11-05-2017, 09:14 AM
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Re: What do you think about horse riding and racing?
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Re sled dogs I heard there is a modified version of this using a little cart to make up for lack of snow am I right ?
11-05-2017, 09:15 AM
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Re: What do you think about horse riding and racing?
Originally Posted by Muddy
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Re sled dogs I heard there is a modified version of this using a little cart to make up for lack of snow am I right ?
11-05-2017, 10:16 AM
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Re: What do you think about horse riding and racing?
Originally Posted by MickB
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One could quite easily say that only people in the sport see the reality of the activity and those on the outside see only what they want to see. As I said above, I have no real experience with horses, but I have, for 20+ years, been involved in sled dog racing. During that time I have occasionally been chided by animal rights nutters for the "cruelty" in making my poor dogs run in harness. In fact, the cruelty would be in not letting them run. To see their manic excitement when we get their harnesses out leaves no doubt whatever that they love to run.
Just look at their happy faces:
12-05-2017, 07:55 AM
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Re: What do you think about horse riding and racing?
Originally Posted by Tpin
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Don't they suffer from the heat? From an untrained eye point of view they look less happy than they do in the snow.
The bottom line is that if, as the driver, it is too warm to run round in several layers and a thick fleece, it is too warm for the dogs.
The dogs in this picture are probably less happy as they have just come upon part of the trail where foresters have been at work leaving huge ruts and thick gooey mud holes for them to run on.
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