Anyone seen this video? The horse doesn't seem to mind much, but geez if I were him I would have been absolutely traumatized when the lift started going down and the water came through underneath!!!
They do this with dogs, its great! If the horse was not able to be ridden, and lunging would be too hard on his body in some way, water helps tons. Builds muscle and stay in shape without the weight bearing stress on legs.
We used to do this when I was on the track. We had a nice one like these a bit away, but had a small pond/lake that we used to exercise them in. It's a great therapy. Diesel would probably freak though lol
Yeah racehorse get swims alot but I havent seen one like that before that drops into the water. Very cool. Dana wouldt like it though. The minute that the water starts bubbling through she'd be like 'GEMMEOUT GEMMEOUT!!!'
These are really cool. When I was looking into a job with horse rehabilatation I found a lot of info on these pools. They started for horses with torn ligiments or broken legs, sprained ankles etc. Its a great way to exercise a horse and rehabilatate it without having to put pressure on the extremities that are hurt.
Wow, very cool. I've heard about the swimming pools and seen them used in documentaries on racehorses but I never saw one with a lowering platform. My horse would run for the hills. He HATES water. LOL Shortie doesn't get his tootsies wet. Haha.
Yeh thats what i was just thinking! It sure does look like it. Ive seen horses swimming in pools with the handler walking along beside them, it was a long pool. But not with both ends tied :shock:
I'm sure that getting a horse used to that is just like anything else we have to teach them. The desensitization process probably takes a while for that though...
so this is cool but i don't like that the head it tied- think if your head was tied and you had to swim, i would like to see them let their head be where it wants to be- i have swam on a swim team since i was 6 and i would FREAK out if i was restricted haha
I've seen plenty of horses in swimming pools. I'd love to do it. Swimming is great for all kinds of critters. I've always seen a ramp into water, a swimming lane, and then a ramp out. Have you seen a video of a horse on a treadmill? It's cool to see but think of what happens when people fall while running on a treadmill, and then imagine a poor horse.
This isn't the one I was talking about, but check out his legs as he hits the ground!
I hope that water was warmed for it. that would also be an exspinsive way to exersize it.
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