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Horse
Camping Hints 
This page contains hints and tips for camping with horses.
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What to take?
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Highline for tethering horeses, or tie to your trailer.
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Water for people and horeses.
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Buckets for horses to drink from.
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Feed & Supplements
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Leads
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Manure fork
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Standard Human camping gear
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Helmets (opt)
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Snacks & water bottles for trail rides, as well as the means to carry these items.
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Weather gear
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Hats
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First Aid
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Fly Masks & Spray
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Shovel
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Guidelines
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Obey all posted fire restrictions.
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Always walk horses in the campground - no trotting, running or loping.
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Never tie highlines directly to trees - use treesavers.
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Disperse horse manure.
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Keep leads short at night or when you are not actively watching the horses.
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highline: a line tied between two or more trees to which lead lines are attached for control of horses. Kits can
be purchased from many online catalogs (example) or assembled. Here is an example of how to assemble such
a kit. Instead of purchasing Knot Eliminators or using small pieces of rope to attach lead ropes to the highline,
a 3" brass ring (available at Russ' True Value) can be used. Instead of purchasing tree savers, horse girths can be
used or even old saddle blankets between the rope and the tree. <top>
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Updated 10/06/2008 by webmaster