Re: horses turning yellow

["Dyane Smith" <sunibey@sisqtel.net>]

Nancy,
I loved your story!  I made the mistake of rewarding Suni with carrots when
he pee'd on the trail because I had to buy the shavings he soaked every
summer.  He figured out how to give a few drops at a time so it would last
and then, just like yours, stretch since he figured, "What the hell, close
enough".  And they say horses can't think abstractly.
Dyane
N. Ca.

----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Mitts <mitts_n@hotmail.com>
To: <kurtz@pa.net>
Cc: <Ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 19, 1999 6:25 PM
Subject: RC: horses turning yellow


> Well, here's what I did once. I had to get a urine sample from a horse and
> couldn't catch him "going". So every day after work I'd go out to his pen
&
> sit with some hidden treats & a cup. (Yes, it took hours). When he'd pee
I'd
> say "good boy go pee", give him the feed & try to catch the urine in the
> cup. Within a week this horse would pee whenever I approached him with a
> cup. (And then demand his treat).
> Unfortunately, this was a barrel horse. Do you have any idea how many
people
> with cups walk past horses tied to trailers at a rodeo????
> See cup, pee, get food, right????
> Of course, there was only so much of the precious liquid available, but
he'd
> still stretch out and try. And whinny at them if they didn't produce food.
> So everyone thought something was wrong with my horse!!!
> Now we just verbally praise our horses whenever we see them going. It
takes
> a LOT longer (and our stallion still has to find just the right spot)
> but once they get the idea it's desired behavior it helps!
> Nancy Mitts
>
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