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| I'm thinking about buying a horse with ear plack - anybody have experience with this? |
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  Crazy Chicken Chick
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| It's not usually a big deal as long as the horse isn't overly sensitive to having her ears messed with. But I'd definetly be the one to bridle and halter her and rub your hands over her ears.
I've had a few with it. Most didn't act like it bothered them at all. I have one that is sensitive when you touch it but can be bridled without issue as far as I know.
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| I have one. If I really liked a horse that it, I'd buy another one. Mine doesn't like to bridled. I bought a one eared headstall, and took the ear piece off. It has snaps for the bit. I just unsnap it from one side of the bit, and pass it over his neck to snap the other side. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I have one.
He's fine with anything but touching it directly and clipping his ears. No issues with touching (or in my case, smashing his ears) while haltering, bridling, etc. I can clip his bridlepath without a halter on as long as I smash his ears forward (then he knows I will not be clipping them... he's a goof).
I asked the vet about it last time she was out, and she said as long as they aren't bothering him, it's not a big deal at all.
PS- I have had this horse over 10 years and he has never had issues with them, aside from the ear clipping. They have not spread or had complications of any kind.
Edited by barrelracr131 2014-04-29 8:13 AM
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| I have a gelding with horrible aural plaques. He is super sensitive to having his ears touched. I'm getting him a new headstall with no browband or ear piece that I can just pass behind his ears and buckle. Bridling him is an absolute battle, and there's going to be a wreck if we keep doing it the regular way! It's not his fault - it just HURTS to have his ears pushed underneath the bridle. Once it is on, he's fine. The ears don't seem to have any effect on his performance if that is what you're concerned about. I would definitely never clip his ears, but he's fine to have his bridle path clipped. |
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 Ms. Poutability
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Location: In my own world | I have waited for someone else to ask, but no luck. So.....what the heck is ear plaque? Excited to learn something new today!  |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | livinonlove&horses - 2014-04-29 3:05 PM I have waited for someone else to ask, but no luck. So.....what the heck is ear plaque? Excited to learn something new today!
Growths in the inside of the ear... Look like white bumps. |
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 Neat Freak
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Location: Wonderful Wyoming | are they where you can see or further down inside? I have one we raised and he was fine as a baby, super friendly and loving when halter breaking. We turned him out to pasture and he was a turd when my husband went to halter him to deworm that next fall and just lately when I had him at the trainers to get started he was horrible about his ears/top of head. That guy worked with him a bit and he is much better if he knows he has to drop his head, but in general a bit touchier than normal. I don't notice anything in his ears and he will let me grab his ears/halter/bridle but if you are rubbing his poll and bump him just wrong (I guess) he will jerk his head up and away. It's just not like him...
Edited by wyoming barrel racer 2014-04-29 5:03 PM
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I'll take a pic of mine when I get to the barn tonite. :) |
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| Ive never had much luck treating one with it. Never had complete success. The most success I have ever had was with camphophinique (Sp.) |
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| My gelding has it and we do fine. I can handle the ear, rub it for itches and put Swat in it, but putting the bridle on him is painful. I just unbuckle the bridle and put it over the ears first then have him open for the bit and re-buckle. He is fine for everything else, so it is just a compromise I have made with him!
I would certainly buy him again since it was such an easy fix. I have had him for 8 years. |
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 Roan On The Range
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Location: Stephenville, TX | My gelding has it. I worked with him some and he's better about having his ears touched now, but still not a fan. I don't bother clipping his ears, but I did get him to accept bridling and bridle path clipping without a fight. I cleaned out his ears last time he was sedated (about a year ago) and the plaque is back about as much as there was before the clean out. Vet said there's no reliable treatment for it and suggested just cleaning his ears whenever I can and it's okay if it only happens when he's sedated to get his teeth done or something.
But I think of all the issues that would deter you from buying a horse, ear plaque shouldn't be a major one.
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| Thank you for all the input. She is a nice mare other than being really touchy about the ears. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | It is the while dot/raised bump
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | I had one, she was good besides a little touchy around her ears, nothing moving slow and easy around them didnt fix. When I first got her and didn't know what it was, took her to the vet and he said he could scrap it off but it's likely just grow back so..... |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | As you can see, as long as I don't mess with the inside of his ears, he's fine.... as the pictures show I am manhandling them so you can see the spot lol |
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| I had it removed which was stupid. It grew back. She is a bugger about her ears. Getting better. And I also use a one ear. She is a super nice mare so I deal with it |
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