VICES
Crib bitting
Affects the growth of the teeth and the shape
Ear pining
- Does your horse do this?: pin his ears flat back when you go near him or when food is involved??? The thing you must not do is walk away or think he is going to attack. A horse that does this learns a human will leave if they pin ears back.
Kicking the door
http://www.quitkick.com/
1. put a tyre on the inside of the door
2. put rubber matting on the inside of the door
3. put a slip rail across the door
4. hobbles
5. squirty bottle shock sometimes stops them
6. clicker training
7. http://horsebarnstalls.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/stall-kicking-bad-habit-4/
8. http://www.quietstable.com/?GB.aspx
1. put a tyre on the inside of the door
2. put rubber matting on the inside of the door
3. put a slip rail across the door
4. hobbles
5. squirty bottle shock sometimes stops them
6. clicker training
7. http://horsebarnstalls.wordpress.com/2011/04/15/stall-kicking-bad-habit-4/
8. http://www.quietstable.com/?GB.aspx
Slip rails top and bottom to reduce kicking the door and to enable doors open in the summer
H & H members write
1 First and most importantly you need to stop the behavior. It will damage the horses hocks. I put kick chains on him. Took about a week and the problem was solved. The reason I put a stop to it was that is that he was starting to show damage to his hocks.
2. It would be best if you could cure him of the habit altogether as not only is it bad behaviour but can damage both property and the horses hooves. Try using a hose to spray water towards him whenever he starts kicking
3. I would leave the door open during the day with a chain or bar fitted at chest height to stop him getting out and one knee height , no door no kicking. Also fit carpet to the inside of the door. When he kicks the door ignore him
4.The traditional way to stop a horse kicking walls and doors was to hang gorse branches inside – not only did the prickles provide a strong incentive not to kick, but the gorse leaves provided a treat to pick at. If that is impossible try securing carpet safely around the walls of the box so that it deadens the sound of her kicking and takes away the fun.
5. Another way to stop kicking the door is bracelets you use a spur strap and put large nuts threaded through to make a bracelet. This annoys the horse as they bounce back as he kicks and a lot of horses stop pawing the ground or kicking the door
6.http://www.novickdvm.com/stallkicking
1 First and most importantly you need to stop the behavior. It will damage the horses hocks. I put kick chains on him. Took about a week and the problem was solved. The reason I put a stop to it was that is that he was starting to show damage to his hocks.
2. It would be best if you could cure him of the habit altogether as not only is it bad behaviour but can damage both property and the horses hooves. Try using a hose to spray water towards him whenever he starts kicking
3. I would leave the door open during the day with a chain or bar fitted at chest height to stop him getting out and one knee height , no door no kicking. Also fit carpet to the inside of the door. When he kicks the door ignore him
4.The traditional way to stop a horse kicking walls and doors was to hang gorse branches inside – not only did the prickles provide a strong incentive not to kick, but the gorse leaves provided a treat to pick at. If that is impossible try securing carpet safely around the walls of the box so that it deadens the sound of her kicking and takes away the fun.
5. Another way to stop kicking the door is bracelets you use a spur strap and put large nuts threaded through to make a bracelet. This annoys the horse as they bounce back as he kicks and a lot of horses stop pawing the ground or kicking the door
6.http://www.novickdvm.com/stallkicking
Kick chains
a way to stop horses kicking the door or pawring ther ground
Kicking
Niping / Biting
H & H members write
1. I would be cross tying whenever I was doing anything with her, then she should not be able to turn so far round. If she does it when being led would a bridle or control halter help.
2. I would stick a grazing muzzle on when handling her, and then you can handle her safely without the fear of been badly bitten. When you over come that problem handle her with it.
Also cross ties but if she's a clever mare then she can learn to take have one slack, wait till your in the biting area then go for it.
3. Is it possible for you to have a water spray at the ready? Or for someone else to be with you ready to spray her? Horses absolutely hate being sprayed in the face.
4. Pure dominance behaviour.
The solution takes a bit of groundwork, and I would suggest getting a Parelli instructor. Despite the general hostility towards it, the Parelli approach is very good for horses like this.
5. Bite it back! My Aunty had a horse that bit, the last time it ever did it she bit it back quick as a flash and that was the end of that,it never did it again.
6. I agree along with a full physical. I'd include a dietary review and gut upset especially.
Also agree with some decent professional help and urgently, an objective experienced eye can see stuff those in the thick are unable to see. I'd look here personally http://www.intelligenthorsemanship.c...-training.html
7. Do not kick tip bits by hand as this encourages this habit. If you do make sure you use the similar commands to dogs and teach the horse gently with a tap on the nose if he tries to grab.
Nip buster stop your horse nipping.
8 .http://www.horsespeak.com/nipbuster/nipbuster.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JV4vJFWMnU
2. I would stick a grazing muzzle on when handling her, and then you can handle her safely without the fear of been badly bitten. When you over come that problem handle her with it.
Also cross ties but if she's a clever mare then she can learn to take have one slack, wait till your in the biting area then go for it.
3. Is it possible for you to have a water spray at the ready? Or for someone else to be with you ready to spray her? Horses absolutely hate being sprayed in the face.
4. Pure dominance behaviour.
The solution takes a bit of groundwork, and I would suggest getting a Parelli instructor. Despite the general hostility towards it, the Parelli approach is very good for horses like this.
5. Bite it back! My Aunty had a horse that bit, the last time it ever did it she bit it back quick as a flash and that was the end of that,it never did it again.
6. I agree along with a full physical. I'd include a dietary review and gut upset especially.
Also agree with some decent professional help and urgently, an objective experienced eye can see stuff those in the thick are unable to see. I'd look here personally http://www.intelligenthorsemanship.c...-training.html
7. Do not kick tip bits by hand as this encourages this habit. If you do make sure you use the similar commands to dogs and teach the horse gently with a tap on the nose if he tries to grab.
Nip buster stop your horse nipping.
8 .http://www.horsespeak.com/nipbuster/nipbuster.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JV4vJFWMnU
Pawing the ground
This is a very bad and annoying habit when they do it. Not only wears out the shoes but other horses can copy it. They also can damage their rubber matting. In a horsebox its also annoying as they damage the floor of the box.
pawing bracelet
H & H members write
- My mare used to do this quite bad I used to give her a smack on the legs when she did it. in my presence. Gradually she only did it when I walked off so I stood behind the corner and popped out to tell her off. It took a few weeks on consistency but I cured her of the habit.
- My gelding did this I used a water pistol , so he had no clue where and what it was and realised every time he did it water shot his legs and eventually he stopped..
- As per kicking the door -. Another way to stop kicking the door is bracelets you use a spur strap and put large nuts threaded through to make a bracelet. This annoys the horse as they bounce back as he kicks and a lot of horses stop pawing the ground or kicking the door
Rearing
H & H members write
Pony rearing on the lunge
- I have used the old method with a raw egg which when it comes in contact with the head can give the horse the feeling of injury making him come down.
- Lean forward grasping round the neck , too enable better security and less chance the horse goes over backwards.
- Training aids like the rear stop has helped my friends horse, she does not have to use it as much as she used too. Only on active fast rides when the horse gets over exited.
Weaving
Weave grill is a must to stop other horses on the yard copying
H & H members write
- We have weave grills across the door on the one who does it, also one who removes his rugs from hanging outside we use a grill so he cannot reach them.
- We put a piece of 4 by 2 wood on the door in te middle so the horse could not do it over the door for others to see, this reduced it but he would step back within his stable and do it, but others horses could not see so we had to satisfy it with that..
Bucking
When a horse bucks, his head go down, and he kicks out his back feet contained by the air.
Bucking is when the horse kicks his back legs up and at least one of his front legs are still on the ground.
Bucking is when the horse kicks his back legs up and at least one of his front legs are still on the ground.
- Its important to keep the horse going forward when he starts to buck as they cannot buck if they are going forward
- Put them on a small circle
- Stand up in the stirrups to take the weight of the horses back and reduce the risk of being catapulted off
Bronking
Prior to bronking the horse minimally shortens its stride and gets bouncy, This follows on with the horse lowering its head to its knees arching its back and leaping all fours off the ground, repeating this with some twisting of the body. This can be a frighting habit which can lead to the rider falling off and being injured.
Horses can bronc through bad habit or through pain, its important to rule out discomfort / pain as an issue before you go about trying to stop this unwanted behaviour
Ways to stop bronking:
- Cherry roller bit is a useful bit for horse who bronc.
- A Waterford Jumper is another good bit for buckers / bronkers as its an elevator bit and keeps horses head up and keeps him sitting on his hocks
Here is a 2 year old bronking with all four feet off the ground