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Strange way to exercise a horse...

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#1 ·
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!!!

I guess this is one way to exercise a horse!!!

 
#8 ·
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!!!'
 
#9 ·
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.
 
#14 ·
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...
 
#15 ·
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
 
#18 ·
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. o_O



This isn't the one I was talking about, but check out his legs as he hits the ground!
 
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