[DonnaJo]

Hi Chris,

I'm a fellow horse owner too. The only thing I can say to you is don't take him to far as a puppy. He is still in devlopmental stage as far as his bones growing, and growth plates are not closed yet.

I will tell you a story about one of my first purebred dogs I owned, it was a dalmatian and I used to take him on horseback rides with me when he was a puppy, I think probably about 4 months old, was quite a long time ago. LOL

Anyways he would put tons of extra miles on running in and out of bush. He lived to be 13yrs old but was very stiff and had bad arthritis, I often wonder if this was caused from to much exercise to early in his life.

Alll my dogs I have owned since don't get to go on horse rides with me until they are over 1 yr old and very very obedient to my commands.

Hope this helps.

Donna