How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?

You are logged in as a guest. Logon or register an account to access more features.

How did you get your horse past a once painful experience? Moderators: luluwhit, gotothewhip, cindyt, crossspur, ForumAdmin Jump to page :	Last activity 2014-02-08 7:36 PM 4 replies, 3409 views View previous thread :: View next thread
General Discussion -> Barrel Talk


Stride Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-02-08 1:14 PM Subject: How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?
Nothing Comes Easy Posts: 2353 Location: Texas	With speed my mare started to run from the bit on the first barrel- she commits to the turn, gets around it but when the hack engages on the last stride of the barrel she lauches sideways Just got her teeth done this past week, and found out she had abnormal wearing on her bottom right teeth. They wore sharp points on the outside, something the vet hadn't seen in the entire time he's practiced equine dentistry. Usually they wear sharp just on the inside of the bottoms. I know it'll take time for her mucosa to heal, but what about her memory of the pain? How do you get a horse past this? Just repetition? Keep exhibitioning?
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

fulltiltfilly Reg. Dec 2008	Posted 2014-02-08 5:30 PM Subject: RE: How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?
I hate cooking and cleaning Posts: 3314 Location: Jersey Girl	She just needs time to realize its not painful anymore.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

RunNitroRun Reg. Oct 2011	Posted 2014-02-08 5:40 PM Subject: RE: How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?
Elite Veteran Posts: 678 Location: Canada	Just time. Start slow and soon they'll realize they aren't sore anymore :)
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

Nevertooold Reg. Oct 2003	Posted 2014-02-08 6:31 PM Subject: RE: How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?
I Prefer to Live in Fantasy Land Posts: 64864 Location: In the Hills of Texas	Stride - 2014-02-08 1:14 PM With speed my mare started to run from the bit on the first barrel- she commits to the turn, gets around it but when the hack engages on the last stride of the barrel she lauches sideways Just got her teeth done this past week, and found out she had abnormal wearing on her bottom right teeth. They wore sharp points on the outside, something the vet hadn't seen in the entire time he's practiced equine dentistry. Usually they wear sharp just on the inside of the bottoms. I know it'll take time for her mucosa to heal, but what about her memory of the pain? How do you get a horse past this? Just repetition? Keep exhibitioning? The top jaw teeth flare out and cause sharp points and the bottoms flare in. What happens is when you put pressure on her hack it pushed all those edges into her cheek line. What I would do is start doing lots of small circles and she will get use to it not hurting anymore. Start at a walk and then move to a jog and eventually to a lope. Do this off the barrels. When she is working good just do a one barrel exercise with her instead of doing a barrel pattern. Edited by Nevertooold 2014-02-08 6:37 PM
↑ Top ↓ Bottom

Stride Reg. Jan 2007	Posted 2014-02-08 7:36 PM Subject: RE: How did you get your horse past a once painful experience?
Nothing Comes Easy Posts: 2353 Location: Texas	Nevertooold - 2014-02-08 6:31 PM Stride - 2014-02-08 1:14 PM With speed my mare started to run from the bit on the first barrel- she commits to the turn, gets around it but when the hack engages on the last stride of the barrel she lauches sideways Just got her teeth done this past week, and found out she had abnormal wearing on her bottom right teeth. They wore sharp points on the outside, something the vet hadn't seen in the entire time he's practiced equine dentistry. Usually they wear sharp just on the inside of the bottoms. I know it'll take time for her mucosa to heal, but what about her memory of the pain? How do you get a horse past this? Just repetition? Keep exhibitioning? The top jaw teeth flare out and cause sharp points and the bottoms flare in. What happens is when you put pressure on her hack it pushed all those edges into her cheek line. What I would do is start doing lots of small circles and she will get use to it not hurting anymore. Start at a walk and then move to a jog and eventually to a lope. Do this off the barrels. When she is working good just do a one barrel exercise with her instead of doing a barrel pattern. That's how a normal horse wears. Top out, bottoms in. This mare flared out on her bottom right. Her top teeth had one or two flares- both furthest teeth. However, the bottom right.. It was like looking at little shark teeth. The entire like was flared. The vet grabbed his camera immediately because he had never seen a horse wear like that. We'll continue little exercises off of the pattern. Generally we spend the week cruising the pasture or over ground poles.
↑ Top ↓ Bottom