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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:29 AM Subject: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	I'm about to pull my hair out lol my gelding knocks over his water and climbs in it every single day (half barrel waterer). I've tried tying it to the fence, elevating it, etc. and nothing has stopped him so far. Any ideas?
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komet. Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:34 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 4121 Location: SE Louisiana	Take it away??
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oija Reg. Feb 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:37 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 3782 Location: Gainesville, TX	Automatic waterer, the small trough kind.
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:37 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	Tried it, offered it to him to drink every few hours when home but I'm leaving town for a couple days and don't feel comfortable asking my roommates to hand water him or pay attention to him at all for that matter. I've got somebody coming by twice a day to feed.
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:38 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	I wish I could afford an automatic waterer
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FlyingJT Reg. Jan 2014	Posted 2014-04-17 11:42 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1857	have someone or you build you a box around it out of some 2x4's. Something like this but make it a little shorter than the barrel.
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FlyingJT Reg. Jan 2014	Posted 2014-04-17 11:43 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1857	FlyingJT - 2014-04-17 11:42 AM have someone or you build you a box around it out of some 2x4's. Something like this but make it a little shorter than the barrel. it wont let me attach a pic
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barrelracr131 Reg. Aug 2011	Posted 2014-04-17 11:43 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Hungarian Midget Woman Location: Midwest	What a turd! lol
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 11:47 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	After this latest little trick I'm contemplating changing his name to Turd haha, FlyingJT I send you a PM
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moapajetrider Reg. Sep 2009	Posted 2014-04-17 7:29 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1611 Location: bring on the heat, NV	I have several that stand in there troughs and splash/paw... seriously looks like i have huge leaks!
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Racer4eva Reg. Feb 2009	Posted 2014-04-17 7:50 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Elite Veteran Posts: 762 Location: NC	My mare in the summer likes to stand in her buckets. I say shes getting a pedi and soaking her feet first. Pain in the butt with how dirty water gets
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Racer4eva Reg. Feb 2009	Posted 2014-04-17 7:50 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Elite Veteran Posts: 762 Location: NC	My mare in the summer likes to stand in her buckets. I say shes getting a pedi and soaking her feet first. Pain in the butt with how dirty water gets
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BBrewster Reg. Jun 2012	Posted 2014-04-17 8:41 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Elite Veteran Posts: 600 Location: Oklahoma & Texas	I have a broodmare who gets in it every day nearly...wastes a ton of water and where I am water is expensive..let me know when you figure it out cause I need a solution too!!.
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Arkiecanchaser Reg. Sep 2003	Posted 2014-04-17 8:54 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1960 Location: NW Arkansas	I can definitely sympathize! I bought a 4 year old mare that we couldn't keep out of the water trough. Finally we elevated it-- I mean elevated it-- and clamped it to the pipe fence. She can't get up in it, paw and knock it over like she did before. I bet it's shoulder high on the horses. We set it on lick tubs- think 1/2 of a 55 gallon barrel to get it high enough she couldn't get in it and paw.
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-18 12:08 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	Last night I ended up elevating it on another tub in a corner so now the rim of his water is about waist height on me. I bungie corded everything together and to the fence and stuck a board through his panels so it keeps him from being able to get right up next to it and shove his chest into it and splash around that way. It worked overnight but we'll see what today brings.
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Whiteboy Reg. Jul 2012	Posted 2014-04-18 12:19 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
That's White "Man" to You Posts: 5515	I'd like to see a picture of the current contraption. Then we can make improvements from there.
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lindseylou2290 Reg. Aug 2013	Posted 2014-04-18 12:30 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 2457	I agree - if you can get a pic, that'd be helpful. I sympathize. We put in a Ritchie automatic waterer ... but I understand that is not necessarily an option at every place.
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Nobody Reg. Sep 2005	Posted 2014-04-18 12:57 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Extreme Veteran Posts: 560 Location: Where the buffalo roam	We use a tie strap all the way around one of ours and that seems to work. We had to do the same thing to the corner feeder in another horse's pen.
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Kgirl Reg. Apr 2011	Posted 2014-04-18 1:42 PM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
	I had one that used to crawl into a 150 Gallon Rubbermaid tub... i poured a concrete pad and elevated it about 1.5 Ft. she never tried it again!
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redmansmyman11 Reg. Jan 2012	Posted 2014-04-20 11:58 AM Subject: RE: how to keep your horse out of his water
Expert Posts: 1482 Location: on my horse	I'll get a picture of the bungie mess today
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