Re: [RC] [RC] teenage horse thing - Laurie Durgin
She doesn't want to work, rather stay with buddies. give her a treat every
time you go out to her and not always to ride. Use a cue word. Then there
is the "walk down" method, Once you start you have to continue, never give
up. Just walk her after her (you may even want to "shoosh" her with a
Lounge whip) Don't let her stop and do anything, just keep her moving ,
eventually they get tired of this game and it's more work than letting you
come up and get her.
Only twice has one of out horses done this.I used the "oh, you want to
RUN, so you? and 'shoooshed him with the lounge whip. He quit after 5-10
minutes.
But as a rule my usually come down, especially if I ignore them and am
working around the barn. I usually use the treat method, a carrot is the
usual fare. Rascal' mom
From: susan graham <sue_jamaica@xxxxxxxxx>
To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [RC] teenage horse thing
Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:46:46 -0800 (PST)
Hello, I have an on aagain-off agin issues with my 14 year old horse.
Sometime I can catch her in the pasture and other times she walks away from
me hiding behind the other horses,trotting from one end to the other. It's
very frustrating and often I have to get help to catch her. Someone told me
that if you keep them running eventually they will stop-she is an endurance
horse-this could go on all day! I only approch her when she has stopped
moving,but starts to trot away as I get closer.Does anyone have any Ideas
why horses do this every so often and what can I do to stop it?
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