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[RC] Training Horses Not To Pee in Trailer (was trailer question) - RDCARRIE

In a message dated 5/12/2004 10:22:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:

If your horses are not trained not to urinate in the 
trailer, 

Ok, I'm curous...how does one do this?  My gelding will not pee in the trailer 
unless his eyeballs are floating and he's about to explode.  <G>  We make sure 
to stop about every 4 hours or so on long trips to let the horses out to pee, 
stretch, etc.  When we do stop and let him out, he'll immediately pee.  The one 
and only time he's done it in the trailer is during a 5 1/2 hr trip home after 
a ride, when I had a killer migraine and just drove straight through.  Poor guy 
was just so hydrated he couldn't hold it.  Our other horses, however (esp. the 
geldings), have no reservations about peeing in the trailer.  We don't put 
shavings down.  Any tips for teaching the others to "hold it?"  

Dawn in East Texas
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