or anything where he could graze. He gets to run around and kick up his heels in the indoor ring however, but no grass unless I would hand graze him outside which I did for around 15 minutes a day. I'm upstate in college now and after christmas he will be coming up to a barn here and he would have access to real turnout. I heard that it's good to start him out slowly and gradually increase his time spent at pasture. I just wanted to ask your advice on it since he hasn't been turned out for so long and I don't want to overload him.
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Posts: 51 | From: NYC | Registered: Sep 2003
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RubySlipper
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Member # 339
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posted September 16, 2003 08:03 PM
You don't have to worry since you will be bringing him up there in the winter, and there is no grass. You have to worry about putting a horse out on lush spring grass for too long if they are not used to it.
Posts: 601 | Registered: Jun 2003
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Dawn
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posted September 16, 2003 08:05 PM
Right, you shouldn't have to worry about it. Unless you somehow have great pasture in NY in the middle of the winter. Not great chances on that though.
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Posts: 6885 | From: Tennessee | Registered: Nov 2002
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