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Location: Tulsa, Ok | My gelding has been dipping for 33 years and could pass for a teenager, so I guess it is not a big deal. |
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| When I had to feed my gelding bute mixed in his grain he ate it like a good boy and literally rinsed his mouth out when he was done, sucked water out of the bucket and spit it all over his stall, did it like 5 times until he got the taste out! Anyone else have this happen? My horse is just extremely intelligent!
Anyway we have a hay dunker and it isn't fun with automatic waterers! He only does it when the hay is extra dusty. |
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Location: The best kept secret in TX | My old gelding used to do it. Only would do it on the road tho lol. Made cleaning buckets a nightmare but I never had a problem with him like ulcers and such. He was always pretty healthy. Just had Fibrotic Myopathy in his hind leg. Other than that he was golden!
I also had a filly who used to dunk her whole nose under water, blow bubbles, splash, play, and THEN drink from the tank. It's an old Cowboy Saying/Legend that if a horse dunks his/her whole nose under water he/she isn't scared of much and will make a great hand in the pasture. Lots of guys I know still believe that little saying Lol. |
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Boot Detective
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| I've seen horses dunk their hay too and in my opinion, it simply means you found a smart horse. They are cleaning their hay and making it more palatable. When I go places and my horses don't want to drink the water, I put some of their hay in a bucket of water to get them to take in water. I especially like another posters idea to hang 2 water buckets (one by the hay bag and one on opposite side of stall). Great idea! |
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Location: Abbotsford B.C. Canada | This could be a very smart horse ho has figured out it adds water at a time when his stomach is actually stimulated to ramp up acid production and he is literally diluting acid in his stomach by dunking the hay as well as the other suggestions here.
We often see more cribbing at meal time if acid jumps up, and they feel a bit of distress from that. If they add water it may help them feel better. The solution to polution is dilution ?
Cheers,
Coastal Rider
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 Having Smokin Bandits
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Location: Woodstown, NJ | There were bigger problems than dunking hay in water and so I didn't buy the horse. But good stuff to know though! Thanks! |
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