Janice, You did the right thing... I just don't understand why they did not notice it sooner, I am always watching Jewel, granted last summer we got into a terrible situation, but even then about 15 minutes into it he was breathing ok, and eating, by an hour I was back on him, and we gaited in maybe 2 miles, on a loose rein, I let him decide what gait he wanted to do... and I watched carefully, he was reacting to the feeling of racing with the Icy's, the fast foot fall just gets him going most of the time...
He hates the heat and our short ride, turned into a LONG ride, the heat came up and the HUMIDITY went up fast, as I recall... I was a mess, was the owner a mess, or was it just you? I had made the group stop many times and rested him, waited till his respiration was normal again, then we would go, but he just kept that RACING attitude and competitiveness kept him pushing, once we were alone, he was So much better... -- Debbie in MN ~ Please check out how we can all help raise money for Huginn's Hospital Fund ~ http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dgtrq74d_386xtqp ~~~~~~~~~~~If we all do a little, we will have a lot!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
