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Deb,
My husband's horse cribs, but just in the stall when he's bored. He <always> wears a collar in the stall. We also work hard to keep him out unless the weather is just frightful.
Your friend needs to assess if the collar is tight enough. Over time, the collar may have stretched and then it gives more room for the horse to expand his muscles & crib. We've tried a number of different collars. The collars with the metal "nutcracker" pincher under the neck seemed to really irritate Major. I decided not to use the miracle collar after I heard about some of the eye injuries that could occur when the forehead portion was rubbed out of position.
We ended up using an all leather cribbing collar with a hard, molded, leather covered under-the-neck portion. The catalog called it a "French" cribbing collar. It has held up well and really seems to work.
To get it tight enough, we ask Major to drop his head to knee level. (Lots of training - he does it on command when we click to him a certain way.) We place the collar so that it is slightly snug in this position. When he raises his head, it is tighter. It seems to be about right - he can breath & eat comfortably but he can't crib. We also used "Chew Stop" from Farnam. The barn smelled like cinnamon and the horses stopped playing with the wood, but it didn't last very long. The better solution was increasing their hay & keeping them out as much as possible.
Linda
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From: DAldr94141@aol.com [mailto:DAldr94141@aol.com]
Subject: RC: Question about cribbing
Hi everybody,
A friend of mine has an arab who cribbs. He was cribbing when she bought him
so no news there. The cribbing collar he came with was working but she heard
good things about the miracle collar and bought one. Well, he has a wide
forehead and the collar didn't fit well. My friend changed back to the old
collar and forgot (sorry No.2) to put it on for 2 days. She put it on and now
he cribbs with the collar on. Has anyone had this problem before? How can a
horse cribb with the collar on? She doesn't want to have to go as far as
electrifying everything in sight. He even cribbs on the water tank outside.
Please comment on ridecamp. Thank you in advance. Deb
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