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Now Jim, that usually works--but not with Scout. He looovvves me to rub his 
mouth, even roughly, I think it goes back to nursing his ma.....She was 
around till lhe was 18 months old. He just turned 4, and is just an Oral 
horse I think. He learned to open gates from Honey,  and to play with sticks 
and buckets from Rascal, eat trees from Champ, and he and EEyore the donkey, 
bite each others necks. In his leading lessons , he will occasionally grab 
the butt of my driving whip, I use for the "go forward" cue, and he just 
holds it.>sigh< I have to wiggle it out of his mouth, actually I put the 
finger in the mouth trick,and he will open up. He also likes to "hold" part 
of the extra lead line if I let it hang down too far, while I am 'teaching 
him" to lead. I think he is amusing himself at my expense. Nothing nasty, 
not biting, just likes to use his mouth as fingers. Gave him an extra tub to 
play with with a crdboard box in it the other day. He and Rascal played with 
it all day, then he tore the box apart and put it, in pieces, in his stall 
for 'safekeeping'.

> From: "Jim Holland" <lanconn@xxxxxxx>
> To: "'Jonni'" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx>, "'Ridecamp'" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [RC]   Yearling mouthiness
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 18:29:18 -0400
>
> When he comes over and starts "noodling" on you, grab his head, "baby talk"
> him softly and rub his head, especially his nose, all over fairly roughly
> till he backs off on his own. If he comes back, repeat. He'll get the
> message pretty soon! :)
>
> If he actually bites, the old John Lyons procedure has ALWAYS fixed that 
> for
> me on the first try. Instantly hit him for 3 seconds as hard as you can 
> with
> whatever you have in your hand...and be MAD! You're gonna rip his hide off
> and feed him to the crows!  After 3 seconds, go back to whatever you were
> doing as though nothing had happened. Two rules: Don't hit him above the
> withers and don't hit him with anything sharp. (Feed buckets work really
> well)
>
> Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic (The ultimate mouthy little guy who
> got that message on his first day here)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonni
> Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 4:11 PM
> To: Ridecamp
> Subject: [RC] Yearling mouthiness
>
> >>>and what else can I do to get him to keep his mouth to himself? <<<
>
> Whack him. <gasp!>  If he were to bite another horse, they would "bite
> back". Let him know this is NOT acceptable behavior. He'll get bored with
> the bit soon enough, and go back to placing his mouth elsewhere...probably
> on you.
>
> Jonni
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