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Location: South Dakota | Sharing a neat remedy to help stop one from digging a hole while they're tied!
So you all seen my post I'm sure about my mare that suddenly doesn't want to stand at the trailer when she's alone. She paws and dances around, drives me totally crazy.
Yesterday, my farrier showed me an awesome trick and maybe you all know this, but put a horse shoe on their ankle that fits JUST right so it can't fly off. When they paw, it hurts and they stop. I tried this for a minute this morning and she stopped immediately.
I'm sure I will get flamed for this, but I do take excellent care of my animals and would never do anything that is going to hurt them, this is just a habit that I'm not willing to let get engrained in her. She's too nice of a horse for that.
Now I know, this has safety issues if a shoe would get hung up, but I tied her HIGH and there was nothing in front of her feet when I tried this. I could see how they would maybe get hung up on a trailer, so maybe don't do it there.
Anyone else had success with this?! |
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Location: South | Yes- I bought a finished horse probably 10 years ago that came with a set of these for her back feet. She would kick all the time in the stall and trailer, even next to a horse she knew. Once the shoes were on- no kicking, nothing. She stood there quite and calm.
We thought the woman we bought her from was crazy- but it worked. |
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I have seen this work, however I have one mare that it did not work on. She paws bad in her stall if you don't pay her some attention or if she doesn't have feed to eat. Sometimes she'll stop with hay but not always. If I tie her, she's quiet as a mouse and doesn't paw at all but if you come in the barn and start chores or taking horses out the pawing begins. The horse shoe just slowed her up a little and she wound up with a small calcium deposit from her banging her leg with the shoe.
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Expert
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | I have a mare that is a complete witch in a stall. She paws and kicks the walls. We tried this and it didn't work for her. She already got kick chains for her back legs. We use a dog collar and put some of the thicker chain about maybe a foot long. One for each back leg. They buckle just above her hocks. So when she kicks the chain will come back and pop her. So someone suggested we try them for her front legs except put a shorter chain on them. This worked. It buckles above her knees and when she paws the chain pops her. We just got her a pair of Soft Ride boots and for some reason she will not paw with them on. She won't even walk normal with them. I don't know if it's because they kinda make a flopping noise or if it's because there heavy. So that might be something else to try. |
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 Sock eating dog owner
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Location: Where the pavement ends and the West begins Utah | Gateway makes a cool rig for this very thing. what it amounts to a belt to tie the front legs close and a strap that goes over the back and connects to the other side. |
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 More bootie than waist!
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Location: Riding Crackhead. | My brother puts a chunk of chain on each front leg. Use whatever works!  |
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| That's a trick that horsemen have been using for years and usually is very effective. I actually prefer the kick chains myself, though...very inexpensive and very effective...I like the ones that have fleece inside against their pasterns. |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | I'm not crazy about the horseshoes around the legs. I worry about the concussion causing a ringbone in those joints. I'm also not crazy about pawing but I think I'd rather hobble than use the horseshoes. |
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 A Gopher's Worst Nightmare
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Location: Southern Oregon | I use to think this was a good idea, until I had two colts come back from a colt starter with ring bone in three out of four legs thanks to those things. ouch |
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