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| I have a mare that was terrible and had to sedate her to get shoes on. The farrier would get pretty handy with her. I changed farriers and he knew what he was getting into. I think we may have sedated her the very first time but haven't drugged her in 10 years. She loves her farrier. He was slow and gentle with her to gain her trust and kept her hind legs down really low instead of hiking them up like the former farrier did for HIS comfort. I've seen my current farrier kneel down and put her hock on his knee to keep HER comfortable. (Of course he never tried that in the beginning.) He's a keeper for sure! |
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Location: Sperry, OK | kboltwkreations - 2015-03-24 10:25 AM Just Bring It - 2015-03-24 10:19 AM Why do you need to haul to the vet to have him sedated?
I had to sedate my mare to get the final shoe on her one hind once. It was a new farrier and for whatever reason she would NOT let him shoe her left hind. We got all other 3 shoes on and I ended up calling my husband on his way home from work and had him pick up a cocktail for me from the vet to give her. I had to draw out of a rodeo that weekend because she was so sore from fighting him. I went back to my regular farrier and never had another problem. She has stifle issues so I think that one farrier was just putting her in a painful position where my regular farrier can feel where a horse is comfortable at and doesn't push her. I have sedated him myself with Ace & Xylazine (got him head down sedated but, makes him kick worse ), I have read Xylazine can make some worse in their back end... have tried the new Dorm gel on him (did NOTHING ), and last time the farrier was out we injected dorm, he is still bad... If I am going to HEAVILY sedate him I would rather be in a vets care due to him not taking well to previous sedation.
If you have a cocktail made up for you, have them add some Torbugesic to it. Torb helps them keep their feet on the ground better. Might help him fight less.
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| ACEINTHEHOLE - 2015-03-24 3:31 PM
kboltwkreations - 2015-03-24 10:25 AM Just Bring It - 2015-03-24 10:19 AM Why do you need to haul to the vet to have him sedated?
I had to sedate my mare to get the final shoe on her one hind once. It was a new farrier and for whatever reason she would NOT let him shoe her left hind. We got all other 3 shoes on and I ended up calling my husband on his way home from work and had him pick up a cocktail for me from the vet to give her. I had to draw out of a rodeo that weekend because she was so sore from fighting him. I went back to my regular farrier and never had another problem. She has stifle issues so I think that one farrier was just putting her in a painful position where my regular farrier can feel where a horse is comfortable at and doesn't push her. I have sedated him myself with Ace & Xylazine (got him head down sedated but, makes him kick worse ), I have read Xylazine can make some worse in their back end... have tried the new Dorm gel on him (did NOTHING ), and last time the farrier was out we injected dorm, he is still bad... If I am going to HEAVILY sedate him I would rather be in a vets care due to him not taking well to previous sedation.
Thank you, I will ask about that! |
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Location: Louisiana | I am married to a farrier and also had a horse that was very hard to shoe. My husband started with sedation (dormosedan) and gradually reduced the dosage, moved to xylazine and now this horse will stand to be shod with no problems. In order to make the whole process good not only for the farrier but for the horse we chose this option. |
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| I'm surprised nobody has mentioned shivers. You may want to look into it. |
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Location: Texas | I have a horse that's not easy to shoe in the back. He doesn't kick, he just pulls his leg down. A lot of it is a pain issue and what position he's in. He's more comfortable if the other leg is a little under him and it helps if the farrier doesn't jerk hard trying to get the shoe off. When we put the lip chain on him he settled down. I want to try the duck tape method next to see if that helps. Are you able pick up his feet and clean them? If so, maybe try leaving his leg up longer and rub on him and praise him. Good luck |
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