I
don’t think it has to do with being ready for camping,
it’s the horse’s temperament. And some with that type of
temperament make good endurance horses. They just don’t want to give up.
I’ve seen horses with years of experience continue this behavior
throughout the night, even with their buddy tied nearby, and have a great ride
the next day or 2 or 3 days even. I don’t think I’d want to have my
horse do that though, and was wondering about stopping this behavior with
hobbles. An old trainer down the road showed me to just put one hobble on my
horse, put a little piece of chain on it, and when the horse paws, they whack
themselves. Now, the chain is lightweight and doesn’t cause any injury,
but sure annoys the horse…I know, I’ve taught my youngster (4yrs
old now)to stand for hours without pawing using this method. She used to start
the pawing as soon as I’d walk away from her. I don’t know that
this would work with a seasoned pawing horse though.
Kathy
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Kristi
wrote:
At
the risk of sounding judgmental (which I very
rarely
am), a horse that can't stand tied without
digging a
hole isn't ready to go camping yet, in my
