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| Anyone have any tips on how to break a horse that nips a other horses? I'd like to be able to pony my little guy on the trail but hes so darn sneaky about nipping. I can't always keep him right at my knee if we get to a single track trail.
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Is this a stud colt or a gelding? Put a chain over his nose. |
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Location: Oklahoma | put a grazing muzzle on him |
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| I have one that is like that. I just rather ride him and lead everything else. If i do anything to punish him, then he refuses to keep up with the horse im on because he thinks im gonna be mean to him! The muzzle thing might work though? |
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| I have a colt off the track that is like that! He was used to bullying the pony horses and it was a bad habit. I to did not like the idea of putting anything on his head to punish cause I didn't want him to be head shy. So I carry a bat and when he does i reach over and whip his butt instead. Not hard to hurt but get his attention. Lol he doesn't even know it's me that's doing it. He isint completely broke if it but it's better. |
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| We thought about buying a muzzle. I had tried to whack him with the end of my lead the last time I had him out but he dogded and it just freaked out the horse I was riding. He ponies another horse great, but he is no longer rideable. Hes a 13 year old pony with a very pony like attitude! We were just trying to think of a solution for when we wanted to camp for a week, I hate leaving him behind alone... but also not sure I want to deal with ponying him all week and dealing with the nipping.
Edited by Buckles 2016-03-10 7:51 AM
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Location: Arkansas | Put a caveson on him. He can't nip then
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Location: Midwest | Grazing muzzle the nylon one would work. Or those cage muzzles that hook to a halter. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | FLITASTIC - 2016-03-10 7:32 AM I have a colt off the track that is like that! He was used to bullying the pony horses and it was a bad habit. I to did not like the idea of putting anything on his head to punish cause I didn't want him to be head shy. So I carry a bat and when he does i reach over and whip his butt instead. Not hard to hurt but get his attention. Lol he doesn't even know it's me that's doing it. He isint completely broke if it but it's better.
That's what I have done--carry a bat and pop them when they try to bite. It works. |
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | Buckles - 2016-03-10 7:47 AM We thought about buying a muzzle. I had tried to whack him with the end of my lead the last time I had him out but he dogded and it just freaked out the horse I was riding. He ponies another horse great, but he is no longer rideable. Hes a 13 year old pony with a very pony like attitude! We were just trying to think of a solution for when we wanted to camp for a week, I hate leaving him behind alone... but also not sure I want to deal with ponying him all week and dealing with the nipping.
Aw heck, I'd leave him at home and let him get over himself. |
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| Stud Chain, it'll only take a couple times and he'll get the idea. |
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| use a *boss mare* as the pony horse. She will put a stop to it. LOL |
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Location: 31 lengths farms | Wish I had thought of the muzzle...what I was ponying CC after her stifle injury it was a constant battle of her nipping and just flat biting the horse I was ponying her off of because they couldn't keep up with her at the trot so they'd have to lope and then she'd want to lope. I used my chinks as a neck and shoulder guard for the horse I was riding.
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Location: Where you need a paddle... Oregon! | I had a mare who would not just nip, but lunge and bite at my mare. When she did it, I'd immediately circle her hard to the right and crowd her space big time, keeping her circling. I'd let my good mare push her around and bump into her and just basically walk over her as much as I could. Early on there wasn't much forward movement, it was mainly just crowding into her, pushing her around. If she didn't move her shoulder away quick enough I could bump her hard with my boot and pop her back with the leadrope if she tried to walk forward and not let my mare push her. As she started to get better I could lope and if she'd nip or bite, I could circle her still at the lope and just make that circle smaller so she had to work harder. She quit. She'd also try to lope out in front of my mare. I used the same technique to curb that from happening. |
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| Buckles - 2016-03-10 5:47 AM
We thought about buying a muzzle. I had tried to whack him with the end of my lead the last time I had him out but he dogded and it just freaked out the horse I was riding. He ponies another horse great, but he is no longer rideable. Hes a 13 year old pony with a very pony like attitude! We were just trying to think of a solution for when we wanted to camp for a week, I hate leaving him behind alone... but also not sure I want to deal with ponying him all week and dealing with the nipping.
My off the track mare did the same when I started ponying her. I also wacked her when she did it. Full on bit my mare the first time and tried nipping once after. Hasn't done it since and if she looks like she's thinking about it if I say anything she won't do anything. She's super sensitive and smart though. I wish they would have enforced some boundaries at the track because she's super easy to teach anything and there's no reason for her not to have manners lol. |
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