We start this exercise with each horse for about 10 minutes at a time. Once they look relaxed and comfortable, we'll leave them hooked up for about 20 minutes then move up to a couple of hours. We gradually work up to 8-10 hours. This may sound like a lot of time, but we are using this to work towards a number of things. In addition to the things stated previously, we want our horses to be conditioned for high lining in the backcountry.
Horses can cause serious injury.
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