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traceyjoanne
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 Posted - 14 Jan 2006 : 6:42:33 PM
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hi
linda pasha is the same when i take leisha away most times
it has been nice reading all the advice and suggestions regarding him
he has been a good boy the past couple of days, no kicking so I cant ignore it to see if it has any effect, but pretty sure it will start again and then i will have to control myself and ignore him!!!
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ella
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 14 Jan 2006 : 9:00:13 PM
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| We had a TB mare on our yard that kicked her stable walls. This stopped completely when she was put onto Settle-ex for cribbers & was obviously due to the discomfort of stomach ulcers. Horses can develop gastric ulcers in just 4 hours without forage. |
   
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barbara.gregory
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Jan 2006 : 09:23:46 AM
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You could put a haynet just outside the stable door so that he can eat his hay and see what is going on in the yard at the same time. My stallion has a haynet at the back of his stable and one outside the door and he eats from the one outside the door after he comes in but during the night when none of the others are looking out or when it is wet and windy he eats from the one at the back of the stable. Stallions are programmed to be "alert" and look after the herd so he may be happier when he can see the other horses and what is going on around him. Also, if he is happily surveying the yard and eating at the same time he may forget about kicking his box; worth a rty.
My stallion used to grab a mouthful of haylage and look over the door when chewing it so I decided one outside the door would stop him walking backwards and forwards in the stable and it has worked brilliantly. He will happily stay at either one, it is his choice and even if he has to stay in for any reason he is happy. He had to be in for three months at the beginning of last year and he was fine, I think it bothered me more than him even though he was the only one in the yard during the day.
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Nick
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 15 Jan 2006 : 1:50:21 PM
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You ignore bad behaviour at your own and others peril,Arabians are by nature able to live in your tent,Pity the poor tent and occupants with a kicking horse in there,
What happens when the Horse is kicking he injures himself,self inflicted hard to feel sorry but costs you,He damages the stable more expense and where to they go when repairs are carried out destroy another stable maybe?And then the most important he injures you or even worse some one who is looking after him,
Can you imagine ignoring them and they are cast or rolling in colic
how would you feel,
I am not saying beat the Horse but a clip or a growl at the right time can avoid a heartbreak later on,
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traceyjoanne
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Posted - 15 Jan 2006 : 6:04:08 PM
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Nick what i should of said was ignore him when all he is doing it for is attention to get me to go over to him
if any horse is kicking or doing something strange in the stable i always go and check
but you know your own horse (or should do) and you know when something is wrong and when something is not
he never kicks when i or someone else is in the stable with him
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