Re: RC: Re: Re: Pulling Back

[Vallonelee@aol.com]

I have a horse that I have owned for 12 years now.  When I got him as a 3 
year old he had been roughed up pretty good.  This horse absolutely refused 
to be tied.  He was very claustrophobic.  So I decided that I would just not 
time him.  I did everything, shots, wormers, etc. without tying.  I always 
held him for the farrier or vet.  The only time he was tied was when it was 
absolutely necessary (like in a trailer and then I did it loose enough so 
that a casual movement would not cause him to feel tension).  I never gave 
this a second thought because I really liked this horse and it was just 
"something to live with".  After a few years I noticed that he had lost his 
fear of tying.  He never went back to those frightful ways of pulling back 
and falling over, THANK GOD and has been trustworthy ever since.  He also had 
a dreadful fear of the clippers and spray bottles.  All of these phobias also 
went by the way side.  I never worked with him on them but I guess just the 
years of consistent handling cured the problem.  He is "steady Eddy" now and 
never turns an ear at anything, and hasn't for many years.  Needless to say, 
all the babies born on my place learn these basic at the very start and then 
there are no problems later on.

Lee
Boogie (hey I'm a big boy and I can stand tied anywhere)
Kaci (I'm too lazy to go anywhere anyway)
Bravo (Gee, Mom, please tie me up with my favorite chew toy again)


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