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-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Cowles [mailto:lindac@gilroy.com]
First, get him to relax with your fingers in his mouth. I always have my
hands (clean hands - so they don't taste gross!) in my horses mouths,
and start it with babies. Molasses fingers may help them accept it
initially.
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Then there was the time I used molasses to get a 3 year old stud colt to let me put my fingers in to check a bit's fit. He started sucking on my finger, then bit down to keep it there. (Don't even ask why I ever got into the position where he could bite... I thought that it was <cute> that he was sucking, right up until he grabbed me!) There I was, one hand in his mouth, the other holding the jar of molasses... No where to set down the molasses without shattering the jar, no free hand to open his mouth. I was ever so thankful when another person walked by & pried my fingers out for me.
That little sucker (no pun intended) had to learn to put up with my fingers <without> molasses, thank you!
Linda Flemmer
Who still has all ten fingers, despite Fairway's best efforts!
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