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Keeping up with the horses is something even an adult dog is going to have to work up to in time.

For a puppy, I would be more concerned about making sure he is comfortable with the horses and making sure he understands where he can and cannot be around the horses as well as he needs to learn to respect the horses' space. When you are up on a horse, you cannot do anything to prevent him from being crushed should he decide to bolt at something and cross pathes with one of them. That is obedience training too.

My brother has one of the pups from my second litter on his horse farm in BC. Rex is now 6.5 months old and they are still making sure he understands his place. He still tests even now, but he is a puppy and he is going to do that. He has learned to give the horses a wide berth, but being as young as he is, you never know. He walks the pastures with my brother and their other 2 dogs and the odd horse, which is more than enough exercise, but that is all right now.

So, in short, walk with your pup yourself around the horses. Do a lot of his training around the horses. Let him learn from your other dogs where to be and where not to be. BUT, a young pup like that is NOT ready for lengthy walks like a trail ride.

Kristi