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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | ashleysummer - 2019-02-21 9:31 AM
I have been around but not used sliding STALL doors, though my barn has a sliding door to the adjacent shelter. The sliding doors are really space economical and probably, in the long run safer with most horses. I have trained my horses to put their heads over the gates to get haltered/unhaltered, and two of my stalls are constructed from round pen panels, 3 sides + security gates
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Location: Arkansas | Southtxponygirl - 2019-02-21 1:48 PM
ashleysummer - 2019-02-21 9:31 AM
I have been around but not used sliding STALL doors, though my barn has a sliding door to the adjacent shelter. The sliding doors are really space economical and probably, in the long run safer with most horses. I have trained my horses to put their heads over the gates to get haltered/unhaltered, and two of my stalls are constructed from round pen panels, 3 sides + security gates
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Location: CTX | Chandler's Mom - 2019-02-21 8:56 PM
Southtxponygirl - 2019-02-21 1:48 PM
ashleysummer - 2019-02-21 9:31 AM
I have been around but not used sliding STALL doors, though my barn has a sliding door to the adjacent shelter. The sliding doors are really space economical and probably, in the long run safer with most horses. I have trained my horses to put their heads over the gates to get haltered/unhaltered, and two of my stalls are constructed from round pen panels, 3 sides + security gates
I was confused too. . . .
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Location: MN | I've only had one horse with dangerous gate issues. He was fixed with the change of a saddle. Simple as that sometimes. |
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| Kay-DRacing. - 2019-02-22 8:40 AM I've only had one horse with dangerous gate issues. He was fixed with the change of a saddle. Simple as that sometimes. We had one with terrible gate issues with our 14 year old daughter. He was not blown up or over used, he was vetted several times and months working with our trainer at the time got us no where. He was to the point of rearing if you tried to lead him in. We sent him to a different trainer who would enter him, the old trainer world not do that. She kept him for a month he would drop his head, walk right in with her like a walk in the park. She sent him back and the first time my daughter got back on him he immediately reverted to his old ways of refusing the alley. She said he is a very smart horse, a thinker and he was just taking advantage. She told her at the next race be ready with a whip and if he refuses you say his name and say no just like speaking to a dog and to hit him one time as hard as you can with her quirt. He refused, she hollered his name and told him no and popped him as hard as she could. It was funny, he stopped what he was doing, turned his head and looked up at her like where did that come from - dropped his head and walked right in and he never gave her an ounce of trouble after that for the 6 years that she continue to ride him.
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Location: MN | rodeomom3 - 2019-02-22 9:00 AM
Kay-DRacing. - 2019-02-22 8:40 AM
I've only had one horse with dangerous gate issues. He was fixed with the change of a saddle. Simple as that sometimes.
We had one with terrible gate issues with our 14 year old daughter. He was not blown up or over used, he was vetted several times and months working with our trainer at the time got us no where. He was to the point of rearing if you tried to lead him in. We sent him to a different trainer who would enter him, the old trainer world not do that. She kept him for a month he would drop his head, walk right in with her like a walk in the park. She sent him back and the first time my daughter got back on him he immediately reverted to his old ways of refusing the alley. She said he is a very smart horse, a thinker and he was just taking advantage. She told her at the next race be ready with a whip and if he refuses you say his name and say no just like speaking to a dog and to hit him one time as hard as you can with her quirt. He refused, she hollered his name and told him no and popped him as hard as she could. It was funny, he stopped what he was doing, turned his head and looked up at her like where did that come from - dropped his head and walked right in and he never gave her an ounce of trouble after that for the 6 years that she continue to ride him.
Crazy how smart they can be!! Mine was getting to the point where'd he almost flip over backwards. We figured out it was my saddle but also my nerves. Once I got my nerves in check and a new saddle, he was like a new horse! |
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| I got a mare 3 years ago with undisclosed alley issues. Im talking Hi Ho Silver on you.... To this day the old owner will swear she didnt do anything bad but when you have been asked by complete strangers how did you fix that mare, its a sure sign she is a LIAR. Nope not a sore subject at all. I adore this mare now but it was rough going at first. I treated it as an attitude, I dont wanna and your not going to make me at first. She started getting better than reverted. I had a full lameness on her and wouldnt you know, found small spurs in both hocks. Injected and she went back to going in about 80% of the time. I noticed certain setups would cause her to revert. It was pens she had been ran at hurt or alleys set up like that. To this day there are 3 pens that give us problems. I have to make sure she is not hurting or she will start to give me problems. Right now we are battling pedal osteitis and I will not run until the vet says she is 100%. We are at about 90% right now. We've not ran since early october. So to answer your question, I am going to say yes and no has been my experience. IF she is hurting she starts refusing. If its a setup where she was ran sore, she will give me some issues. I have learned what she likes and doesnt like. I dont force her to stand still while waiting. If she wants to move I let her. However if she finds a horse she will stand by, I let her do that. Learn to read your horse and know what he likes and doesnt like but first make sure there is no pain anywhere. Go to a good lameness vet in your area and start there. |
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Location: Arkansas | rodeomom3 - 2019-02-22 7:55 AM
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